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  Ease of doing business 2019: UAE, Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt improve; Lebanon and Oman see a drop in rankings

  World Bank issued its annual Doing Business report for 2019 late last month and for the first, it has United Arab Emirates...

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  RiseUp Summit 2018: Everything you need to know

  RiseUp Summit, one of the leading technology and startup conferences of the region, that takes place in Cairo every year is coming...

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  Cairo-based Fakahany raises $700,000 seed for its fresh fruits and vegetables ecommerce platform

  Fakahany, a Cairo based farm-to-door fresh produce ecommerce platform has raised $700,000 in seed funding, the startup announced today. The round was...

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  Riyadh-based Misk and 500 Startups launch an accelerator for pre-seed and seed startups in MENA

  500 Startups is partnering with Saudi-based Misk Innovation to launch an accelerator program for the pre-seed and seed stage startups in Middle...

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  Google Pay is now available in UAE

  Google’s payment service Google Pay is now available in UAE, the company has announced today, reported Arabian Business. The launch comes one...

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  It’s official: Spotify launches in MENA, available in 13 countries

  Spotify has officially launched in Middle East & North Africa and is now available in 13 countries across the region including Algeria, Bahrain,...

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  Noon to go public in four to five years: Alabbar

  Dubai-based ecommerce platform Noon plans to go public within four years, company’s chairman Mohamed Alabbar has told Arabian Business in an interview,...

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  Egyptian video analytics platform Mintrics becomes the first startup from MENA to graduate from Google Launchpad Accelerator

  Cairo-based video analytics platform Mintrics has become the first startup from Middle East & North Africa to graduate from Google Launchpad Accelerator....

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  Pakistani travel startup Sastaticket.pk raises $1.5 million Series A from Chinese VC Gobi Partners

  Sastaticket.pk, a Karachi-based OTA (online travel agency) has raised $1.5 million as Series A investment from Chinese VC firm Gobi Partners, the...

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  Pakistan-dedicated VC fund Sarmayacar raises $30 million to invest in local startups

  Sarmayacar, an early-stage VC dedicated to Pakistan has announced the closing of their $30 million fund for Pakistani startups. It is the...