The SME Story: Dina Sam’an, founder and managing director of Coinmena

The SME Story: Dina Sam’an, founder and managing director of Coinmena

What is the concept behind Coinmena?

Within the Middle East and North Africa, there is a growing appetite from both retail and institutional investors to invest in crypto assets. The avenues from which to do so within the region are limited, and also they do not encompass investing via local currencies. Coinmena was founded on the vision of addressing this key need of unlocking access for crypto assets in the MENA region in a regulated, reliable, safe and convenient way.

When was the first time you got involved with cryptocurrency?

From a young age, I have always been entrepreneurial. I started my career building and growing the family's real estate business where I gained firsthand experience in scaling a venture. In 2015,  I worked closely with the founding team of the first regional crypto assets exchange. Based on this experience, it was evident to me that the region needed a fully-regulated and well-governed exchange with stable banking relationships that allowed customers to transact in their local currency. It is on this premise that I established Coinmena.

Can you give us an overview of your operations?

Coinmena is headquartered in Bahrain, with a secondary office in Jordan. It is a fully-regulated, onshore, and Sharia-compliant crypto assets