Momentum Works’ predictions for 2019 – Middle East
A few days back we gazed into our crystal ball and shared with you our 2019 predictions for Southeast Asia.
We now turn our...
Momentum Works’ predictions for 2019 – Southeast Asia
New targets for 2019 are said to include the Philippines, Malaysia, Myanmar and Cambodia.
However, expanding into new markets won’t be easy. We believe that...
New version of WeChat copies “Story” of Snapchat & Instagram
And makes interesting tweaks to content discovery
Skype co-founder’s Oriente rides the Fintech wave with top conglomerates
On November 28 2018, Oriente, a fintech company based in Hong Kong, announced that it received an initial funding of $105M. The operative word...
New investment boom of property marketplaces?
Last year, a good friend of ours, who wanted to build a property marketplace (“à la Opendoor style”) in a country of 200+ M...
Homegrown ecommerce in Middle East finally overtaken Chinese players?
Two words that strike excitement in every online retailer's mind- Black Friday. For religious and cultural reasons, Black Friday in the Middle East is...
Final verdict: how many 2018 SEA predictions did we get right?
GoPay, bitcoins and corporate innovation are the biggest disappointments.
Didi clashes with Uber, again!
On November 21, six months after entering (the country of) Mexico, Didi finally announced that it had started operations in Mexico City (population 21...
