Egypt In conversation with Abdallah Hussein of Fyonka Egypt’s first all-female ride hailing service will officially launch soon to provide a safe method of transportation and employment... Wamda • 19 December, 2018 ride hailing cairo Transport for Cairo
Regional Beyond m-Banking: How Africa’s fintech startups are bringing power to the people Africa is in a constant battle against its colossal geographic scale, political unrest, and lack of legacy infrastructure, creating a host... Annie Bricker • 17 December, 2018 africa mobile money Fintech
Egypt Egypt is fast becoming a hub for entrepreneurship As the RiseUp Summit drew to a close in a packed Greek Campus, Egypt's interest in entrepreneurship was evident. The country is fast... Wamda • 12 December, 2018 Mix 'n Mentor mix n mentor dubai Mix n Mentor
U.A.E Smart farming for food security The UAE consumes more than 80 per cent of its freshwater resources to produce less than 15 per cent of its food supply according to... Triska Hamid • 11 December, 2018 farming hydroponics sensors
Egypt From Transport to Fintech: RiseUp Concludes its Sixth Edition The sixth edition of the RiseUp Summit in Cairo closed with several announcements, engaging discussions and the inevitable bustle of the... Wamda • 10 December, 2018 #entrepreneurship #RiseUp #AimHigh
Regional Two new fintech accelerators announced at RiseUp Jordan’s Ahli bank announced the launch of is financial technology (fintech) seed acceleration programme at RiseUp Summit... Yasmeen Nabil • 08 December, 2018 Fintech accelerator
Egypt Competition heats up for Cairo's ride-hailing apps The first announcement at this year’s RiseUp Summit in Cairo came from Halan, a motorcycle and tuk-tuk-hailing app. Following on from... Triska Hamid • 07 December, 2018 ride hailing careem Uber
Bahrain Small business, big plans in Bahrain Marwa M. Hejairi, senior officer, tenant relations at Riyadat, discusses with Alicia Buller how the incubation centre creates successful... Middle East Exchange • 06 December, 2018 Bahrain Women empowerment women entrepreneurs
Regional Podcasts: digitising an oral tradition The tradition of telling stories is not unique to the Middle East, but this part of the world has for millennia enjoyed tales of love,... Elias Jabbe • 04 December, 2018 podcast Media Digital Arabic Content
Regional Contech: Improving the building site As Dubai wrapped up the Middle East’s largest construction exhibition - The Big 5 - last week, it became clear that new technologies... Matt Smith • 02 December, 2018 Construction WakeCap
Regional Checking in on impact investment in Mena The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region is home to increasingly developed entrepreneurship ecosystems, a growing number of venture... Jamil Wyne • 29 November, 2018 Impact impact entrepreneurship
U.A.E Fintech Hive to partner with Hong Kong's Cyberport Dubai’s Fintech Hive is set to partner with Hong Kong’s technology hub, Cyberport, to enable financial technology (fintech)... Triska Hamid • 27 November, 2018 Fintech Hong Kong Fintech Hive
Regional From likes to buys: How the Middle East's retail sector has evolved As shoppers in the Middle East enjoyed black/white/yellow Friday sales online this weekend, many of the physical retailers responded with... Triska Hamid • 25 November, 2018 E-commerce Retail Online shopping
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia: A nascent ecosystem with huge potential Saudi Arabia’s tech startup ecosystem is small and nascent compared to its vast oil sector. The contribution of its knowledge economy... Wamda • 22 November, 2018 Wamda Research Lab Saudi Arabia
U.A.E From rubbish to robot When Abdus Samad was a child, he would prise open electrical items at home to see the components inside and then put them back together. It... Triska Hamid • 20 November, 2018 robots robotics DIY
Regional The ethics of investing Socially responsible investment is not a new concept. In fact, the roots of sustainable investment are said to date back as far as 1758 and... Rachel McArthur • 19 November, 2018 impact entrepreneurship investing
