MENA
MENA startups in 2024
By Philip Bahoshy
MENA
The Realistic Optimist's coverage of MENA's startup scene.
Opinion
Learnings from Tunisia's Startup Act
By Salma Baghdadi
MENA
Lebanese startups today
By Sami Saad
Opinion
African B2B e-commerce is a terrible business. But a fantastic Trojan Horse.
By Ismael Belkhayat
MENA
On Palestinian startups
By Laith Kassis
MENA
Fawry: Egypt's first unicorn
A singularity amongst founders, Ashraf Sabry has arguably built one of Egypt’s most useful companies.
MENA
How an Iraqi VC thinks in 2023
Money isn't the problem.
Opinion
An untold story of the Tunisian startup ecosystem
An exclusive op-ed by Ezzedine Cherif, former founder of Split, a Tunis-based carpool startup.
MENA
Presto: Libya's most funded startup
Navigating what can only be described as a unique market, the 3-year-old tech company has its sight on igniting the Libyan startup ecosystem.
MENA
Yassir and the pioneering of the Algerian startup ecosystem
Algerian-bred, Silicon Valley-trained Nourredine Tayebi is seeking to create the largest African tech company ever by replicating a well-known model.
MENA
The Lebanese startup ecosystem hasn't failed. It's just not solely in Lebanon anymore.
Faced with severe internal adversity, the Lebanese startup ecosystem has transcended into a multi-headed creature, spanning different continents.
MENA
Careem: MENA's most important startup to date
Founded as a quest to find purpose, Careem has imposed itself as one of the MENA region's most important startups of the past decades.