| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.05.2025 | Digital Nomads: For Chiderah Azodoh, Dubai’s promising tech industry is a hotbed for fintech | In 2019, Nigeria’s banking sector experienced a major event: Access Bank, now the country’s largest bank by assets, acquired Diamond Bank, which used to be at the top of the food chain as the largest tier-2 lender in the country.
For Chider... |
| 29.05.2025 | The Rise of AI in MENA: Google’s Accelerator Program Ignites Innovation | The Middle East, North Africa, and Turkiye (MENA-T) are becoming the new frontiers of artificial intelligence (AI). Google has recognized this potential and is taking bold steps to nurture it. The tech giant recently launched its second “Go... |
| 28.05.2025 | Tarjama's Bold Leap: $15 Million Series A Funding to Transform Arabic AI Landscape | In the heart of the Middle East, a revolution is brewing. Tarjama, a Dubai-based language solutions technology company, has secured $15 million in Series A funding. This significant investment, led by Global Ventures, marks a pivotal moment... |
| 27.05.2025 | Google introduces its second “AI First” accelerator for startups in MENA, Turkey | Google announced the launch of its second “Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First” programme for the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkiye (MENA-T). The 12-week, equity-free programme is designed to empower the most promising Seed to Se... |
| 26.05.2025 | Tarjama Closes $15M in Series A Funding | Tarjama, a Dubai, UAE-based language solutions technology company, raised $15M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Global Ventures with participation from Wamda Capital, TA Ventures, Phaze Capital, Golden Gate Ventures, and Endeavor C... |
| 23.05.2025 | TA Ventures Виктории Тигипко инвестировал в дубайский стартап Tarjama в раунде на $15 млн | Лид-инвестором раунда выступил фонд Global Ventures. К раунду также присоединились Wamda Capital, Phaze Capital, Golden Gate Ventures и Endeavor Catalyst.
Tarjama направит привлеченные деньги на масштабирование экосистемы Arabic.AI. Это аге... |
| 23.05.2025 | Tarjama’s $15 M Series A joined by Wamda Capital | Tarjama, MENA’s leading language solutions technology company, announces it has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round. The round was led by MENA’s leading venture capital firm – Global Ventures. Other participating investors includ... |
| 21.05.2025 | The Shifting Sands of African E-Commerce: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead | The African e-commerce landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. Investors are pulling back, and giants like Jumia are grappling with fierce competition. The numbers tell a stark story. In the first quarter of 2025, African e-commerce startu... |
| 21.05.2025 | African e-commerce startups raise $11.3M in Q1 as investor caution grows | Investor appetite for e-commerce startups in Africa is dwindling as year-on-year funding figures dropped by 47.2% in Q1 2025. According to data from Africa: The Big Deal, a database for startup deals, the total funding received by African s... |
| 20.04.2025 | Digital Marketplace Provider Dubizzle Group Expands Real Estate Intelligence Capabilities with Acquisition of Property Monitor | Listen to this article
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Dubizzle Group, the MENA region’s digital marketplace group, announces today the acquisition of Property Monitor, a real-estate market intelligence platform in the UAE.
The acquisition of Pr... |
| 18.02.2025 | Egypt’s B2B SaaS Startup Qme Announces $3M Seed Round | Qme, a B2B SaaS startup based in Egypt, has reportedly acquired $3 million in a seed funding round that was led by AHOY, a multisector tech company, along with angel investors from the GCC.
Qme is an AI-enhanced platform addressing a key is... |
| 18.02.2025 | Wealth and Asset Tracking Platform Myne Announces New Funding Round | Listen to this article
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Myne, a wealth and asset tracking platform, announced that the firm has secured $2 million and has now finalized its pre-seed round.
