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- MENA
Endeavor Egypt Welcomes Dalia Ibrahim to the Board of Directors
Endeavor Egypt welcomes renowned publishing, education entrepreneur, and expert Dalia Ibrahim to its Board of Directors. Dalia Ibrahim is the…
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FinTech Ripple Chooses Dubai International Financial Center for Regional Headquarters
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), announced that Ripple, the enterprise blockchain solution for global payments, has established its regional headquarters…
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8 Tools Every New Business Needs
Are you wondering which tools you should be using for your new business? If so, you’ve come to the right…
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Foundation Ventures powers up Egypt’s entrepreneurship ecosystem with 4 new investments
Cairo – Foundation Ventures (FV) is a regional venture capital firm founded in 2019 and is managed by Mazen Nadim,…
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Comscore study: Small Business Owners’ Interest in Credit Cards is Increasing
Comscore’s white paper “The COVID-19 Impact on Small Business Credit Card Applications in 2020” revealed that small business card application…
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instaConsult Launches Personal Consultation via Whatsapp
In this age, technology can literally be injected into your skin. So don’t expect this to be a far topic.…
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Tribal Credit Takes Juniper Research’s Best B2B Payment Platform Gold Award
US-based fintech Tribal Credit has won Juniper Research’s Best B2B Payment Platform Gold Award, recognizing its efforts in helping startups…
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Facebook teams up with TBWA\RAAD to showcase people behind #LoveLocal
Facebook has teamed up with leading regional creative agency, TBWA\RAAD, for its new campaign, #LoveLocal, an initiative to support local…
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What are the most common issues that the HR department deal with?
Human resources. Suppose you’ve worked in an office before you may know them as the people who deal with the…
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What is a Burn Rate and Why Should Startups Care?
For early-stage startups, having cash is essential to staying afloat. But it’s one thing to have money and another to…
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Amber Solutions Secures $5.5 Million in Series B
Amber Solutions, a technology innovator creating a modern hyper-intelligent electrical architecture, announced the completion of a $5.5-million Series B and…
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Mexico’s Auto-parts Startup ‘RIGS’ Teams Up With Tribal Credit
The auto parts market in Mexico has seen tremendous growth over the past five years, redefining how the automotive industry…
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Fintech Tools Every Startup Should Have
In this day and age, there is literally a digital tool for everything. But when you’re a startup with limited…
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SellAnyCar.com Expands into Saudi Arabia
SellAnyCar.com, the UAE pioneer and leader in online auto marketplaces for used car sales, announced today it is expanding into…
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Snap celebrates its unique community in its first ever B2B marketing campaign
Snap launched its first brand-facing marketing campaign under the name of ‘Meet the Snapchat Generation’, targeting marketers and advertisers across…
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A Short History of Influencer Marketing
Promoting or recommending a product is commonly seen all over the internet, particularly on social media or bloggers pages. Influencer…
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60% of Arab users prefer using emojis over words to express emotions
Viber, owned by the Japanese company, Rakuten, and one of the world’s leading apps for free and easy communication, conducted…
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How Does One Make Money on the Internet?
With the current pandemic in the world, some people will find that they have more time on their hands than…
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The biggest challenges event planners face and how you can solve them
Have you ever seen an event planner at work? The epitome of calm and collectiveness, an event planner simply has…
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Small business owners optimistic about economic recovery post-COVID
In partnership with the World Bank and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Facebook published the Global State…
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Most Effective Ways To Free Up Disk Space On Your Mac
Macs are incredible help both in work and entertainment. Many artists choose to use a Mac because of its amazing…
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Viber cuts business ties with Facebook
Japanese owned Rakuten Viber, one of the world’s leading messaging apps for free and secure communication, announces it will cut…
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Cairo-based Fintech Startup MoneyFellows Raises US $4M in Series-A
Egyptian fintech startup MoneyFellows has raised US $4 million in a Series-A investment round from venture capital (VC) firms Partech and…
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Egypt’s health ministry launches blood donation campaign in cooperation with Facebook
Egyptian Minister of Health, Dr. Hala Zayed, has announced that the ministry’s National Blood Transfusion Service is teaming up with…
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Facebook Rolls Out ‘Messenger Kids’ to MENA
Facebook is rolling out Messenger Kids to countries in Africa and the Middle East to help parents connect their kids…
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Fintech giant ‘Brex’ lays off 62 of staff despite raising $150M
Brex founders Pedro Franceschi and Henrique Dubugras wrote in a blog post published yesterday that 62 people would be let go.…
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Tribal Credit Joins Visa’s Fintech Fast Track to Bridge Equity Gap for MENA Startups
US-based startup Tribal Credit, which raised $9.1 million in a series of seed rounds, today announced that it has joined…
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Outsourcing IT support – why are so many companies doing it?
