Kuwait Lessons learned from building a tech startup in Kuwait Tarek Sakr is the founder and CEO of Kuwait-based e-commerce startup, 4Sale Building a tech startup in Kuwait is no easy task for an... Thought Leadership • 24 August, 2023 4Sale kuwait
Regional The one mistake that costs Mena startups funding and 10 ways to fix it Olena Petrosyuk and Igor Shaversky are co-founders of Waveup, an advisory firm for startups The second quarter of 2023 was probably the... Thought Leadership • 21 August, 2023 pitch deck
Jordan Numa: bridging the fintech gap for freelancers Any company familiar with freelancers in the Arab world will know how difficult it can be to pay them. Many remain unbanked and still opt... Triska Hamid • 17 August, 2023 NUMA banking neobank
U.A.E GPT-5 and beyond: trends, predictions and the impact on the future jobs market Tarjama, as a leader in the Arabic language space in MENA, is hosting a leading expert in AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) from DeepMind... Wamda • 16 August, 2023 generative AI Tarjama
U.A.E Dubai Generative AI Programmes The Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DCAI) is inviting global AI startups and companies to participate in one of its two new... Wamda • 15 August, 2023
Global What should you look for in a mentor? Nader Sabry is strategist, innovator and entrepreneur in NASA space tech, government, and health/wellness. He is also the author... Thought Leadership • 14 August, 2023 Mentorship Mentor
U.A.E Will the world's smartest contact lenses emerge in Dubai? In a lab in Dubai, a Russian entrepreneur and a Ukrainian material scientist are working together on a project that may very well... Triska Hamid • 10 August, 2023 deeptech XPANCEO Russia
Global The key ingredient for successful impact startups Medea Nocentini is a senior partner at Global Ventures, Maria Najjar is the content manager at Global Ventures and Lana Azhari is the... Thought Leadership • 07 August, 2023 ESG impact entrepreneurship
Regional Mena startups raised $95 million in July 2023 Startups in the Middle East and North Africa region (Mena) have raised $95 million across 31 deals in July 2023, a slight dip from the $105... Wamda • 03 August, 2023 Investment
Palestine Remote working: empowering Arabs to solve the global skills shortage Jafar Shunnar is the co-founder and chief technology officer at Dutch-Palestinian social impact edtech, the Talent Acceleration... Thought Leadership • 31 July, 2023 Talent Acceleration Platform EdTech talent
Regional Where does the next level of innovation lie in Mena’s insurtech sector? [part two] This is the second in a two-part series on the insurtech space in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena). The first part can be found... Dunya Hassanein • 27 July, 2023 Insurtech Insurance
Regional Insurtech: the interplay between insurance companies and startups [part one] This is the first in a two-part series looking at the growth of insurtech in Mena. The second part can be found here. Insurance is one... Dunya Hassanein • 24 July, 2023 Insurtech Insurance
U.A.E Cafu: on the road to world domination Few startups born in the Middle East have managed to expand outside of the region and scale across the world, but this is a mission that... Triska Hamid • 20 July, 2023 CAFU mobility
Regional Is the slowdown in investment a good thing for Mena? Issa Aghabi is the co-founder and managing partner of UAE-based VC, Access Bridge Ventures Things over the past six to nine months have... Thought Leadership • 17 July, 2023 Access Bridge Ventures Investment
Regional Advice for investors: what to bear in mind when looking at AI startups Ayman Alashkar, is the founder of UAE-based proptech startup OVERWRITE.ai There are those who are calling AI a bubble.... Thought Leadership • 13 July, 2023 overwrite.ai generative AI AI
Jordan How can technology make law more accessible? Legaltech, an intersection of law and technology, has been transforming the legal industry over the past few years, enabling lawyers to... Triska Hamid • 10 July, 2023 Legaltech Qistas CyberLaw
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