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600Moroccan bus booking startup Lagare.ma raises over $200,000, plans expansion to Egypt & Tunisia
Lagare.ma, a Moroccan bus booking platform has raised ~$217,000 (2 million Moroccan Dirhams) in funding. Founded in 2014 by Issam Darui in,...
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1.6KMeet the winners of MITEF Arab Startup Competition’s 11th Edition (2018)
The Arab Startup Competition by the year run startup competition by MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab, which happens to be one of the largest...
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443Noon partners with ‘AMC Cinemas’ to sell movie tickets after the return of cinemas to Saudi
Ecommerce platform Noon has entered a partnership with AMC Cinemas to sell tickets for the first public screening of a movie after the...
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7.9KEgyptian mental health startup Shezlong raises $350,000 from 500 Startups, Endure and HIMangel
Cairo-based mental health startup Shezlong has raised $350,000 in a bridge funding round. The investment came from 500 Startups, Endure Capital and...
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1.6KDubai-based AI voice-to-text note taking startup Wrappup gets acquired by Silicon Valley’s Voicera
Voicera, a Silicon Valley based startup has acquired Dubai-based AI voice-to-text note taking startup Wrappup. The terms of the deal were not...
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802Morocco to tax Airbnb listings from 2019
The property rentals offered on Airbnb in Morocco will be subject to tax, starting from 2019. Moroccan government has taken this decision...
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3.7KGoogle launches ‘Maharat min Google’ to help Arabic speakers learn digital skills
Google has launched Maharat min Google, a digital skills training program for Arabic speakers. The program was launched yesterday at an event...
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1.2KDubai-based Junkbot wins the ‘Public Vote Prize’ at Seedstars Summit in Switzerland
Seedstars brought more than 65 startups from all around the world including 9 from MENA in Switzerland last week at their annual...
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840Noon to launch online auctions in UAE & Saudi: report
Dubai-based ecommerce platform Noon is set to launch ‘online auctions’ functionality in Saudi and UAE in the next few weeks, Arabian Business...