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DAE signs new US$300 million 4-year unsecured term loan
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Ltd. announced today that it has signed a US$300 million 4-year unsecured term loan with China…
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Tech
Eventtus ‘rebrand’ aims to inspire event professionals to ‘think big, think easy’
Eventtus revolutionized its brand strategy and visual identity as it is expanding its event tech solutions globally. These were the…
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Brimore, retail distribution platform, raises $800k in seed funding
Brimore, the direct-selling distribution platform that connects manufacturers with consumers, announced that it has raised $800k in a seed funding…
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Startups
What Can I Do if I Don’t Have Money to Grow My Business?
Wouldn’t it be nice if growing your business was as simple as taking two aspirin? When you wake up the…
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People Moves
Sofitel Upper Egypt Appoints Mahy Medhat as Marketing Manager
Sofitel Legend Old Cataract and Sofitel Luxor Winter Palace have appointed Mahy Medhat as Marketing Manager, responsible for executing the…
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Tech
Why Patch Management Is Crucial For Business Security
Company data breaches have gone up a whopping 75% in the past two years, according to a report published in…
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Vivaldi browser releases version 2.1 with improved Quick Commands
After a robust upgrade to version 2.0, the Vivaldi browser continues transforming users’ everyday interactions on the Web – boosting productivity…
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Jordan’s POSRocket launches its developer portal, marketplace
POSRocket, the cloud based point of sale platform has released the beta version of its developer portal and marketplace, to…
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Marketing & Advertising
How to Build a Strong Brand Identity
This is the era of startups and technological innovations. A significant rise in self-employment has also been observed in the…
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News
TheSocialMedwork raises $1.7 million in funding
Young social impact startup TheSocialMedwork, which works to solve access to medicines across the world, has signed new funding and…
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A15 exits TPAY, sells 76% stake to Helios Investment Partners
A15, a leading tech investment fund based in the Cayman Islands; announced today that it has successfully sold 76% stake…
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Property Finder finds a home with J. Walter Thompson
Property Finder has chosen J. Walter Thompson as its communication partner targeting the United Arab Emirates with immediate effect, and…
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Ramadan
5 reasons why donors prefer mobile donations in Egypt
Revolutionizing non-profit fundraising one text message at a time, mobile technology has been key in raising millions for Egyptian charities…
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News
Vodafone launches world’s largest future jobs platform to help millions of young people find work
Vodafone has a new digital skills and jobs platform that would be the largest in the globe. Similarly, the company…
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Tech
Viber Releases New Video In Honor Of #DeleteFacebook
In honor of the #DeleteFacebook campaign, Viber has released a video to detail exactly where it stands on this issue,…
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News
Chef Manal Al Alem becomes the latest investor in Yumamia
Famous TV celebrity Chef Manal Al Alem has become the latest investor in the Cairo-based food tech startup Yumamia. The…
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Events
Flyin.com Crowned as the Best Online Travel Agency in Middle East 2017
Yet again in 2017, Flyin.com bagged the very coveted World Travel Awards as the Middle East, best Online travel Agency.…
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Facebook launches Facebook Marketplace in Egypt
Facebook has launched its buy and sell feature “Marketplace” in Egypt, enabling people to use the platform to discover, buy,…
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News
Vivaldi introduces vertical reader mode, a first for browsers
Vivaldi has launched version 1.14, celebrating its third anniversary since the browser’s first public technical preview. With this update, Vivaldi…
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Facebook forbids cryptocurrency, ICO ads
Facebook banned ads for cryptocurrency and related activities in a new advertising policy issued on Jan. 30, which claims the…
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Campaigns
Inertia Egypt Reveals New Tagline ‘Remember to Live’
Inertia Egypt launched a campaign to reveal their new catchy tagline: remember to live. The campaign featured numerous videos across…
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Campaigns
Vodafone Spooks Egyptians With Viral Flex Super Powers Campaign
Vodafone Egypt took advantage of the Halloween celebrations in Egypt to create more exposure for the Flex tariff. They devised…
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Startups
Fintech Kuwait’s startup Ajar Online secures second round of investment
Ajar’s Online has closed its second round of investment since 2016, led by Dubai-based venture firm BECO Capital, and follows…
