Wamda

Egypt

Upper Egypt entrepreneurs demand more attention

Luxor entrepreneurs hope they will be the lucky recipients of rising international, if not national, attention after the UN launched two...

UNIDO IMKAN creetova

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

Tunisia

Tunisian startup Datavora raises $470K

Tunisian startup Datavora, a specialist in ecommerce big data, has raised just over 1 million Tunisian dinars (US$467,000) in seed...

Tunisie Data ecommerce

Tunisia

Tunisian startups' struggle to scale

Tunisian entrepreneurs often ‘ask the experts’ how to internationalize their startup, and it’s a question that gained...

Tunis internationnalisation Digitalmania

U.A.E

The uptick in sellers on ecommerce platforms [Q&A]

While consumers are often the center of attention in ecommerce platforms, sellers are just as important according to UAE’s online...

Jado Pado ecommerce marketplaces

Lebanon

Carrying the Lebanese flag, one export at a time

Many Lebanese companies could pass as coming from anywhere – in technology, services, and even food. But a handful of them are...

lebanon Semsom Ksara

Global

Driving the Dubai-Nairobi digital highway [Opinion]

I just came back from my second trip to Kenya in the past year and it is striking, for all the significant cultural, historic, geographic...

Kenya m-pesa Twiga

Tunisia

Travelcar raises $15.8M Series B

Travelcar, a startup that enables you to make your car available for renting at airports when you travel instead of paying for expensive...

car sharing Travelcar fundraising

Algeria

Algeria’s startup culture: from the ground and up

Lack of e-payment systems, sluggish bureaucracy, and scarce access to financing are some of the issues faced by an aspiring Algerian...

algeria Gotta Love Algeria Eblink

Bahrain

China in Bahrain: building shared interests

For centuries, Bahrain and China have trading with each other along the ancient Silk Road. In the past, Bahrain traded pearls,...

Bahrain china Brinc

Jordan

Tarjama bridges language gap

Medieval Arabic translations preserved the cultural heritage of ancient Greece and Rome. Today the same knowledge transfer continues and...

Joran uae Tarjama

Tunisia

Sarah Magida Toumi: Tunisia’s top tree-hugger

For almost a decade Sarah Majida Toumi has been thinking about solutions to fight desertification in her country and sustainable...

Sarah Magida Toumi Agriculture acacias

Lebanon

Agritech sprouts among Lebanon’s startups

In the mountains of Broummana above Beirut, an entrepreneur is growing vegetables through his hydroponics invention that he hopes will...

agritech hydroponics lebanon

Iran

Turkish payments startup Iyzico closes $13M Series C

On July 15, Barbaros Ozbugutu and Tahsin Isin were celebrating in Istanbul. After years of bureaucracy, their online payment company...

turkey iran Commerce

Bahrain

From adversity to opportunity: Bahrain’s entrepreneurship as economic resilience

For some countries, political and economic disruptions have stalled development. But over the past few decades, Bahrain has boasted a proud...

Bahrain C5 Accelerate Amazon Web Services

U.A.E

Holidaying with Holiday ME

“Whenever you're booking a holiday…there’s a lot of discussion happening for the family or solo traveler,”...

uae holidayme travel tech

Lebanon

Crowdfunding products: pressure does not make perfect

One of the most painful examples of delayed promises of crowdfunding is Palestine-based Bold Knot, a great-looking bank-charger-cable on a...

Crowdfunding kickstarter zoomaal

Lebanon

Beirut Digital District expanding into work, live, play neighborhood [Wamda TV]

Lebanon’s Beirut Digital District is the epicenter of the country’s ecosystem. Launched in 2012, it hosts dozens of startups,...

Beirut Digital District lebanon beirut

Regional

Investing in MENA’s emerging market [WamdaTV]

Foreigners looking to establish businesses in MENA’s emerging market not only need to cope with local business regulations and...

will hutson LMTD uae

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

U.A.E

Melltoo’s secondhand story

Growing up in France as one of 13 children meant Morrad Irsane’s clothes, shoes, and books, were hand-me-downs. Irsane has since...

melltoo uae algeria

Regional

Where are entrepreneurs finding talent? [Wamda TV]

More than three in five entrepreneurs in MENA cited finding talent as a key barrier to building their team. Hiring and...

Wamda Research Lab talent Hiring platforms

Regional

Scaling up? Show me the money

Scaling up from scrappy startup to SME is a whole new game. Cash is oxygen and managers are critical. “There is research that...

scale-ups BDL Accelerate Nathealth

U.A.E

China calls for Dubai 100 health tech backer

With its fast growing healthcare market and rapidly ageing population, China is proving to be a match for Dubai-based Dubai 100. The...

Dubai 100 china Healthcare

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