The new investment round was led by Scene Holding, follow... |
| 08.02.2025 | A New Dawn in Capital Markets: SM Investments and the Rise of MENA Startups | In the bustling world of finance, two regions are making waves: the Philippines and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Each is carving its own path, driven by innovation and strategic investments. SM Investments Corporation, a titan i... |
| 07.02.2025 | MENA Digest: UAE’s Qeen AI, Egyptian firms Khazna and Simplex net big cheques | Qeen AI's founders Ahmad Khwileh, Dina Alsamhan and Morteza Ibrahimi
The UAE-based AI startup Qeen AI led funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region this week, securing one of the largest seed investments in the regi... |
| 06.02.2025 | "We Got Funded!": Dubai-Based qeen.ai Closes One of the MENA Region's Largest Seed Rounds The seed funding will support qeen.ai's growth strategy by expanding the reach and capabilities of i... | Qeen.ai, a Dubai-based company helping e-commerce businesses grow with proprietary, sales-oriented AI solutions, has raised USD$10 million in a seed round led by Prosus Ventures, with participation from existing investors including Wamda Ca... |
| 04.02.2025 | qeen.ai Raises USD 10M in Funding | qeen.ai, a Dubai, UAE-based provider of agentic AI solutions for e-commerce, raised USD 10M in funding.
The round, which brought the total amount to $12M, was led by Prosus Ventures, with participation from existing investors including Wamd... |
| 13.12.2024 | Wafeq’s $7.5 M Series A round includes participation from Wamda Capital | Modern and user-friendly accounting platform Wafeq announced today that its $7.5 million Series A funding round (SAR 28 million) is now complete. Globally recognized accounting software executives and investors are involved in this investme... |
| 13.12.2024 | MENA Digest: UAE’s Wafeq, BioSapien get biggest funding cheques this week | Nadim Alameddine, CEO & Founder of Wafeq
The UAE-based startups led the funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa region this week with fintech platform Wafeq and healthtech firm BioSapien pocketing the biggest cheques.
Saudi... |
| 25.07.2024 | Corrsy, a Finnish edtech startup operating in MENA, raises $500,000 pre-seed | The round was led by Iraqi VC EQIQ and will be used to expand across the region
As we've previously written about, edtech is surging in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: funding for edtech companies rose from $2 million in 201... |
| 22.07.2024 | Egyptian Fintech Unicorn MNT-Halan Announces $157.5 Million Funding Round | Listen to this article
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MNT-Halan, an Egyptian FinTech firm and the nation’s first unicorn, has reportedly finalized a new investment round, acquiring a total of $157.5 million.
This new funding round included cont... |
| 16.07.2024 | They’re not copycats, they’re smart iterators | This article was contributed to TechCabal by Timothy Motte, through The Realistic Optimist, a paid newsletter covering the globalised startup scene. An ode to simplicity
Paul Graham, Y-Combinator’s founder, excels at simplicity. His essays ... |
| 11.07.2024 | Saudi e-learning platform LEORON takes funding from Olive Rock Partners | The MENA region has seen a surge of edtech funding in recent years
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has seen a big rise in edtech funding in recent years, growing from $2 million in 2017 to $21 million by the end of 2019, then... |
| 02.07.2024 | The top 10 biggest edtech fundraisings in the last year | Edtech funding has been dropping since 2021, meaning only the best companies are raising money
Much like healthcare, the pandemic was a boon for the edtech space: thanks to the rise of e-learning and new technologies to help kids learn whil... |
| 03.06.2024 | AgriTech Innovations Blossom with Funding Surge | In the vast expanse of the AgriTech industry, a recent surge in funding has breathed new life into innovative solutions aimed at revolutionizing the way we approach agriculture. Among the notable beneficiaries of this funding wave is Saudi ... |
| 30.05.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Venture studio Squared Circles raises $40m, iyris nabs $16m for indoor ag | Squared Circles, the venture studio behind Nutrafol and other health, wellness, and food brands, announced a $40 million Series A fundraise this week led by private equity firm L Catterton.
There were fundraises a’ plenty coming from the ME... |
| 22.02.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Captain Fresh reels in $25m, Trace Genomics lands $10.5m, new beef at Beyond Meat | Plenty of funding rounds to be had this week, from sustainable seafood company Captain Fresh to soil insights startup Trace Genomics, a UAE-based cloud kitchen company and an agrifintech outfit from India.
Elsewhere, Syngenta and Lavie Bio ... |
| 05.02.2024 | African startups raised $83 million in January 2024 | African startups got off to a sluggish start in 2024, raising just $83 million across 31 disclosed deals in January, according to data from Africa: The Big Deal. This marks a steep decline from the $545.1 million raised in 20 deals during t... |
| 25.01.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: BlueWhite, Protix & IGS raise funding, Eatable Adventures program investing in agrifood | This week saw fundraises from “robots-as-a-service” startup BlueWhite, insect protein producer Protix, and AgFunder portco vertical farming technology provider Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS). Other startups closed new rounds for livesto... |
| 22.01.2024 | Egyptian Fintech Zeal Secures $4M in Funding via Round led by Raed Ventures and Cur8 Capital | Zeal says it is pleased to announce a successful $4M funding round led by Raed Ventures and Cur8 Capital, along with strategic angel investors.
