Bayanat Podcast: Inside MENA Tech

In this Industry Voices episode, Kamyaar Butt,, Investment Lead for GCC & US at Araya Ventures, shares Araya’s vision for expanding across MENA, what continues to attract the firm to the region, and why founder resilience, ambition, and local context are becoming defining advanta ...  Show more

In this Industry Voices episode, Osman Sultan, founding CEO of du and Mobinil, takes us across a career at the forefront of telecom, the internet, and now AI. From betting early on mass mobile adoption to rethinking telecom as a layer that “adds life to life,” Osman unpacks the s ...  Show more

In this Industry Voices episode, ⁠Waleed Abdel Shafy, investor at RAED Ventures⁠, shares his journey from operator to venture capitalist. From leading a retail turnaround and building ventures across healthcare and e-commerce to scaling tech platforms across markets, Waleed unpac ...  Show more

In this Founder's Hustle episode, ⁠Dani El Zein⁠, Co-founder & CEO at ⁠Supy⁠, takes us inside the journey of building a restaurant intelligence platform from scratch. From his pivot out of investment banking to launching Supy from a real problem he faced as a restaurant owner, Da ...  Show more

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 pre-Series A fund, Issa shares lessons on capital discipline, the ...  Show more