Only as a side project of the Milken-Motsepe Innovation Prize program, a multi-year procedure to channel enterprising personalities and financial backers towards creating various innovative solutions with a focus on Africa, the agri-tech prize is currently accepting applications. The Milken-Motsepe Prize is a worldwide competitive program for providing solutions...
Led by Salem Khalaf Al Mannai and regional investors the popular Doha-based Fintech startup Dibsy has raised about $300K Pre-Seed round. Established back in 2020 by Ahmed Isse, Anouar El Mekki, and Loyan Farah, Dibsy means to make handling transactions more straightforward. The startup is additionally upheld by the...
The Fintech giant and microloan service solution provider from Egypt Kashat has managed to successfully raise about $1.75M in the latest funding round and it was announced today. The Bridge round was participated by several regional investors. The round was led by Pan-African fund Launch Africa and they’re known...
The popular Robo-advisor fintech startup StashAway has recently brought $25M up in its Series D financing round and that’s not all. The round was led by one of the most popular and leading funding firms, Sequoia Capital India. StashAway is a Singapore-based advanced wealth managing platform that conveys customized...
Pakistan’s popular B2B eCommerce platform Dastgyr announced that they’ve managed to raise about $3.5M in a seed round. The round was led by SOSV and it brings the total sum as of now to $4M and that’s not all. The round was joined by Asian Development Bank’s VC arm...
Capiter, the popular Cairo-based eCommerce marketplace has managed to raise about $33M in a Series A funding round. The series A funding round was co-led by Quota Capital and MSA Capital. The deal had the participation of Saudi-based FMCG and retailer conglomerate Savola, Shorooq Partners, Foundation Ventures, Accion Venture...
Start-ups in Iraq hardly get sufficient media coverage. As a result, only a few people know of their existence. Challenges like lack of basic infrastructure, payment solutions, and business registration complications make it difficult for start-ups to succeed. Even with these challenges, small businesses are evolving and maneuvering Iraq’s...
e&, the telecommunications giant based in the United Arab Emirates, has entered into a $1 billion partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) aimed at enhancing cloud adoption and digital transformation across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
The six-year agreement will focus on delivering essential cloud services, including...
Maqsad, the popular Karachi-based Edtech platform on successfully managing to raise about $2.1M in a Pre-Seed round. This particular pre-seed round was led by Indus Valley Capital. The round was also joined by Alter Global, Fatime Gobi Ventures along with several founders of different startups both in Pakistan and...
Mindshift Capital, the popular UAE-based funding firm has put resources into FORTË, an exclusive answer for digitizing wellness offered at fitness centers for the most convenience. Both innovation and membership-based streaming platform, FORTË introduces equipment and programming into studios, which empower classes to be streamed live to FORTË 's...
