Last March, while cities around the world went into lock down, most companies were forced to close their doors and forego revenue for a few weeks. Given that restaurant owners collaborated with food aggregators to power the on-demand food economy, you'd think they'd have an easier time. You'd be...
It was announced that the Egyptian advertising platform Connect Ads was acquired by the Miami-based digital media company Aleph Holding by an 86% stake. The deal was comprised of both cash and stock and that’s about it from the announcement. It didn’t share the exact financial details thoroughly but...
The Doha-based E-commerce startup, Snoonu raises $5 million in a Series A funding round this week and that’s not all. The round was led by a mutual strategic partner of the startup, QDB or Qatar Development Bank along with several other investors.
Snoonu was founded by Hamad Al Hajri back...
Announced today, Abwaab has raised about $5.1M in a seed round. There were a lot of investors invested in this Amman-based EdTech platform including Beco Capital, Foundation Ventures, Spartech Ventures, 4DX Ventures, EQ2 Ventures, and GSV Ventures. The latest investment came pretty much after a year after they raised...
Iranian start-ups have certainly endured a difficult time with 4 years of sanctions, currency devaluations, economic problems and COVID-19. Some companies still operating and thriving in the digital ecosystem founded by women worth noting.
Takhfifan
This start-up initially started as a clone of Groupon and over time has come to it’s...
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...
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...
Tunis-based edtech startup GoMyCode has reported its multi-mainland venture into Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Bahrain, and France, taking advantage of new business sectors subsequent to getting subsidizing last year. The platform was established back in 2017 by CEO Yahya Bouhlel, GoMyCode began as a coding school prior...
In 2022, Dania Alshowaikh, PK Shrivastava, and Ridaa Shah founded Daleel's platform, and now broadcasted news reports that Hambro Perks Spring Studios has given them an undisclosed investment round. This Bahrain-based financial marketplace, Daleel, is a platform created to help consumers find the best financial products or compare them...
The FSRA of Abu Dhabi Global market has already introduced their latest innovative regulatory system for different fintech firms available for supervising and authorizing them who provide various third-party services to clients from other financial platforms.
TPPs are firms that play an important role as a medium between fintech firms...
