Vodafone Egypt tests waters for ‘Ready Digital’
Telecom giant Vodafone Egypt set foot in the digital marketing industry, launching a new service called "Vodafone Ready Digital" – that promises to help small businesses start Facebook pages and reach customers on social...
Court suspends UBER, Careem services in Egypt
A court ruling in Egypt ordered the suspension of Uber (US based) and Careem (Dubai based) services, effective immediately leading to a win for local taxis.
This ruling was as a result of a lawsuit filed a year...
The Hub Advertising Becomes The Ad Store Exclusive Partner in Egypt
The Hub advertising, branding and digital agency has joined the international creative group of independent communication agencies; The Ad Store Human Network, as their exclusive partner in Egypt. With a wide network across 15...
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 total funding for the company since its inception stands at $1.3 million.
The startup has...
Samsung Acquires ‘Kngine’ Cairo-Based AI Startup to Improve Bixby
Samsung Research America recently announced its acquisition of Kngine — an artificial intelligence startup from Egypt. The startup, which was co-founded by two brothers Ashraf and Haytham ElFadeel was started in 2009 and had...
Employee engagement tops business leaders’ challenges, according to global survey
The two top challenges facing today’s leaders are employee engagement and effective strategy execution, according to a survey of 1248 senior directors and executives of which 10% come from the Middle East. Almost three...
Grey Group (WPP) acquires a majority stake in hug digital
Grey Group has acquired a majority stake in hug digital – a leading independent regional digital marketing agency, based in the Middle East. Founded in 2009 by Oussama Jamal and Timothy Michael Baker, hug...
Fintech Kuwait’s startup Ajar Online secures second round of investment
Ajar's online has closed their second round of investment since 2016, led by Dubai-based venture firm BECO Capital, and follows the investment they secured from Sharq Ventures.
The cloud-based service enables tenants to submit rent online...
Mumm Engages Egypt’s Work Community, Spreads Gratitude
Asking employees all over Egypt to post photos of their role model colleagues at work using the hashtag #El_Mf7ot (The dedicated), the homemade food platform, Mumm, promised to give free homemade meal prizes for...
TPAY Acquires 100% of DCBEgypt
TPay, the MENA region’s first and biggest Direct Carrier Billing platform, and one of A15’s portfolio companies, announced today that it acquired 100% of DCBEgypt, the second largest Direct Carrier Billing service provider in...
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