Bayanat Podcast: Inside MENA Tech

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Bayanat is your front-row seat to MENA’s tech, startup, and investment ecosystem. Through in-depth conversations with founders, investors, and operators, transformed into AI-narrated podcasts, we uncover how they are actually building and scaling in the region. Check us out at: www.bayanat.pro

  1. Building the Palestinian Venture Ecosystem

    4D AGO

    Building the Palestinian Venture Ecosystem

    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. From launching two early-stage funds out of Palestine to navigating capital raising during war, Ambar unpacks the realities of ecosystem-building, the urgent need for exits, and why resilience may be Palestine’s strongest competitive advantage in an AI-driven future. To stay up to date with more stories like this, subscribe to our ⁠Newsletter⁠. An AI-narrated episode brought to you by ⁠Bayanat⁠—your front-row seat to MENA’s tech, startup, and investment ecosystem.

    14 min
  2. nsave’s Quest to Build a Fairer Global Financial System

    JAN 20

    nsave’s Quest to Build a Fairer Global Financial System

    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 a truly global financial platform for people the system overlooks. From surviving hyperinflation and compliance barriers to democratizing global banking and investing, Amer unpacks how nsave is rethinking risk, access, and fairness for millions born into fragile economies. To stay up to date with more stories like this, subscribe to our ⁠Newsletter⁠. An AI-narrated episode brought to you by ⁠Bayanat⁠—your front-row seat to MENA’s tech, startup, and investment ecosystem.

    11 min
  3. The Evolution of Propeller

    JAN 8

    The Evolution of Propeller

    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 companies. From the launch of Fund III to identifying MENA founders ready to compete in North America, Hani unpacks Propeller’s investment thesis, portfolio strategy, and why developer tooling is entering its “intelligence phase.” To stay up to date with more stories like this, subscribe to our ⁠Newsletter⁠. An AI-narrated episode brought to you by ⁠Bayanat⁠—your front-row seat to MENA’s tech, startup, and investment ecosystem.

    11 min
  4. Plugging Africa Into the Global Economy

    12/09/2025

    Plugging Africa Into the Global Economy

    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 maze of cross-border payments to the barriers that shut Africans out of global commerce, Bilal breaks down how a simple pain point turned into a decade-long mission to rebuild the infrastructure that millions need to participate in the global economy. His journey reveals what it really takes to design financial systems for people the traditional banking world has never built for. To stay up to date with more stories like this, subscribe to our ⁠Newsletter⁠. An AI-narrated episode brought to you by ⁠Bayanat⁠—your front-row seat to MENA’s tech, startup, and investment ecosystem.

    9 min
  5. The MENA Region’s Most Influencial Financier

    11/18/2025

    The MENA Region’s Most Influencial Financier

    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, scaling AI ventures, and driving liquidity at one of the region’s most valuable companies, Youssef breaks down what it really takes to build, finance, and scale in MENA. He opens up about the gaps holding the ecosystem back, the strategies that actually move markets, and why global investors are increasingly betting on the region’s stability and upside. To stay up to date with more stories like this, subscribe to our ⁠Newsletter⁠. An AI-narrated episode brought to you by ⁠Bayanat⁠—your front-row seat to MENA’s tech, startup, and investment ecosystem.

    11 min
  6. Driving the Future of Customer Loyalty and Engagement

    11/04/2025

    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 over 400 million end consumers. To stay up to date with more stories like this, subscribe to our ⁠Newsletter⁠. An AI-narrated episode brought to you by ⁠Bayanat⁠—your front-row seat to MENA’s tech, startup, and investment ecosystem.

    15 min
  7. Becoming the 1st COO of Vezeeta

    10/21/2025

    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, and launching Shamel, Vezeeta’s subscription-based healthcare platform, Ola shares the operational rigor, strategic vision, and team-driven approach behind scaling one of the region’s most ambitious healthtech startups. To stay up to date with more stories like this, subscribe to our ⁠Newsletter⁠. An AI-narrated episode brought to you by ⁠Bayanat⁠—your front-row seat to MENA’s tech, startup, and investment ecosystem.

    12 min
  8. The Relentless Rise of Smartr AI

    10/08/2025

    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 powerhouse in Dubai, Rodolph takes us through the resilience, reinvention, and relentless experimentation that shaped Smartr’s rise. To stay up to date with more stories like this, subscribe to our ⁠Newsletter⁠. An AI-narrated episode brought to you by ⁠Bayanat⁠—your front-row seat to MENA’s tech, startup, and investment ecosystem.

    10 min
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Bayanat is your front-row seat to MENA’s tech, startup, and investment ecosystem. Through in-depth conversations with founders, investors, and operators, transformed into AI-narrated podcasts, we uncover how they are actually building and scaling in the region. Check us out at: www.bayanat.pro

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