As a business, having 24/7 support from your IT department is a must. Sadly, with current business infrastructures, many IT…
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Top reasons you should hire a digital marketing agency
As a business owner, there’s nothing more important than helping your business to grow. You probably know where you want…
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Coronavirus: Fitness App ‘ElCoach’ Gives Away 30-days Free For Everyone
Bodybuilders, gym-goers, and fitness enthusiasts have been scrambled to find alternative ways to sweat after closing gym chains & boutique…
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Trade Bank of Iraq Donates $5M to Iraqi Ministry of Health to help Combat Coronavirus
Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI), today announced US $5 million in funding to support the Iraqi Ministry of Health’s efforts…
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Online Learning Platform Abwaab Raises 2.4M in Seed Funding
Abwaab, MENA’s latest online learning platform, today announces the closing of its $2.4M pre-seed funding round. The round was kicked…
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Jordan declared free of Coronavirus
Jordanian citizen who was tested positive Covid-19 has been declared healthy today and released from quarantine in Amman, which means that…
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The 5 Best URL Shorteners 2020
A URL Shortener is a technique in which a URL may be made shorter and still redirect to the original…
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Dubai to benefit from 1M+ hotel room nights amid major business event wins
Dubai Business Events (DBE), the city’s official convention bureau, recorded a total of 301 successful bids for meetings, conferences, and…
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Manchester City Launches TV Channel in UAE
Manchester City has launched CITY+, a brand-new content subscription, which is now available across all Manchester City digital platforms –…
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JLL appoints Dana Salbak as Head of Research for the MENA region
JLL, one of the world’s leading real estate investment and advisory firms, has appointed Dana Salbak as the Head of…
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TikTok Assigns Egyptian Agency ‘Green Mind’ To Manage Its MENA’s YouTube Channel
TikTok has appointed Egyptian agency “Green Mind” to manage its YouTube channel in the Middle East and North Africa region.…
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‘The Mandalorian’ finale proved the series really is that good
“The Mandalorian” season 1 finale is out and, boy, does it give viewers of the Disney+ series something to saber…
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Unlocking Potential Unicorns in MENA’s Mystery Land
Aside from the never-ending ancient archeological discoveries, Egypt is one of the fastest growing startup ecosystems in MENA. A Magnitt…
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Silicon Valley’s Tribal Credit Raises $5.5M in Seed Funding to Bank Startups
Tribal Credit closed a $5.5 million Seed round led by BECO Capital and Global Ventures to bank startups in emerging…
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A15 doubles down on Intouch.com investment to redefine retail experiences for MENA shoppers
The leading tech investor A15 has capitalized on its investment in Ireland-based retail personalization platform Intouch by doubling down on…
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Efficient Marketing Tools to Create Viral Campaigns Rapidly
Marketing has always been a subtle companion of trade and e-commerce. It started with word of mouth and later grew…
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British Council reports high demand for ‘Primary Plus’ its English courses for children in Egypt
British Council, the United Kingdom’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations, says demand for Primary Plus—its English course…
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Amman-based POSRocket Takes Cash Registers to the Cloud
The global cloud-based market is forecasted to nearly double from US$29.9 billion in 2019 to US$58.9 billion by 2024, driven by…
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Jamalon Brings Books Beyond Borders
Did you know that Arabic is the fifth most spoken language in the world? Doing one for the language is…
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Silicon Valley’s Tribal Credit Eyes MENA, Closing Round to Bank Startups
Silicon Valley-based Tribal Credit started private beta testing with MENA startups and is closing a funding round that includes some…
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‘Vikings’ marks season finale with a blockbuster two-hour premiere
Vikings fans who have been eagerly waiting for the season finale will be delighted to know that the hit drama…
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