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UK Venture Firm Hambro Perks Launches New $50 Million Fund to Invest in Early-Stage MENA Startups

The London-based firm will look to focus on fintech, healthtech and edtech with the Oryx Fund. [...]

Saudi Cloud Accounting and E-invoicing Platform VoM Raises Investment Months After Launching

Founded in the fourth quarter of 2020, VoM is poised to lead the line for KSA’s plans to impose e-invoicing on all commercial [...]

Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre Launches UAE's First Government-Backed Startup Studio

Using a revenue-sharing model, the studio aims to help entrepreneurs get their startups on their feet, through pre-seed funding, expert [...]

Saudi Arabia to Launch Bank to Exclusively Serve Financial Needs of SMEs

The SMEs Bank will bring together all the financial solutions and services an SME might need, with the ultimate aim of helping foster [...]

MAIN & GIZ Egypt Release Free Standard Legal Documents to Save Time & Money for Investors & Founders

The documents will go some way to helping founders navigate a blackhole of lengthy negotiations, expensive legal fees and complications in [...]

In Conversation with Neveen El Tahri: Egyptian Investment Veteran & Founder of 138 Pyramids

The founder of development finance initiative, 138 Pyramids, talks Egyptian youth, the art of listening and the ego of entrepreneurship in [...]

DFin Holding Launches New Fintech Platform and MENA's First Venture Debt Fund

The announcement comes ahead of what DFin sees as a huge year for the fintech sector in Egypt. [...]

Meet the Winners of the French-Egyptian Startup Competition

Over one year, 150 applicants and a pandemic later, the winners of the first edition of the competition have been crowned - but this is [...]

Egypt’s Vezeeta Launches Integrated ePharmacy Service for Prescription Medication

Following a year that saw it raise $40 million in funding, relocate to Dubai and expand into Africa, Vezeeta is wasting little time in [...]

Dubai Launches Digital Platform to Streamline Startup Registration

‘Invest Dubai’ offers instant licenses and a whole library of information, as the emirate looks to diversify its ecosystem by attracting [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Meet the 10 Startups Chosen for the First ‘Google for Startups Accelerator’ in MENA

Out of over 500 startups, only 10 have been chosen for the tech giant's first ever MENA accelerator, as it seeks to identify the most [...]

Fatafeat Launches World’s First Fully Arabic Cooking Course App

The Arabic cooking channel found that two thirds of Egyptians lack confidence in the kitchen, inspiring the launch of the ‘Genius Kitchen’ [...]

Uber Shuts Down Uber Eats Operations in All Middle East Markets

Uber Eats will shut down in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, while UAE operations will transition to Uber subsidiary Careem. [...]

This American-Egyptian Startup Found a Solution to the Shortage of Doctors

After scoring their seed round and launching in Egypt, these founders are hoping to make your healthcare journey a lot simpler. [...]

A US Firm Is Turning Air into Bottled Water in the UAE Desert

The company could hold the key to producing large amounts of sustainable water in one of the region’s most arid lands, using only renewable [...]

UK Venture Firm Hambro Perks Launches New $50 Million Fund to Invest in Early-Stage MENA Startups

The London-based firm will look to focus on fintech, healthtech and edtech with the Oryx Fund. [...]

Saudi Cloud Accounting and E-invoicing Platform VoM Raises Investment Months After Launching

Founded in the fourth quarter of 2020, VoM is poised to lead the line for KSA’s plans to impose e-invoicing on all commercial [...]

Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre Launches UAE's First Government-Backed Startup Studio

Using a revenue-sharing model, the studio aims to help entrepreneurs get their startups on their feet, through pre-seed funding, expert [...]

Saudi Arabia to Launch Bank to Exclusively Serve Financial Needs of SMEs

The SMEs Bank will bring together all the financial solutions and services an SME might need, with the ultimate aim of helping foster [...]

MAIN & GIZ Egypt Release Free Standard Legal Documents to Save Time & Money for Investors & Founders

The documents will go some way to helping founders navigate a blackhole of lengthy negotiations, expensive legal fees and complications in [...]

Open Banking Platform Tarabut Gateway Raises MENA’s Largest Fintech Seed Round of $13 Million

The Bahrain-born startup will push forward with ambitious expansion plans as it looks to lead the line in open banking both regionally and [...]

UK Venture Firm Hambro Perks Launches New $50 Million Fund to Invest in Early-Stage MENA Startups

The London-based firm will look to focus on fintech, healthtech and edtech with the Oryx Fund. [...]

Leading Iraqi Ecommerce Platform Orisdi Raises Six-Figure Bridge Round

Aiming to become the 'Amazon of Iraq', this latest investment will be channeled into ambitious growth plans, as well as strengthening what [...]

UAE’s BuyBack Bazaar Rebrands as North Ladder Ahead of Expansion Plans

The secure trading platform has set out ambitious plans for the next 24 months after raising $5 million ion Series A funding. [...]

Saudi Arabia to Launch Bank to Exclusively Serve Financial Needs of SMEs

The SMEs Bank will bring together all the financial solutions and services an SME might need, with the ultimate aim of helping foster [...]