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Bill-Splitting P2P Payments App Ziina Raises $7.5M in Seed Round

The wider P2P payments market is booming, currently estimated at $1.8 billion, it is climbing at an annual growth of 11.8 percent. [...]

Egyptian Fintech Khazna to Launch New Prepaid Card for Employees

The financial services ‘super app’ has received approval from CBE for an innovative new services developed with ADIB Egypt and Masria [...]

Tatweer Misr Innovation Competition Crowns Winners of the Fourth Round

After 750 applicants from arcos Egypt threw their names in the hat, the fourth edition of the annual competition saw some of Egypt's [...]

Egyptian B2B E-Commerce Platform Fatura Secures $3M Pre-Series A

The new investment will help Fatura diversify its services and go beyond e-commerce and digital lending, and look towards optimising the [...]

Egyptian Edtech Startup Tareeqi Acquired by Oman's eMusharif

eMushrif has been eyeing the North African market after a $2.3 million investment in 2020. [...]

Egypt’s Tejarra Raises Six-Figure Investment from Openner VC

Hosting over 50 vendors offering more than 18,000 electronic products, it’s easy to forget that Tejarra was only created in January 2021. [...]

What I Did Next: Malak Fouad Looks at Life’s Pivotal Moments

Seasoned storyteller, Malak Fouad, speaks to StartupScene about her philosophy and trajectory, two things she she channels in her podcast [...]

Egyptian Agri-Fintech Startup Mozare3 Secures Seven-Figure Funding

Providing access to advanced financial products and markets for 20 million unbanked smallholder farmers, Mozare3 is seeking to [...]

Egypt Named MENA’s Top Destination for Outsourcing Operations

Global management consultancy firm, Kearney, has hailed Egypt’s financial attractiveness and its progress in developing the ICT sector. [...]

UAE-based Fintech Zeta Raises Massive $250 Million Investment

The Series C funding raises the banking specialist's value to $1.45 billion. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Egyptian Book Summary App Akhdar Raises Six-Figure Investment from EdVentures

The startup will look to expand its library and introduce new smart learning experiences. [...]

Hacking Women’s Online Safety, How Arab Women Technologists Are Taking on the Challenge

Google’s Women Techmakers program brought 35 women tech experts from the Arab World to hack the issue of online violence, and raise [...]

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 [...]

Bill-Splitting P2P Payments App Ziina Raises $7.5M in Seed Round

The wider P2P payments market is booming, currently estimated at $1.8 billion, it is climbing at an annual growth of 11.8 percent. [...]

Egyptian Fintech Khazna to Launch New Prepaid Card for Employees

The financial services ‘super app’ has received approval from CBE for an innovative new services developed with ADIB Egypt and Masria [...]

Tatweer Misr Innovation Competition Crowns Winners of the Fourth Round

After 750 applicants from arcos Egypt threw their names in the hat, the fourth edition of the annual competition saw some of Egypt's [...]

Egyptian B2B E-Commerce Platform Fatura Secures $3M Pre-Series A

The new investment will help Fatura diversify its services and go beyond e-commerce and digital lending, and look towards optimising the [...]

Egyptian Edtech Startup Tareeqi Acquired by Oman's eMusharif

eMushrif has been eyeing the North African market after a $2.3 million investment in 2020. [...]

Trella Eyes Gulf & Africa Expansion Following $42 Million Investment

The logistics company has 350 shippers registered on the app, including Coca-Cola and Maersk, as well as 15,000 independent truck drivers. [...]

Cairo Fashion Startup DressCode Looks to Home Décor After Latest Fund

The startup wants to scale its operations and utilise its 35 local workshops to step into home décor offerings. [...]

UAE’s The Luxury Closet Raises $14M in Equity Capital for Growth Plans

The funds will fuel the company’s global expansion, as it taps into a resale market growing four times faster than primary sales. [...]

Podcast Network Finyal Media Launches New Subscription Service Finyal+

The subscription gives listeners access to the entire catalogue of Finyal Media podcasts. [...]

Lebanese Digital Dentistry Startup Basma Scores $3M Seed Funding

The funds will go towards talent-hire and expansion of services across the Arab world. [...]