Coca-Cola, McDonald’s face boycott threats for not suspending operations in Russia
Calls get louder for boycotting McDonald's and Coca-Cola as they are still operating in Russia after invading Ukraine. The two...
Apple Suspends App Store Search Ads in Russia
Apple has suspended advertising on its App Store in Russia to join a large list of companies and brands that...
Zara, Paypal, Samsung suspend business in Russia
Zara, Paypal, and Samsung have suspended operations in Russia over the Ukraine invasion joining a long list of western companies...
Egyptian mother, baby online shop Mumerz raises $1.2m
Egyptian Mumerz.com announced that it has successfully secured $1.2m in a pre-seed round led by local fund Disruptech. Launched recently, Mumerz.com is a...
Capital Bank Launches blink: A New Era of Digital Banking in Jordan
Capital Bank of Jordan has launched Blink, a digital-only neobank aimed at retail customers, in partnership with Codebase Technologies, the...
Top Rated French Series on Netflix
Watching foreign-language shows is one of the most significant social shifts created by streaming platforms such as Netflix. Years ago,...
Funding Souq raises $2.5m in a seed round
Saudi Arabia-based crowdfunding platform Funding Souq has closed a $2.5m seed round with contributions from various angel investors. Investors include...
Yasmin Ezz stirs controversy on social media
Egyptian TV presenter Yasmin Ezz has sparked controversy on social media because of her comment on Friday, Feb 18, in...
6,000 tourists celebrate sun alignment at Abu Simbel temple
Today, more than 6,000 tourists celebrated sun alignment on King Ramses II in front of Abu Simbel Temple in Aswan....
Jambo Raises $7.5 Million To Create Africa’s Web3 app
Jambo, a three-month-old company, building a Web 3 super app for Africa, has raised $7.5 million in seed funding from...
Oil prices surge as Ukraine-Russia tension climb
Oil and gas prices are climbing on fears that the Ukraine-Russia crisis will disrupt supplies across the world. U.S. West...
Vodafone plans to cut cost by shifting UK jobs overseas
Beleaguered telecoms giant Vodafone plans to shift UK jobs overseas in a cost-cutting drive. According to an internal memo and...
New Chinese regulations hit food delivery giants’ profit model
Chinese authorities announced new regulations that will reduce the food delivery platforms' service fees charged to restaurants to lower the...
Earnpay raises $4M to facilitate access to salaries in Nigeria
Earnpay, a fintech startup that provides flexible and on-demand salary access, has raised $4 million in seed financing to facilitate...
DocuSign and Zoom team up to sign docs during meetings
Zoom and DocuSign announced a new integration that lets users review and sign documents right within a Zoom meeting to...