The way forward for startups in the MENA region

  • Date: 08-Aug-2020
  • Source: Gulf Business
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Middle East
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The way forward for startups in the MENA region

It is now well known that, from the ashes of many previous crises, emerged new breeds of tenacious entrepreneurs, with novel ideas and resilient scaling businesses.

From the dust of the last global financial crisis, companies like Asana, Airbnb, Slack, Instagram, and Pinterest emerged to success and global dominance. Even Apple and Microsoft were founded at the tail end of the 1970s recession in a period marred by economic stagnation, inflation, and high unemployment.

From this current crisis and global pandemic, again, a group of dreamers will