Mar 30, 2017 | Exits, Insights, MENA, show all
By Amir Farha … Remember 2015. Talabat gets acquired by Rocket Internet. At the time, this was the largest exit in the region at $170m. Run by one of the region’s brightest entrepreneurs, Mohammed Jaffar, Talabat was growing at > 100% year on year, and today...
Mar 29, 2017 | Ecosystem, Exits, MENA, show all
By Dany Farha … Amazon buys Souq; what an accomplishment for the MENA tech ecosystem. Why? It validates the MENA demographic opportunity Emerging market, local and regional investors underestimate MENA as an economic block. Our MENA definition is the 6 GCC...
Mar 22, 2017 | Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship, show all, Uncategorized
Oman Technology Fund (OTF) is changing the tech landscape in MENA through its incubator, accelerator, and growth investments, and through its commitment to investing in the best technology ideas. OTF, in which Oman Investment Fund (OIF) has a majority stake, was...
Mar 7, 2017 | show all, Technology
By Sorusch Amiri … Last weekend, I went on a somewhat voluntary digital sabbatical. I was switching mobile phones and ended up selling my current phone before my new phone was going to arrive, which meant that I was going to be “phoneless” for about 24h. Most...
