Bayanat Podcast: Inside MENA Tech

<p>In this Industry Voices episode, ⁠Issa Aghabi⁠, Founding Partner at ⁠Access Bridge Ventures⁠, reflects on two decades in MENA venture capital. From stumbling into the industry before it took off to launching a $35M...

<p>In this episode of Founder’s Hustle, we sat down with Ronaldo Mouchawar, co-founder of Souq.com and one of the architects of the Arab internet. From helping build Maktoob, the region’s first Arabic email platform, to...

<p>In this Industry Voices episode, Ambar Amleh, Founder & Managing Partner of Ibtikar Fund, takes us inside the Palestinian venture ecosystem and what it truly takes to build startups under extraordinary constraints...

<p>In this Founder’s Hustle episode, ⁠Amer Baroudi⁠, co-founder and CEO of ⁠nsave⁠, shares how a life shaped by displacement, resilience, and financial exclusion led to one of fintech’s most ambitious missions: building...

<p>In this Industry Voices episode, Hani Azzam⁠, Partner at Propeller, takes us inside the firm’s evolution from a regional B2B SaaS investor to a global early-stage fund backing software infrastructure and AI...

<p>In this Founder’s Hustle episode, ⁠Bilal Dahlab⁠, co-founder of ⁠Moneco⁠, takes us inside one of Africa’s most overlooked yet defining challenges: building the financial rails the continent was never given. From the...

<p>In this Industry Voices episode, ⁠Youssef Salem⁠, CFO at ⁠ADNOC Drilling, takes us inside the engines powering today’s capital markets. From leading Swvl’s historic Nasdaq listing to steering billion-dollar M&A...

<p>In this Founder’s Hustle episode, ⁠Ahmed Khairy⁠, Co-founder and CEO of ⁠Gameball⁠, takes us behind the scenes of one of MENA’s fastest-growing customer engagement platforms ; from a simple Shopify widget to powering...

<p>In this Industry Voices episode, ⁠Ola Aly El Din⁠, Vezeeta’s first COO, takes us inside the journey of transforming MENA’s largest healthtech platform. From her early days in Cairo’s community pharmacies to leading...

<p>In this Founder’s Hustle episode, ⁠Rodolph Khlat⁠, founder and managing partner of ⁠Smartr AI⁠, shares how he built one of MENA’s fastest-growing AI software companies from the ground up. From coding projects during...

<p>In this Founder’s Hustle episode, ⁠Hadi Halabi⁠, co-founder and CEO of ⁠Stryde⁠, shares how he’s redefining alternative investments in MENA and beyond. From his transition from M&A banking to building the region’s...

<p>In this Industry Voices episode, ⁠Tambi Jalouqa⁠, Founder and GP at ⁠Maza Ventures⁠, shares his journey from founder to funder. From building products in Jordan to backing moonshot startups across MENA, Tambi unpacks...

<p>In this Founder’s Hustle episode, ⁠Mark Chahwan⁠, co-founder and CEO of ⁠Sarwa⁠, opens up about the untold lessons behind building the Middle East’s leading investing platform. From overcoming regulatory hurdles and...

<p>In this Founder’s Hustle episode, ⁠Rawan Baddour⁠, co-founder of ⁠Zest Equity⁠, shares how she’s building the infrastructure powering private markets in MENA. From her roots in banking and strategy to co-founding...

<p>In this Founder’s Hustle episode, ⁠Antoine Kanaan⁠, co-founder and CEO of ⁠HAQQ⁠, shares his mission to digitize justice across MENA. From launching Lebanon Law Review during the Beirut revolution to building an...