The Tunisian invention bringing hope to epilepsy sufferers

Millions of epilepsy patients across the Arab world are in daily danger of suffering a potentially fatal seizure, with multiple factors...

Matt Smith • 06 February, 2020

health tech Tunis Tunisian entrepreneurs

The challenges facing Syrian entrepreneurs

Since the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, more than 5.7 million people have fled the country mainly to Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq while...

Yasmeen Nabil • 03 February, 2020

syrian civil war Syrian entrepreneurs syrian startups

Venture creation, the new VC

Investment across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) is becoming more sophisticated. The growth in the number of venture capital (VC)...

Triska Hamid • 30 January, 2020

How do we create AI in Arabic?

For millions of people across the Middle East and North Africa, interacting with a digital voice assistant like Apple’s Siri or...

Wamda • 27 January, 2020

Mawdoo3 Artificial intelligence Siri

Bahrain: The challenge of staying competitive

As any startup will attest, agility and quick response to market demand is key to survival. The same can be applied to other stakeholders...

Triska Hamid • 23 January, 2020

Ecosystem Startup Bahrain Bahrain Economic Development Board

The trials of operating an e-commerce business in Lebanon

Philippe Abdeni is the chief operating officer at Bellamysworld, an e-commerce platform founded in 2003 in Lebanon for high-end luxury...

Thought Leadership • 20 January, 2020

E-commerce Retail

Wamda X second cohort launches with 13 promising startups

Wamda, the region's leading ecosystem enabler, has announced the list of fellows and startups joining the second cohort of its...

Wamda • 16 January, 2020

wamda x wamda

Security: Is it time for startups to grow up?

Alexander Moiseev is the chief business officer at security firm, Kaspersky Leading entrepreneurship magazines are filled with...

Thought Leadership • 16 January, 2020

cyber security cybersecurity

Oman's startup opportunity

The sultanate of Oman is gearing up to turbocharge its small-to-medium-sized (SME) ecosystem. While the Gulf state has not been...

Alicia Buller • 14 January, 2020

Oman Oman Technology Fund entrepreneurship

Could EDGE boost R&D in the UAE?

Abu Dhabi is restructuring the UAE’s blossoming defence industry, placing many state-run companies within a single organisation and...

Matt Smith • 13 January, 2020

Research R&D

The science of mentorship

By Ziad Matar, president of TiE Dubai and founding partner of Meditari & Ivan Fernandes, director of mentorship at TiE Dubai The...

Thought Leadership • 09 January, 2020

Mentorship Mentor

noon cosies up to China

There are a few areas in Dubai and Abu Dhabi where self-driving vehicles branded with the noon logo, slowly drive along a pre-determined...

Wamda • 07 January, 2020

china E-commerce self-driving car

Trends to expect in 2020

With each passing year, the Middle East and North Africa’s (Mena) entrepreneurship ecosystem develops and cements itself as a core...

Wamda • 05 January, 2020

Trends entrepreneurship MENA

Top 5 VC deals in the fourth quarter of 2019

The fourth quarter 2019 top five venture capital (VC) deals that were disclosed amounted to $78.7 million, with UAE-based Trukker...

Wamda • 01 January, 2020

Our top stories from 2019

The biggest story to emerge this year was Uber’s acquisition of Careem in March. The deal, worth $3.1 billion, was the largest...

Wamda • 31 December, 2019

entrepreneurship

Can footsteps power our world?

Sustainability has dominated economic and political agendas across the world this past year. Governments have recognised the need for clean...

Wamda • 23 December, 2019

Sustainability Climate change Green Energy