What challenges do women still face in the Middle East start-up scene?
The start-up economy is booming in the Middle East, but despite progress, women remain underrepresented, as founders and as recipients of funding.
While women-led start-ups make up 7 per cent of the region's total, they receive about 1 per cent of available funding, Wamda statistics show.
In this episode of Business Extra, host Salim Essaid speaks with three female founders in the UAE – Yasmin Rose of Rise Birth Centre, Yasmin Megerisi of House of Meena, and Thea Myhrvold, chief executive of Getbee – who share their experiences of navigating the start-up scene in the region.
The host also hears from Hynd Bouhia, a start-up funding expert, who unpacks the numbers behind the gender gap in investment and the biases that continue to shape funding decisions.
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