From freelancer marketplaces to AI payroll and remote hiring, these MENA startups are building the tools, systems and talent pipelines that make distributed work practical across the region right now.

The company aggregates used cooking oil across Egypt for biodiesel and alternative fuel production.

With the Kingdom naming 2026 the 'Year of Artificial Intelligence', a new wave of tech-driven entrepreneurship is fueling a record surge in digital enterprise.

The new partnership connects merchants to local payment infrastructure in Bahrain.

The Saudi platform secured pre-seed funding to expand its premium e-commerce model.

The retail group is expanding into premium confectionery and speciality food segments.

Backed by regional investors, Lucky targets credit scale up North Africa expansion and neo banking readiness amid regulatory shifts.

New rules allow businesses to operate fully online while tightening consumer protections.

US deeptech Via Separations secures $36 million to expand energy‑saving membranes beyond pulp and paper into heavy industry.

In the latest episode of 'Behind the Startup', we speak to the founder of an Egyptian startup that has made itself an essential layer of modern living.

The Morocco-based B2B2C marketplace is building a unified platform for brands, wholesalers and retailers in a largely undigitised $40 billion market.

Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Holding buys a Breakthrough Energy Ventures stake at a 30% discount.