Wamda

Regional

Navigating scale: challenges and strategies for tech startups in Mena

Rashit Makhat, is the director and co-founder, Scalo Technologies, the tech venture company based in Dubai In the world of startups, the...

Scalo Technologies Scaling

Global

Why is succession planning important for your startup?

Warsha Joshi and Evan Le Clus are startup mentors and the co-founders of Dare to Scale, an ecosystem for entrepreneurs scaling their...

Scaling

Egypt

Egypt's growing interest in Africa

Toward the end of last year, billboards adorned Egypt’s capital city of Cairo with adverts for Africa-focused conferences and...

africa African Summit Swvl

Regional

Eventtus raises $2 million, looks to adopt AI recognition at events

Event management startup Eventtus received US$ 2 million of investment from Egyptian VC Algebra Ventures and 500 Startups. It previously...

eventtus fundraising Scaling

Tunisia

How this Tunisian startup is digitizing cash registers

There are over 250,000 neighborhood grocery stores in Tunisia. Many of those can’t afford the usual cash registers which cost between...

cashing device cloud management service Scaling

Lebanon

How the IFC wants to support MENA scaleups [Wamda TV]

Shortly before the World Economic Forum MENA Davos event at the Dead Sea in Jordan, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) visited...

ifc Fadi Ghandour Philippe Le Houerou

Jordan

Scaling in the right direction #MixNMentor Amman

The Jordanian ecosystem came together at Zain Innovation Campus ZINC in King Hussein Business Park on the 18th...

mix n mentor Amman Scaling fundraising

Europe

French provides a ticket to Europe for North Africans

As French politicians play the immigration card ahead of the presidential election, the country’s new entrepreneurship visa opens a...

French tech ticket Gbarena Bobbli

Saudi Arabia

What I know about building a content channel: Mohammed Asfour

The story of Jordan-based Kharabeesh began in 2008 when its cofounder and VP of content Wael Attili wanted to create a content channel to...

Kharabeesh What I Know Scaling

Regional

6 WRL reports in 2016 to highlight ecosystem opportunities #Wamda2016

This year was an interesting one, not just from a geopolitical angle, but also a technological one that saw some great advancements, not...

Wamda2016 Healthcare Cleantech

Lebanon

Smart scaling: how these MENA companies got it right

The Middle East and North Africa is one of the most difficult parts of the world to grow a business, but it’s even harder to scale...

Scaling lebanon MarkaVIP

Regional

Between a rock and a hard place: the trend towards for-profit social enterprises [Opinion]

Reducing the focus of my work as a social entrepreneur to become a social intrapreneur wasn’t an easy decision. I started working...

Social Entrepreneurship social enterprise Scaling

Global

How to professionalize a startup without stifling it

This is an edited crosspost from Harvard Business Review. Insurgent companies are full of foundational stories and most of them involve...

HBR Scaling growth

Egypt

Strategies to scale: TA Telecom’s expansion beyond Egypt [WRL report]

Scaling is a tough challenge for startups to overcome but some, like TA Telecom offer strategies that other companies...

Reports TA Telecom Wamda Research Lab

Global

Then and now: how accelerators have evolved

This article is a crosspot with Nuwait. As Kuwait is welcoming soon one of the top five accelerators in the world, TechStars, we...

crosspost oped data growth

Regional

Are MENA’s SME business reforms doing enough?

Governments have been adding their cogs to the startup machine of MENA. Enough though? (Image via Mikehoolboom.com) For entrepreneurs...

business reform Endeavor Insight The Economist

Jordan

Inside Kharabeesh's path to scale [WRL Report]

Kharabeesh's geographic reach (Images via Wamda Research Lab) The MENA region is facing an acute unemployment crisis that is...

Kharabeesh Digital Arabic Content growth

Maghreb

Inside Hmall's plans to scale

Moving from a 150m2 office to a 750m2 office is every startup’s dream. For Hmizate, it’s a dream come true. Earlier this month, the Mor...

Hmall marketplace Scaling

Regional

Don't be afraid to scale

This is a crosspost with LinkedIn. The MENA entrepreneurship landscape has come a long way since the days when I was at...

VC investment Amir farha startups

Regional

5 common scale-up mistakes

Startups the world over, and in the Middle East in particular, often aspire to scale and develop their business in new markets. However,...

AtlanticLIVE Scaling Failure

Regional

Smart phones in healthcare: Lessons drawn from the experience of Kuwaiti AbiDoc

With technology infiltrating pretty much every aspect of life, the intertwining of disciplines is the norm, in particular, in the health...

Healthcare Saudi Arabia Health & Beauty

Egypt

Bus Pooling enters the race to ease Cairo traffic

Cairo and traffic. Whenever you hear the mention of Egypt’s capital you will likely hear some complaint about its traffic...

carpooling Bus Pooling cairo

Jordan

What it took for this startup to sign large corporates

Today, app development has become absolutely necessary for entrepreneurs and businesses alike. But many companies have difficulty...

Scaling Developers Jordan

Regional

Wamda Research Lab debuts a groundbreaking report on the barriers to scaling

For entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), scaling their companies is not easy. Challenges to finding talent and...

Wamda Research Lab MENA Report

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