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🗞️ Weekly round-up🗞️ Weekly round-up
Fintech disruption on the horizon

Fintech disruption on the horizon

Revolut targets UAE and Saudi expansion, Botim launches the region’s first ‘Send Now, Pay Later’, and a round-up of this week's MENA startup, VC, and tech news.

Jamie Lane
Zoe O Dwyer
Jamie Lane, +1
🔍 Deep-dives🔍 Deep-dives
The story of Talabat

The story of Talabat

Ahead of its IPO, we look back at Talabat's remarkable rise from its start in Kuwait in 2004.

Jamie Lane
Zoe O Dwyer
Jamie Lane, +1
🗞️ Weekly round-up🗞️ Weekly round-up
Saudi's big AI push

Saudi's big AI push

FlapKap and Paymob raise big rounds, US closer to green-lighting Nvidia chips for Saudi, and a round-up of this week's MENA startup, VC, and tech news.

Jamie Lane
Zoe O Dwyer
Jamie Lane, +1
🔍 Deep-dives🔍 Deep-dives
Building MENA's cities of the future

Building MENA's cities of the future

Can the region’s ambitious giga-projects spark a startup transformation in construction?

Jamie Lane
Zoe O Dwyer
Jamie Lane, +1
🗞️ Weekly round-up🗞️ Weekly round-up
Fintech frenzy

Fintech frenzy

Tabby and Tamara gear up for expansion, nine startups secure funding, a new $216 million fund is confirmed, and a round-up of this week's MENA startup, VC, and tech news.

Jamie Lane
Zoe O Dwyer
Jamie Lane, +1
🔍 Deep-dives🔍 Deep-dives
Keeping track of MENA's mega-projects

Keeping track of MENA's mega-projects

Meet the Dubai-based YC-backed startup with Paul Graham and Peter Thiel on its cap table

Jamie Lane
Zoe O Dwyer
Jamie Lane, +1
🗞️ Weekly round-up🗞️ Weekly round-up
The long awaited merger

The long awaited merger

A $5 million bridge to support Palestinian tech startups, Talabat's IPO, and a round-up of this week's MENA start-up, VC and tech news.

Jamie Lane
Zoe O Dwyer
Jamie Lane, +1
🔍 Deep-dives🔍 Deep-dives
Stopping MENA cyber attacks

Stopping MENA cyber attacks

Meet the cybersecurity startups defending regional businesses against costly data breaches

Jamie Lane
Zoe O Dwyer
Jamie Lane, +1
🗞️ Weekly round-up🗞️ Weekly round-up
Abu Dhabi's new $100M VC fund

Abu Dhabi's new $100M VC fund

Expanding to Saudi, MENA's potential as a Web3 hub, and a roundup of this week's MENA startup, VC and tech news.

Jamie Lane
Zoe O Dwyer
Jamie Lane, +1
🔍 Deep-dives🔍 Deep-dives
Where is the funding for food waste?

Where is the funding for food waste?

An outsized problem, with underfunded startups. Not the best recipe for success.

Jamie Lane
Zoe O Dwyer
Jamie Lane, +1
🗞️ Weekly round-up🗞️ Weekly round-up
MENA startup funding soars

MENA startup funding soars

Breaking down July's investment surge, and a round-up of this week's MENA start-up and VC news.

Jamie Lane
Zoe O Dwyer
Jamie Lane, +1
🔍 Deep-dives🔍 Deep-dives
Solving MENA's food waste crisis

Solving MENA's food waste crisis

The region wastes an average of 250 kg of food per person, can these startups change things for the better?

Jamie Lane
Zoe O Dwyer
Jamie Lane, +1
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