Gemini Enterprises Africa and RiseUp LLC join forces for Pyramids Plateau until 2022
Gemini Enterprises Africa, part of Orascom Group, and RiseUp LLC, the MENA region’s connector of startups to local and global resources, on Saturday signed...
RiseUp kicks off its 7th edition at AUC New Cairo Campus
RiseUp Summit 2019, MENA’s leading entrepreneurship event, kicked off Thursday at the American University in Cairo (AUC) New Cairo Campus, with deep dives into...
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 markets and help them...
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 its initial investment into...
RiseUp selects 15 regional startup finalists for ‘Pitch by the Pyramids’
RiseUp has completed its selection of 15 startups from seven cities across the Middle East and North Africa to pitch at Egypt’s first multi-stage,...
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 into an entire industry...
‘Boost with Facebook’ partners with RiseUp to bring digital skills training to Egyptian startups
Facebook announced on Tuesday its partnership with RiseUp to bring ‘Boost with Facebook’, its global program designed to help small businesses grow and to...
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 a rise...
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 Jamalon, the biggest online...
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 of the top VCs...
6 things you can do to create a better working environment
A big part of having a successful business is having happy and content employees. And while it’s true you can’t please everyone all of...
Career180 raises USD 100,000 seed fund from EdVentures
Career180, a centralized and comprehensive career advising platform in Egypt that aims to qualify youth to the job market, has raised a round of...
Good People, Kijamii partner to form ‘GP&K’ digital driven network
Good People, the region’s leading creative production house, joined forces with the region’s leading digital agency and 2019’s Independent-Agency-of-the-Year, Kijamii, to form the largest independent (digitally...
Eventtus, MENA’s Leading Event-Tech Company, to Open Office in Saudi Arabia
Today, Eventtus, the leading event-tech company, announces that it's going to open its third office, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, alongside the current offices in...
Egypt’s NowPay Raises $600k from Endure Capital, 500 Startups
Egyptian fintech startup, NowPay, said it’s closing a new undisclosed round after raising USD 600,000 in Seed funding from Silicon Valley’s Endure Capital and...
Middle Eastern Female Entrepreneurs Outpacing Other Nations
The number of new startups in the Middle East has risen by more than 42% in the past three years, according to a report...
Match Group Acquires Egyptian Dating Startup ‘Harmonica’
Online dating giant, Match Group has acquired "Harmonica", an Egyptian online dating startup. Financial details were not disclosed. Announced Flat6Labs today.Match Group is an American Internet...
SeedStars visits Baghdad to find promising Iraqi startups
Seedstars World, the largest startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes will land for the first time in Baghdad between 1-2 of...
Egyptian Transportation Startup ‘Swvl’ Raises $42 Million for African Expansion
Swvl, Egypt-based app for booking buses has raised $42 million as it plans to expand into other markets in Africa, including Nigeria.The two-year-old startup,...
Stanford-born Startup Strives to End Elderly Social Isolation
In the midst of calls to break up Facebook, struggling IPOs, and some fan drama over Game of Thrones finale — no spoilers we promise — some people...
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