Bayanat Podcast: Inside MENA Tech

Bayanat Podcast: Inside MENA Tech

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Driving the Future of Customer Loyalty and Engagement

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 enterprise-grade loyalty for 45,000+ businesses and reaching ov ...  Show more

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Driving the Future of Customer Loyalty and Engagement

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 enterprise-grade loyalty for 45,000+ businesses and reaching ov ...  Show more

Becoming the 1st COO of Vezeeta

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 cross-country expansions, digitizing pharmaceutical workflows, an ...  Show more

The Relentless Rise of Smartr AI

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 Lebanon’s economic collapse to leading an AI-driven development ...  Show more

Redefining Alternative Investments in Sports and Beyond

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 first regulated private markets platform, Hadi unpacks how Stryde ...  Show more

A Solo GP Betting on MENA’s Shift from Tech Consumers to Producers

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 why the region needs more VCs, not just bigger ones, and how he ...  Show more