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4.1KEcosystemMubadala launches $150 million fund of funds and $100 million direct fund, to invest in startups in MENA
UAE’s sovereign wealth fund Mubadala that has been actively making direct and indirect investments in the American and European startups for years...
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2.7KAdviceMirroring: How to design for Arabic users
When you think about the best websites, apps, and designs you have ever seen you will probably think of designs with a...
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2.6KInvestmentsDubai’s Ziwo closes Series A for its cloud-based contact center that comes with virtual phone numbers
Dubai-based cloud contact center software startup Ziwo has closed its Series A, it announced last week without sharing financial details of the...
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2.1KEcosystemBarhain’s Al Waha Fund of Funds invests in Chinese VC ‘MSA Capital’
Al Waha, the Bahrain-based $100 million Fund of Funds has made an investment in MSA Capital, a $250 million Beijing-based fund, it...
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3.0KNewsSaudi’s Dailymealz expands its subscription-based food delivery service to Kuwait
Dailymealz, a Saudi subscription-based (mainly healthy) food delivery startup has expanded to Kuwait, it told MENAbytes today. Kuwait is the first overseas...
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3.9KEcosystemWamda X, the grant-based idea-stage program for entrepreneurs in MENA is now accepting applications for its second cohort
Wamda X, the idea-stage grant-based fellowship program launched by Wamda last year is now accepting applications for its second cohort. The four-month...
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4.1KEcommerceJumia’s stock has lost more than half of its value since going public six months ago, market cap is down to $520 million
Jumia, the ‘African’ ecommerce company that has its corporate headquarters in Dubai and operations in 14 African countries including Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia,...
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4.1KEcosystemWhitepaper: Regulatory FinTech sandbox initiatives in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA)
This was first published as a whitepaper on MEVP’s website Riyad Abou Jaoudeh and has been reproduced here with his permission. A...
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4.6KInvestmentsDubai’s BulkWhiz raises multi-million Series A for its AI-driven bulk grocery ecommerce platform
Dubai-based bluk grocery eocmmerce platform BulkWhiz has closed its Series A, the startup announced today in a statement to MENAbytes. BulkWhiz did...
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3.5KNewsEgypt’s RiseUp acquires online startup community StarterHub
RiseUp, the Egyptian company behind one of largest regional entrepreneurship event, RiseUp Summit, has acquired online startup community StarterHub, it announced yesterday....