This capital from the investment round is aimed at “expanding Zeal’s innovative technology solut... |
| 18.01.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Agrotoken closes Series A, John Deere & SpaceX team up, MaxAB merges with Wasoko | Latin America agrifintech startup Agrotoken made news this week with a Series A that included participation from Bunge Ventures. A number of new collaborations also emerged, including a strategic partnership between John Deere and SpaceX, a... |
| 05.11.2023 | MENA Region Fintech Tabby Finalizes $200M Series D at $1.5B Valuation | Tabby, the MENA region’s shopping and financial services app, has raised $200 million in equity financing led by Wellington Management, which claims to be one of the world’s major independent investment management firms.
The equity financin... |
| 31.10.2023 | Buy now, pay later platform Tabby nabs $200M in Series D funding at $1.5B valuation | The past year and a half have witnessed multiple startups facing valuation cuts as funding from VCs waned in an environment of rising interest rates. In this context, fintechs, especially buy now, pay later companies serving Western custome... |
| 18.10.2023 | Почему IT-компании выбирают Ближний Восток: топ-5 технологических трендов региона в 2023 году | 16 октября в Дубае открылась одна из крупнейших технологических конференций Ближнего Востока GITEX 2023. Еще 15 лет мало кто мог предсказать, что среди арабских дюн раскинутся цифровые оазисы — живое воплощение национальных «visions», щедро... |
| 05.10.2023 | Dutch-based TAP accelerator raises €951K to help Palestinian talents find job opportunities | Read this article in:
The Netherlands-based Talent Acceleration Platform or TAP announced that it has secured €951K in a funding round led by Wamda Capital to scale up its career acceleration programmes in Palestine and similar overlooked c... |
| 08.09.2023 | Кувейтский финтех-стартап Kem с командой выходцев из российских банков привлек $1 млн | Инвестором выступила Maqamees Holdings. Компания работает на рынке Кувейта и Саудовской Аравии и представляет собой аналог российской Системы быстрых платежей (СБП). Стратегический партнер Kem — один из крупнейших банков в Кувейте и Саудовс... |
| 23.07.2023 | Flash, Egypt’s Cashless Payments Fintech, Secures Funding from Addition, Flourish Ventures, Others | Flash, Egypt’s cashless payments app, completed a $6 million seed round led by Addition along with participation from Flourish Ventures and other angel investors.
This funding from the investment round will be used “to accelerate the startu... |
| 26.06.2023 | Egyptian Fintech Agel Secures Investment for Shariah-Compliant Financial Technology Platform | Agel, which claims to be Egypt’s first and only Islamic FinTech, has announced today that the company has successfully “closed the pre-seed round for undisclosed seven-digit figures.”
The investment round was “led by MENA-focused venture ca... |
| 14.06.2023 | Майский разрез венчурного рынка в регионе MENA | Стартапы в регионе MENA (Ближний Восток и в Северная Африка) в мае 2023 года привлекли $445 миллионов в рамках 39 сделках, что больше апрельских показателей в 63,5 раза! В прошлом месяце стартапы собрали всего $7 млн, как мы и говорили, это... |
| 17.05.2023 | Taking Advantage Of Morocco's Emerging Aerospace Industry | Daniel Danino is the CEO and founder of Volta Metals, an international group focused on energy, industry and trading in EMEA. |
| 21.03.2023 | Перекресток Востока и Запада: почему бизнес хорошо чувствует себя в ОАЭ | Содержание: Деловой климат ОАЭ Особенности регистрации компании в ОАЭ Экосистема Акселераторы и инкубаторы Плюсы, минусы, региональная специфика Личный опыт бизнеса в ОАЭ Популярные ниши и инвестсреда Сообщества, мероприятия и медиа Резюме
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| 15.03.2023 | Февральский разрез венчурного рынка в регионе MENA | Стартапы в регионе MENA (Ближний Восток и в Северная Африка) привлекли $760 миллионов в феврале 2023 года в рамках 48 сделок, что в 7,5 раз больше январских показателей, о которых я писал. Итого, объем финансирования вырос на 638% в месячно... |
| 15.02.2023 | Middle East Tech Startups Are A Hot Emerging Market | The city skyline in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Christopher Pike/Bloomberg)© 2022 Bloomberg Finance LP |
| 10.02.2023 | Январский разрез венчурного рынка в регионе MENA | Стартапы в регионе MENA (Ближний Восток и в Северная Африка) привлекли $103 миллиона в январе 2023 года в рамках 22 сделок. Это на 17% меньше по сравнению с предыдущим месяцем с точки зрения объема финансирования.
