Wamda

Global

Lessons for Mena: The rise of bus-sharing in Bangladesh

Wes Schwalje is the co-founder of Tahseen Consulting, a boutique consulting, government relations and development firm based in the UAE....

mobility buses

Saudi Arabia

Defining Saudi Arabia's gig economy

When UK-based food delivery platform Deliveroo announced it would pull out of Spain over changes to the legal status of gig economy...

gig economy

Regional

How the gig economy is disrupting the region’s startup ecosystem

With 70 million platform workers registered globally, economists predict that by 2025, talent platforms will mediate one third of all...

gig economy

Regional

How we pivoted our startup with grace

Walid Daniel Dib is the co-founder and CEO of hala, a UAE-based insuretech startup Spoiler: There was absolutely no grace...

Pivot Hala

U.A.E

Can Dubai become the capital for next-gen healthtech startups?

Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi is the managing director of Dubai Science Park Medical innovation has surged as the world’s greatest minds...

Dubai healthtech

Regional

Want economic prosperity? Help women become more financially capable

Dina Alnabulsi is a business analyst at Globitel, a Jordan-based telecommunications company Financial exclusion is a universal issue,...

financial inclusion Women empowerment

Jordan

Istikana: Streaming its way to production

In most homes in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena), the television is still the focal point of the living room, bringing together...

istikana Film Video Streaming

Palestine

Does Palestine have investment-ready startups?

Majd Zghyer is the strategy officer at uMake, an entrepreneurship support organisation (ESO) based in Ramallah, Palestine. So far this...

palestine

Egypt

What can open banking do for Egypt?

Akram Abdou is the founder of Egypt-based Underlie, an open banking platform offering application programming interfaces (APIs) to...

Open banking

U.A.E

Opontia: Enabling e-commerce brands to go global

The GCC region is one of the fastest-growing e-commerce markets in the world according to a report from Dubai’s CommerCity, with...

e-commerce enablement E-commerce Opontia

Global

Deepfakes: Who can we trust?

Deepfake technology has rapidly developed over the past few years and while many will have experienced it through fun apps designed to edit...

deepfakes podcast

Regional

Mena startups raised $267 million in June 2021, pushing Q2 investment to $552 million

Startups in Mena have raised $267 million across 44 deals in June, propelling the second quarter investments to more than $552 million, a...

Investment

Global

The basics of IP: Trademarks

Ludwig Lindermayer is a patent and trademark attorney at PAUSTIAN & PARTNER. In a series of thought leadership pieces,...

startup advice trademarks Intellectual property

Tunisia

GOMYCODE: The Tunisian startup upskilling Africa's youth

Unemployment has long been a concern for governments across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, which suffers from the...

GoMyCode africa Coding

Regional

Floral marketplaces: Does the future look rosy?

The retail industry across the Middle East has undergone a sea of change, with online purchases becoming a central part of the...

Floranow Floward marketplace

Saudi Arabia

Why Mumzworld is a unique story for the Arab region

The Mumzworld story is a triumph for e-commerce startups and the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Arab region. The journey of the two...

Mumzworld

Thought Leadership

Lessons for Mena: The rise of bus-sharing in Bangladesh

Defining Saudi Arabia's gig economy

How the gig economy is disrupting the region’s startup ecosystem

How we pivoted our startup with grace

Can Dubai become the capital for next-gen healthtech startups?

Want economic prosperity? Help women become more financially capable

Istikana: Streaming its way to production

Does Palestine have investment-ready startups?

What can open banking do for Egypt?

Opontia: Enabling e-commerce brands to go global

Deepfakes: Who can we trust?

Mena startups raised $267 million in June 2021, pushing Q2 investment to $552 million

The basics of IP: Trademarks

GOMYCODE: The Tunisian startup upskilling Africa's youth

Floral marketplaces: Does the future look rosy?

Why Mumzworld is a unique story for the Arab region

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