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Campaigns
Vodafone Unveils New Brand Identity As It Moves On From ‘Power To You’
Vodafone revolutionized its brand positioning strapline, strategy, and visual identity globally. These were the first changes to a renowned brand…
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News
Amazon Web Services To Open Its Data Centers in the Middle East By Early 2019
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that it plans to open an infrastructure region in the Middle East by early 2019.…
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Events
5 Marketing Tips by Tamer Alphonse from Google
Tamer Alphonse from Google is one of the keynote speakers at the third edition of the Marketing Kingdom Cairo, Egypt’s…
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Tech
Apple Unveils Apple iPhone X, The Future of Smartphones
Apple has unveiled the iPhone X, the future of smartphones, as Tim Cook, Apple CEO, said at Apple Event today.…
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Campaigns
‘Stop Talking Football’: Vodafone Egypt’s Campaign for the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers
Since the last time the Pharaohs qualified for the FIFA World Cup, it’s been 28 long years. Telecommunications giant Vodafone…
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Events
Why Pay More? Last Chance to Grab Your Discounted Ticket for #MKCAIRO3
You still don’t have your ticket for Marketing Kingdom Cairo 3? Egypt’s only international marketing event takes place from 15-16…
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People Moves
Vodafone Egypt’s ex-marketing guru joins Orange
Leaving behind a three-year marketing legacy at Vodafone Egypt. Maha Nagy is pursuing a new career challenge at Orange Egypt…
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News
Elmenus raises USD 1.5M investment from Algebra Ventures
Egyptian Food discovery platform Elmenus has secured a USD 1.5 million Series A investment from Algebra Ventures. Elmenus will use the…
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Ramadan
Tecno Mobile Crowns the Camon CX Craze in Egypt
The last day of May will crown the Camon CX craze in Egypt. What began as a social media activation…
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How To
Can you crop images in a PDF?
You’ve probably worked with PDFs before, but did you know that not all of these documents are created equal? This…
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How To
Vodafone Egypt Makes Life Easier for the Blind with Innovative App
Designed for the blind and the visually impaired, the E3rafli app is an innovative program from the bounds of Vodafone…
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News
Godayuse.com world’s first day-use portal is now available in Egypt & UAE
The world’s first day-use portal specializing only in day activities and hangouts that do not require traveling or spending only…
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News
A15 & DELL EMC Join Forces to Support Tech Startups in Egypt
The leading technology investor, A15 announced today a strategic partnership with Dell EMC, the global information infrastructure vendor, with a…
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Events
Marketing Kingdom Cairo 3: Conference and Awards
P World, the organizer of the Marketing Kingdom Cairo, has just announced that the third edition of the global marketing…
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Marketing & Advertising
YouGov: top 10 best perceived brands by women in Egypt
YouGov’s Brandindex yearly rankings of the best perceived brands by women in Egypt has been topped by Facebook. This year’s…
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News
Will Smith Escapes US, Vacations in Egypt
The Legend Will Smith captured his first selfie by the Sphinx early this morning as he visited the Giza Pyramids…
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Ramadan
Twitter reveals the biggest Ramadan stats of 2016
With the holy month of Ramadan approaching, brands and organizations will soon commence their campaigns to engage consumers in a…
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Marketing & Advertising
Gene Editing, New Mental Health, The Year of Giving, Halal Tourism – New Trends in MENA for 2017
J. Walter Thompson Innovation Group MEA released its Future 100 Trends and Change to Watch in 2017 report, which highlights…
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News
Over 12 million Tweets related to love in Egypt
This Valentine’s Day, Twitter launched #LoveHappens to give people more power to express #Love and connect with others. Twitter is the place to…
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News
TrumpDonald.org lets you blow Donald Trump’s face with a trumpet
Trump Donald Trump. A new webpage that allows visitors to blast Donald Trump’s face/hair with a virtual trumpet. Over 100M visitors used…
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Beyonce breaks Instagram’s record for the most liked photo
Beyonce's pregnancy of twins announcement has broken the record for most liked photo on Instagram ever, hitting 7.6 million likes…
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News
Meryl Streep fires up Golden Globes with anti-Trump message
At the Golden Globes, Meryl Streep gets political with anti-Trump message: “Join me in supporting the committee to protect journalists.” Watch Meryl Streep’s…
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News
Watch Dubai New Year’s Eve fireworks live on Twitter