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| 08.02.2023 | Egyptian health tech Yodawy raises $16M, backed by Delivery Hero Ventures | Without proper government-led public health initiatives, healthcare expenditures, including insurance and pharmaceutical drugs, can burden individuals and households. In recent years, private institutions have played a massive part in the c... |
| 07.02.2023 | Startups in the billing space you need to know | They include Chargebee, Zentoni, DeferIt, SplitWise, and Monetize360
Like nearly eveything else, digitization has changed the way we pay for things. I'm not only talking about electonic payment consumer apps like Zelle and Venmo, but even t... |
| 05.02.2023 | Обзор технологических стартапов в образовании за последнюю неделю | Ян Миха Кролл, Даниэль Захариас и Тимо Стосиус, основатели Sdui
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Что стало известно об инвестировании в стартапы EdTech за прошедшую неделю
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Abhinay maths
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| 25.01.2023 | UAE’s B2B Fintech Alaan Secures $4.5M via Pre-Series A Round | UAE-based Alaan, the spend management platform for Middle Eastern businesses, announced that it has raised $4.5 million pre-Series A funding, “backed by Presight Capital, Y Combinator, and angel investors.”
Together with the $2.5 million se... |
| 10.01.2023 | Акселераторы Дубая и Абу-Даби | ОАЭ — бизнес-столица MENA, которая лидирует в регионе по объему венчурных инвестиций для стартапов. Страна открыта для компаний будущего и оказывает им большую поддержку в развитии.
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| 27.12.2022 | Мы съездили в Дубай, пообщались с бизнес-комьюнити и сделали свои выводы об инвестициях в этом регионе | Привет, это команда Reca Ventures. В ноябре мы слетали в Дубай, чтобы прощупать инвестиционную почву в главной точке Среднего Востока и одном из самых активных мест притяжения международного бизнеса и команд. Много встречались с местным биз... |
| 13.12.2022 | В поисках стартапа-носорога. Венчур Северной и Южной Африки в одной поездке | Год назад я бы ни за что не поверила, что вместо Web Summit в Лиссабоне, куда я собиралась ехать третий год подряд, я отправлюсь в Африку.
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| 28.11.2022 | SWVL reduces its headcount by 50% six months after axing 400+ staff | Cairo-born and Dubai-based mass transit and shared mobility services provider SWVL has carried out its second round of layoffs affecting 50% of its remaining headcount, according to a statement shared by the company.
The news is coming six ... |
| 27.11.2022 | Обзор технологических стартапов в образовании за последнюю неделю | Стивен Крамер, Генеральный директор Workjam
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Что стало известно об инвестировании в стартапы EdTech за прошедшую неделю
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| 13.11.2022 | Обзор технологических стартапов в образовании за последнюю неделю | Мишель Ри и Химена Хартсок, соучредители BuildWithin
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| 18.10.2022 | Egypt’s Nexta to launch ‘next-gen banking’ app with fresh $3M | Nexta, an Egyptian startup that plans to launch its banking app in the coming months, has secured a $3 million investment from eFinance Group, a state-owned provider of digital payments solutions. This news follows the $2 million pre-seed r... |
| 08.10.2022 | This Week: Nigeria sues Meta | Editor’s Note
Week 40, 2022
Read time: 5 minutes
Meta is no novice when it comes to being sued.
This time the Nigerian government has a bone to pick with the social media giant. We’ll see how it ends. We’ll also have a holiday on Monday, an... |
| 03.10.2022 | Egyptian venture capital firm Algebra Ventures hits first close of second fund at $100M | Last April, Egyptian and MENA-focused venture capital firm Algebra Ventures announced the launch of its $90 million second fund. It was the sequel to its first: a $54 million fund invested in 21 startups across Egypt and the Middle East.
