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US Seized Domains
The US government has seized Iranian media outlet domains once more, this time targeting it's primary international news arm Press TV, it's Arab news arm Al-Alam and Al Masirah which is a Yemeni TV channel controlled by the Houthis in Yemen. This is the second time in less than 12...
Top companies in MENA
The GCC dominates the top 50 list dominant by Saudi Arabia and it's flagship company Aramco followed by UAE being second on the list. 1. Company Name: Saudi Aramco International Rank: #5 Market Cap: $1.936 T Categories: Oil/ Gas/Energy Country: Saudi Arabia Founded on May 29, 1933, as California-Arabian Standard Oil, Saudi Aramco has grown into...
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The Detroit-and Dubai-based startup, DERQ has recently announced raising a $500k fund from Wadi Makkah Ventures as a feature of a pre-Series A round that incorporated a few other driving worldwide tech, investors and that’s not all. The venture, made in December 2020, brings the all-out reserves raised by...
District 2020 vision
District 2020: The human-centric smart city that will emerge from Expo 2020 Dubai, has revealed a range of main collaborations that will help curate its industrial transformation and startup culture, coinciding with UAE Innovates 2021, the annual UAE Innovation week. District 2020 is commemorating its contribution to promoting innovation in the...
Federal bank and Mashreq bank
Federal Bank has gone into an essential tie-up with Mashreq Bank to work with cash moves from the UAE to India by supporting the latter’s faster payment product QuickRemit. It was launched back in 2017 and has been fully functional ever since. Because of the association, Mashreq clients can...
women in technology
  16 of the top 100 companies in MENA (Middle East and North Africa) are led by extraordinary Women. Egypt had the majority closely followed by Saudi Arabia. Here are the 50 of the most Powerful Arab Women who are highly successful the business world in MENA primarily in the...
Down town Dubai
As the FinTech revolution has slowly been sweeping the Western world over the past decade and gaining a foothold in many aspects of commerce, the Middle East region has been slower to catch up but now in 2021 things are really set to change. Whilst the West already had the...
Qatar passports
According to Qatar's policy of workforce and fostering economic diversification enhancement, in a strategic move, the Qatar government introduces a new 5-Year residence permit program to attract talented and entrepreneurial individuals. Qatar tries to become the region's talent and entrepreneurship hub, allowing eligible applicants to use a five-year residence permit...
Dubai - UAE
Introduction The concept of blockchains was combined with other technologies to create modern cryptocurrency by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008. This technology gained widespread awareness and acceptance with the launch of Bitcoin in the year 2009. Blockchains are the foundation of cryptocurrencies and a simplified payment verification process. It’s expected blockchain technology will mature...
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FOODICS, a Saudia Arabia-based all-in-one restaurant management platform raised about a $20M Series B funding round at the start of the year. The funding round was led by Sanabil Investments and was also co-led by STV earlier this year. Other investors included Derayah, Endeavor Catalyst, and Elm in the...