Twitter announced today that they are partnering with global property developer Emaar to live-stream the New Year’s Eve firework displays…
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News
Egyptian celebrities who joined Twitter in 2016
As the year draws to an end, Twitter compiled a list of the Egyptian celebrities who joined the platform this…
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News
KLM Christmas Ad Scores Viral Win
The Royal Dutch Airlines KLM posted its Christmas ad with the tagline “bringing people together for Christmas”. The video has been viewed…
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How To
A Look Back at UBER Egypt in 2016: Top Driver, Riders and More Data
Cairo remains UBER’s fastest growing city across EMEA region, the company reached over 40,000 drivers a month, from 2000 at the…
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News
Today is the shortest day of the year, winter solstice
Today Dec. 21 marks the winter solstice, which represents the shortest day and longest night of the year in the…
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Tech
Facebook Messenger builds a new in-app camera for Snapchat-style selfies
Facebook Messenger rolled out a new in-app camera that includes features like facial masks, photo filters and stickers. See Also: ?…
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News
Shezlong offers free psychotherapy sessions for cathedral attack victims
Shezlong the pioneering startup launched yesterday a Nobel campaign that shows a sense of responsibility and support towards the Egyptian community.…
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News
Facebook looks back at 2016 with top UAE moments
Dubai, UAE, December 2016: Facebook has released its top moments of 2016 in its Year in Review list, which highlights…
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Tech
WhatsApp to end support for millions of phones in 2017
World’s most popular messaging app, WhatsApp has some tough decisions and it’s really bad news for many people. The Facebook-owned company,…
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Music
Confirmed: Coldplay will be live in Abu Dhabi this New Year’s Eve
Coldplay will play a gig on New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31 at du Arena on Yas Island as part of…
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Tech
Careem Officially Integrates Water-Travel Option to its Application
Cairo, November 24th, 2016 — Careem has announced a new collaboration with the “WATER TAXI” service today, offering a new…
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News
Instagram launches Live video and messages
Instagram rolled out two big new features, live video on Instagram Stories and disappearing photos and videos for groups and…
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News
FC Barcelona drops Qatar Airways logo from jerseys next season
Starting next season, Japanese retailer Rakuten will replace Qatar Airways as the main global partner of the Spanish football team FC Barcelona,…
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How To
Apply for UAE visa using DVPC app
DVPC (Dubai Visa Processing Centre) has launched a mobile app, which allows applicants from any location in the world to…
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Campaigns
Fatafeat Launches ‘Fight Hunger’ Campaign
Fatafeat launched “Fight Hunger” campaign, an initiative encouraging the public to join the fight against hunger worldwide. Offering an easy way to raise awareness by…
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News
Schneider Electric teams with hug digital in MENAP Region
Dubai, UAE – Following a competitive multi-agency pitch, leading regional digital agency hug digital announced on October 25 securing the digital…
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News
Twitter to shut down Vine and cut staff
Twitter is cutting about 9 per cent of its employees worldwide. It is also shutting down Vine, a mobile video app where…
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News
Using technology to give people access to mental health professionals
Although Egypt’s mental health policy was formulated back in 1978, the Egyptian government only spends 2% of its already meager…
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News
Careem Announces Surprise Integration of 42,000 White Taxis in Egypt
New service to be launched after Eid Al Adha as a dispatching service with a nominal fee. Careem announced today…
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People Moves
Khaled Hegazy leaves Vodafone to join Etisalat
Etisalat Egypt has appointed Khaled Hegazy, formerly of Vodafone Egypt, as its Chief Corporate Affairs Officer – Effective November. Hegazy joined Vodafone in…
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Ramadan
Six Reasons Not to Miss Creative Industry: Ramadan Edition 2016
Creatives, rejoice! The stage is almost set for the annual Ramadan Edition of Creative Industry Summit. Creative Industry is Egypt’s…
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News
hug digital Wins Festival City Malls Regionally, Dubai, Cairo, Doha
hug digital said that the agency has won a truly regional digital account; Festival City Malls, across UAE, Egypt & Qatar. The agency…
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News
Vodafone Egypt Launches Tariff Plan For The Deaf
Vodafone Egypt launched a bunch of services to empower deaf and hard hearing customers with a new tariff plan, sign language call center,…
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