Wh... |
| 21.09.2022 | Data snapshot: 90% of African agrifoodtech investment went to Nigeria, Egypt and Kenya | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
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| 05.09.2022 | The leading African tech moves from August 2022 | August brought the lowest funding announcements of the year so far for African startups.
Last month, Kenya and South Africa also took significant moves to institute coding as a subject to be taught in schools.
Here’s more about the leading ... |
| 02.09.2022 | Tech winter: More layoffs rock Africa’s startup ecosystem | Since 2022 began, layoffs have become one of the most discussed topics in the global tech space. The reasons are quite understandable: the US, Asian, and European money markets have been trending downwards; venture funding has slowed down f... |
| 29.08.2022 | Dubai-based Stake raises $8 million to let people across the globe invest in local properties | Dubai-based startup Stake is offering retail investors from across the globe to buy fractions of rental property in UAE’s marquee city and earn regular income. The startup, found in 2020, claims that because of Dubai’s real-estate rules it ... |
| 27.08.2022 | TC Weekender – MTN rolls out 5G in Nigeria | Plus: South Africa is striking gold with tech exit. Binance supports ZAR. University strikes are pumpimg tech talents.
Editor’s Note
Week 34, 2022
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Nigeria’s ASUU strike is upending the degree-before-career norm in the m... |
| 03.08.2022 | Khazenly’s CEO on the fulfilment gap in Egypt’s logistics sector | Khazenly cofounders Source: Wamda
While major e-commerce companies around the world are laying off their staff due to the domino effects of soaring inflation, the e-commerce industry in Africa has a different story to tell. Africa’s e-comme... |
| 20.06.2022 | Sequoia Capital India and Founders Fund back UAE-based proptech startup Huspy in its $37M round | Founders Fund has made its first investment in the Middle East by backing UAE-based proptech startup Huspy. The $37 million Series A round, one of the largest at this stage in MENA, was led by Sequoia Capital India.
The round also welcomed ... |
| 31.05.2022 | CASF announces its third investment in Africa | The Cairo Angels Syndicate Fund (CASF) has announced an undisclosed investment in Finclusion Group, a sub-Saharan African fintech platform.
This investment will mark CASF’s fourth overall investment and third investment on the African conti... |
| 31.05.2022 | Egypt-born Swvl lays off a third of its staff, two months after going public | Egypt-born and Dubai-headquartered mobility startup Swvl, has announced plans to lay off a third of its workforce. The cut will affect 400 people, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Youssef Salem told Bloomberg.
This announcement was revealed in... |
| 29.04.2022 | USV quietly announces $625M in fresh funding for ‘both Web2 and Web3’ teams | Union Square Ventures (USV), the 19-year-old, New York-based venture firm, has raised $275 million for its eighth early-stage fund and $350 million for its fourth opportunity fund, the firm announced in a blog post yesterday.
In sharing new... |
| 04.04.2022 | Digital health news, funding roundup in the prior week; April 4, 2022 | Hims & Hers and Carbon Health partner; White House's new COVID website; FDA approved second booster
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CMS announced it will offer more than $110 million to expand access to home and community-based services through Medicai... |
| 31.03.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Beewise closes $80m round, Arzeda nabs $33m | This week, Israeli bee tech company Beewise raised funds to save the world’s apine population with robotic hives, while US autonomous greenhouse tech provider Koidra closed its seed round. In alternative protein, US-based companies closed r... |
| 29.03.2022 | Investors on high alert as Y Combinator shows interest in East and North Africa | Share this article:
In 2005, while walking home after dinner, Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston decided to start Y Combinator (YC). At the time, Livingston worked at an investment bank, was dissatisfied with her job, and was exploring othe... |
| 07.03.2022 | Digital health news, funding roundup in the prior week; March 7, 2022 | Amazon and Teladoc partner; CDC estimates 140M people had COVID; CVS Health will enter the metaverse
Top Health News
Amazon partnered with Teladoc so patients can call their doctor through through Amazon Alexa devices, including the Echo, E... |
| 21.02.2022 | Saudi Arabia based Fintech EdfaPay Secures $1.6M via Pre-Seed Round | Saudi Arabia-headquartered Fintech firm EdfaPay has secured $1.6 million (appr. SAR 6 million) in capital via its latest investment round.
