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...
It was announced by Mastercard that the Bahrain-based NEC Payments will be the main worldwide accomplice of Mastercard Fintech Express, setting a large group of opportunities for new businesses and fintech players to launch Mastercard-giving administrations and open freedoms inside the economical system.
The platform was dispatched last year and...
Samurai Incubate Inc, the popular venture capital firm from Tokyo closed its “Samurai Africa 2nd General Partnership” fund very recently. They’ve successfully managed to secure about $18.6 million which is roughly 2.026B yen.
This platform with pretty much an oversubscribed funding firm saw a scope of corporates and several financial...
The popular Dubai-based market leader, iMile in delivery services has recently and officially launched their services in Egypt. Their current operations are based in Cairo and Suez and a goal to expand further in the region.
“We have solid plans for what we want to achieve in 2021 and our...
Sakneen, a property tech startup based in Egypt, recently announced that it had raised $1.1 million in a seed round led by Algebra Ventures. Sarwa Capital and Foundation Ventures also contributed significantly to the round. Hem + Spire, a real estate private equity firm based in the United States,...
Mind the Bridge, the International Chamber of Commerce and innovation advisory firm has teamed up to launch their CSS competition awards for the second year in a row and that’s not all. As a respective part of the MENA Digital Scaleup Summit, this team is to identify and expand...
The ALsaree3 group has closed a 7-figure bridge round at the end of last month. The group consisting of 2 different platforms including Alsaree3 which is a food delivery platform and Al Zajel Express which provides delivery services. The round was coordinated by Innovest ME and Iraq Tech Ventures....
Zeew, the Egypt-headquartered E-commerce platform has managed to raise about $170K from Sanabil 500 MENA Seed Accelerator and it was announced today. Sanabil 500 MENA Seed Accelerator is a joint initiative of Sanabil Investments and 500 startups. And that makes the startup with a total sum of $400K which...
Tranglo, a Singapore-based fintech specialist, announced that it will expand its cross-border payment network for instant and direct transfers to over 30 e-wallets.
Tranglo is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and was established in 2008. It also has offices in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Jakarta, Dubai, and London. This cross-border payment...
Getir is been popular very recently for offering 10-minute grocery delivery. This Istanbul-based platform is turning into a revolutionized grocery delivery platform and they deliver about 1,500 items every day to the customers. Their delivery system is active 24 hours a week and they offer their fast delivery option...
