Full Name
Mrs. Mona Ataya
Job Title
Founder
Company
Mumzworld
Speaker Bio
Mona is a serial visionary entrepreneur, transformational leader, Investor, Board member, UN advocate and ecosystem builder. Mona has spent over two decades pioneering category-defining businesses across the MENA region.
She is best known as the Founder of Mumzworld, the Middle East’s leading mother & child e-commerce platform. Under her leadership, Mumzworld scaled rapidly to become the #1 trusted, platform for millions of mothers across MENA.
Mumzworld secured six funding rounds, becoming the #1 funded women-led tech business in the region and achieved a successful exit in 2024. Mona is also Co-founder at Bayt.com, the Arab world’s largest jobs board, and established Digitise360, a platform for Public and private sector strategic advisory and scalable business growth.
Her passion for enabling innovation extends beyond her businesses. She is a board member at the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy and the Young Arab Leaders, a UN advocate and mentor/ investor across the region’s startup ecosystem. She is also a highly sought-after global speaker.
Her legacy is one of building from the ground up with a relentless commitment to impact and sustainable value creation, repeatedly ranked on Forbes’ top 10 lists, named among Most Powerful Arab Women.
She is best known as the Founder of Mumzworld, the Middle East’s leading mother & child e-commerce platform. Under her leadership, Mumzworld scaled rapidly to become the #1 trusted, platform for millions of mothers across MENA.
Mumzworld secured six funding rounds, becoming the #1 funded women-led tech business in the region and achieved a successful exit in 2024. Mona is also Co-founder at Bayt.com, the Arab world’s largest jobs board, and established Digitise360, a platform for Public and private sector strategic advisory and scalable business growth.
Her passion for enabling innovation extends beyond her businesses. She is a board member at the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy and the Young Arab Leaders, a UN advocate and mentor/ investor across the region’s startup ecosystem. She is also a highly sought-after global speaker.
Her legacy is one of building from the ground up with a relentless commitment to impact and sustainable value creation, repeatedly ranked on Forbes’ top 10 lists, named among Most Powerful Arab Women.