The pre-seed investment has reportedly been led by Nuwa capital, InspireUs VC, Wallan Investment grou... |
| 17.02.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Equip gets $58m to help manage eating disorders; Bowery acquires Traptic | This week, US telehealth startup Equip raised funds for its eating disorder management platform, while Danish agtech company Agreena secured $22.5 million to help farmers participate in carbon markets.
In Asia, Next Gen Foods, the company b... |
| 01.02.2022 | Qlub, a Payments Fintech for Restaurants, Secures $17M via Seed Round | Qlub, a company creating a fast payment solution for consumers in restaurants, has secured $17 million via a seed round.
Qlub’s investment round has been co-led by Cherry Ventures and Point Nine along with contributions from other several V... |
| 21.12.2021 | TechCabal Daily – MAXing out | 21 DECEMBER, 2021
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Kenyan mobile telecommunications giant, Safaricom, has expanded its subscription-based video platform, Baze, to include music streaming.
Baze, which was launched earlier in 2021, is a ... |
| 14.12.2021 | VentureFriends makes first closing of its new fund at €90M to expand its focus to Latin America and the Middle East | Athens, Greece ~
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VentureFriends, the early-stage venture capital firm with Greek roots, makes the first closing of its third fund at €90M, aiming to reach its final target of €100M. Investors in the new fund are family offices, and... |
| 09.12.2021 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: India leads as AgroStar, Ola, WayCool & Samhitha score funding | Online farmer marketplace Agrostar scored $70 million while delivery and transport app Ola bagged $139 million as Indian startups led in the agrifoodtech funding stakes this past week. Elsewhere, the US’s Serve Robotics raised $13 million f... |
| 02.12.2021 | Investors are clamoring for a slice of Egypt’s B2B logistics tech scene | With all the news of global supply chain challenges, it’s no wonder logistics and last-mile delivery services have become such big business in the agrifoodtech world. In Cairo, a city of 21 million people, it’s not just big: it’s huge.
“[We... |
| 29.11.2021 | Quick-commerce startup YallaMarket eyes Saudi Arabia and Qatar next year after U.A.E expansion | YallaMarket, a Dubai-based quick-commerce startup, is planning to expand within the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E), and to enter Saudi Arabia and Qatar next year, to tap the appetite for speedy and convenient grocery shopping.
The startup, wh... |
| 07.10.2021 | New Zealand’s Easy Crypto raises $11.75M, eyes stock market float
Chainalysis acquires cybercrime investigative firm Excygent in fight against ransomware attacks
Blockchain embraces gold to provide ... | New Zealand-based crypto exchange Easy Crypto has raised $11.75 million (17 million New Zealand dollars) in Series A funding, as the firm eyes a potential initial public offering (IPO) in the future.
The round was led by venture capital fun... |
| 30.09.2021 | Egyptian blockchain platform Pravica raises investment to drive decentralised identity | Share this:
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| 19.07.2021 | Обзор технологических стартапов в образовании за последнюю неделю | Nas Academy
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| 08.06.2021 | What The Chipper, Flutterwave, OPay And Tyme Bank Mega-Rounds Mean For The African Tech Scene | The rise of innovation across Africa getty |
| 02.06.2021 | TalentQL launches ‘Pipeline’, Gokada’s super app ambitions, Farmcrowdy CEO steps down | Share this article:
Good day,
Chimgozirim here
Today I’ll be discussing:
TalentQL’s plan to train more senior developers
Gokada’s super app play
Farmcrowdy’s leadership change TalentQL launches Pipeline
Talent outsourcing startup, TalentQL,... |
| 24.05.2021 | Safaricom in Ethiopia, Netflix and video gaming | Share this article:
Good day,
Oluwanifemi and Ogheneruemu here. Today we’re discussing:
Safaricom’s entry into Ethiopia
Netflix to expand into video gaming Safaricom gets Ethiopian telecom licence
Nearly three years after Ethiopia’s Prime M... |
| 24.05.2021 | Seed-stage accelerator Flat6Labs closes $13.2M fund for startups in Egypt | Investment activities in Egypt continue to gain steam, not for startups only but also the funds backing them. Today, seed accelerator Flat6Labs announced the second close of its Egypt fund to support early-stage startups and provide follow-... |
| 04.05.2021 | New venture capital funds in Egypt to receive $120million from GIZ | It’s a good time to be raising money for venture capital investment in Egypt, especially if it is a first-time fund.
GIZ Egypt has launched a €100 million ($120 million) funding programme called “VC University”.
