Since 2004 Iran has put efforts in launching some version of a domestic search engine within the country, these projects often had significant government funding and backing as they were perceived to help the Iran intranet network of information (which is Iran's local internet of sites often switched on...
Under the oversight of the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), Saudi Payments reported the dispatch of Saudi Arabia's instant payment platform 'sarie' in collaboration with IBM and Mastercard and that makes it one of the fastest ways to make transactions in the region.
As of now, 'sarie' upholds all Saudi banks...
The MSA was selected by the ISSF because of its board experience in the industry, robust track record, global access, and deep roots in the East and China. And this new access to MSA’s resources will certainly allow the ISSF to develop themselves in a competitive and entrepreneurial ecosystem...
It was announced that the UAE-based Edtech and Fintech startup Cashee has managed to raise about $1M in a Pre-seed funding round. The startup offers a digital platform along with providing prepaid cards to teens and kids that have a lot of useful features. It includes access for parents...
Kenz, the Ramallah-based platform aims at helping women to find their preferable fashion and style that suits them. The platform is popular for launching the first Arabic calculator for getting bra and shapewear sizes. Lingerie being the most difficult product category that needs accurate measures, over 80 percent of...
It was announced today that the popular Sydney-settled fintech platform Zip has procured Middle Eastern ‘buy now pay later’ platform Spotii for a venture worth $20M. The cash will be paid in Zip's shares, cash, or a bit of both. As a feature of the arrangement, Spotii investors will...
Despite decreasing funding in the African continent, Nigerian startups succeeded in raising their funding to $160 million in the first Q1. Four countries including Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Egypt accounted for %87 of startup investments during Q1, and the founding breakdown showed, Nigeria is leader with $160 m...
Logistic and supply chain company, Trukkin has raised it's series A investment round of $7 million from Saudi based Emkan Capital.
Trukkin, founded in 2017 by Janardan Dalmia who used to work as a financial executive brands itself as a leading aggregator platform which matches shipping with trucking for a...
Laverie was founded back in 2018 and has been fully operational ever since. They’ve already processed more than 60k items from a very popular client base of over 4k active registered users from the platform. The platform provides fully digitized laundry services to the clients along with order tracking...
The Egyptian eCommerce SaaS solution supplier zVendo has effectively raised a seven-figure Pre-Series A financing round from Mobica and Gratus Holding. The platform was established back in 2018. zVendo was made by Egyptian entrepreneurs to oblige the developing E-trade market in Egypt, Middle East, and Africa meaning in the...