The initiative is a collabor... |
| 18.04.2021 | Fintech Funding: MENA Region’s Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt Raised Substantial Amounts in Q1 2021, but UK Remains a Global Leader in Fintech | MENA region startups secured $170 million in capital during March 2021, which is reportedly a 6% increase month-over-month, across 43 different deals, according to local sources.
This notably takes the total funds raised during Q1 2021 to $... |
| 06.04.2021 | Sawari Ventures and Algebra Ventures stake $150m on North African startups | One billion Egyptian pounds. That is how much Sawari Ventures raised for its Egypt-based fund. The fund has plans to ramp up investments in startups across the North Africa region.
Depending on the prevailing conversion rate, Sawari’s raise... |
| 27.12.2020 | Asian Countries like Bahrain and India Continue to Develop Financial Infrastructure to Support Payments Processing and other Fintech Services | Dalal Buhejji, the Director of Business Development, Financial Services at the Bahrain Economic Development Board, has noted that there are currently around 400 financial institutions based in Bahrain.
Buhejji pointed out that these compani... |
| 25.09.2020 | Turkish delight as Tarfin raises $5m Series A for its smallholder lending app | Tarfin, an Istanbul-based provider of agricultural inputs to farmers with extended payment terms, has completed a $5 million Series A investment round.
Led by Quona Capital, a venture firm focused on fintech in emerging markets, the round a... |
| 25.09.2020 | Turkish delight as Tarfin raises $5m Series A for its smallholder lending app | |
| 28.07.2020 | Corporate innovation weekly: digital pigs, try-and-buy rings, cancer-fighting bacteria | Agriculture Digital pig farming
Chemical companies BASF and Evonik invested in SmartAHC, a Chinese startup developing technology for digital pig farming. The company, which raised a $2.9m series A round in 2018, uses machine learning and se... |
| 04.02.2020 | Egyptian food discovery and ordering platform Elmenus raises $8m Series-B round | Egyptian food discovery and ordering platform Elmenus has raised $8-million in a Series-B round.
Elmenus provides users with digitised restaurant menus from food carts to hotel restaurants.
Tech publication Menabytes reported in an articl... |
| 04.02.2020 | Egyptian food discovery and ordering platform Elmenus raises $8m Series-B round | Egyptian food discovery and ordering platform Elmenus has raised $8-million in a Series-B round.
Elmenus provides users with digitised restaurant menus from food carts to hotel restaurants.
Tech publication Menabytes reported in an article ... |
| 27.01.2020 | Daily funding roundup - January 27th, 2020 | Basma landed $1.2M; Yogi raised $2.3M; Teller closed $4M; ProGuides picks up $5M
Basma: Basma is a digital dental startup that plans to make invisible teeth aligners. Basma has raised $1.2 million in seed funding co-led by B&Y Venture P... |
| 18.01.2020 | Kenyan bus-travel platform QuickBus raises seed funding from Abu Dhabi | A Kenyan online platform for reviewing and buying bus tickets in Africa has completed a seed round.
Beyond ticketing, QuickBus lets users review and rate experiences on bus travel platforms, Wamda reports. They are currently in operations i... |
| 17.01.2020 | Moroccan real-estate platform Mubawab raises $7m from Middle East property group | Casablanca based real-estate platform Mubawab has raised a $7-million investment from UAE-based Emerging Markets Property Group.
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) publication Wamda reported in an article on Tuesday (14 January) that the M... |
| 17.01.2020 | Moroccan real-estate platform Mubawab raises $7m from Middle East property group | Casablanca based real-estate platform Mubawab has raised a $7-million investment from UAE-based Emerging Markets Property Group.
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) publication Wamda reported in an article on Tuesday (14 January) that the ... |
| 12.12.2019 | Egyptian fintech Paynas wins $50k at Pitch by the Pyramids | Egyptian startup PayNas has won $50 000 at the Pitch by the Pyramids pitching competition. The award was made last week.
The Cairo-based cloud platform provides banking services and a human resources and payroll service to small businesses... |
| 12.12.2019 | Egyptian fintech Paynas wins $50k at Pitch by the Pyramids | Egyptian startup PayNas has won $50 000 at the Pitch by the Pyramids pitching competition. The award was made last week.
The Cairo-based cloud platform provides banking services and a human resources and payroll service to small businesses.... |
