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Latest news and headlines about the tech industry, startup scene, creative work, advertising, and marketing from across the middle east and north Africa.
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Signit Secures Digital Trust Provider License in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, December 17, 2024 — Signit, a Saudi digital signatures solution company, has secured a comprehensive digital Trust…
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Tokamak Energy Raises $125 Million to Advance Fusion Power
British fusion energy startup Tokamak Energy has secured $125 million in funding to develop fusion power, the clean and virtually…
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Saudi Fintech Lendo Signs MOU with J.P. Morgan
Lendo, a Saudi Arabia-based Shariah-compliant crowdlending marketplace, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today with J.P. Morgan to improve…
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10 Sensational FIFA World Cup Songs of All Time
FIFA has tried to develop the spirit over the last 60 years, aiming to spread more fun and happiness around…
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OZZ Launches World’s First Smart, Secure Digital Contact Wallet
No more business cards! Use OZZ! OZZ Technologies has launched the world’s first ultra-secure digital contact wallet – OZZ. A…
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TA Telecom Introduces AnteThink: A New AI Decision Support Tool
TA Telecom, a prominent player in the Middle East’s tech sector, has unveiled AnteThink, an AI-driven tool designed to enhance…
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GoDaddy’s Global Markets VP Predicts Egypt’s E-commerce to Hit $9.88 Billion by 2028
Selina Bieber, the Senior Director of Global Markets at GoDaddy, has predicted a significant increase in Egypt’s e-commerce revenue. By…
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Saudi Fintech ‘Lendo’ Raises $28M in Series B Funding
Lendo, a Saudi Arabia-based shariah-compliant debt crowdfunding marketplace, has raised SAR 105 million ($28 million) in Series B funding led…
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McDonald’s Sees 70% Sales Drop in Egypt Amid Gaza Boycott
A McDonald’s insider in Egypt anonymously disclosed a 70% sales decline in October and November, aligning with a global and…
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Egyptian Soda Gains Ground Amid Anti-Western Boycott in the Middle East
Boycotts are sweeping across the Middle East, impacting US and European brands as consumers express their protest against Western governments’…
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Lendo Surpasses SAR 1 Billion Milestone, Revolutionizing Saudi SME Financing
Saudi Arabia fintech startup Lendo has crossed a significant milestone, facilitating more than 1 billion SAR in financing through over…
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75 Israeli Tech Companies to Boycott, Support Justice for Palestine
For a sixth consecutive day, Israeli air strikes continue to relentlessly bombard the Gaza Strip, raising concerns about an escalating…
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Celtic Faces Backlash from The Green Brigade Regarding Palestine
The Green Brigade has criticized Celtic for their response regarding the demonstration of solidarity with Palestine within Parkhead. This development…
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Gaza doctors issue ‘SOS to the world’
Gaza-based reporter Nedal Samir Hamdouna says conditions in the besieged enclave were worsening every day. “I don’t have the words…
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Advertising and Digital Adoption in MENA and SEA
As traditional advertising revenues plummet globally and broadcasting budgets are slashed, The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and South…
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BBC Presenter Confronts New Allegations Involving Explicit Photos
An unnamed BBC presenter is currently under scrutiny following new allegations brought forth by the Sun newspaper. The publication claims…
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Threads: Unravelling the Spectacular Launch of the Hottest Social Media Platform
There’s been a disturbance in the force. In a world of constantly evolving social media platforms, a new contender has…
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8 Mind-Blowing Websites to Boost Creativity You Probably Didn’t Know Existed
In a world brimming with possibilities, it’s easy to get lost in the vast sea of digital distractions. But fear…
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Midjourney 5.2: Unleashing Creativity with Magical Image Generation
In a world where imagination knows no bounds, image generators have become a powerful tool for artists, designers, and enthusiasts…
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TFK’s Acquisition of Opio Marks the Birth of the First Fashion Aggregator in MENA
TFK, the leading curated fashion marketplace in Egypt has acquired OPIO, a direct-to-consumer (D2C) fashion brand. By joining forces, TFK…
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Egypt Criticizes Netflix for “Blackwashing” Cleopatra in Upcoming Docu-Series
Egyptian experts are calling out Netflix’s decision to cast a bi-racial actor as Queen Cleopatra VII in its upcoming docu-series,…
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Tribal Credit Launches A GPT-Powered Open Banking Solution for Emerging Market SMEs
Tribal Credit, a leading fintech company that provides financing, payment, and expense management solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)…
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Arab Bank Brings Apple Pay to Jordan
Arab Bank launched Apple Pay in Jordan last month, becoming the first country in the Levant region to offer the…
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Silicon Valley Bank’s sudden closure sends shockwaves through financial markets
On Friday, Silicon Valley Bank had its operations shut down by California banking regulators. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)…
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Egypt hikes fuel prices by up to EGP 1 per litre for multiple octanes
Egypt’s Fuel Automatic Pricing Committee (FAPC) has announced an increase in the prices of various octanes by EGP 0.75 to…
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Egypt’s Pound Plummets to 30+ EGP/USD on Flexible Exchange Rate
Egypt’s economy took a new hit on Wednesday as the Egyptian pound weakened by over 13% against the U.S. dollar.…
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10 Business Growth Tactics on Instagram in 2023
How instagram can help your business? Read more about history of Instagram and how it became world's number one photo…
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Morocco vs France live broadcast in MENA, how to watch, game details, more
Morocco has made it to the semi-finals after beating Portugal to be the first African and Arab country to reach…
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Argentina vs Croatia live broadcast in MENA, how to watch, game details, more
Croatia has made it to the semi-finals after beating Brazil, the first nominated team to win the World Cup. Croatia…
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Layoff wave hits US jobs, see who is cutting costs in 2022
From the first few months of 2022 until now, a wave of layoffs has been sweeping 134,164 jobs in 834…
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Egypt’s fintech Money Fellows raises $31M in Series B
Cairo-based fintech startup Money Fellows has raised $31M in its Series B round led by CommerzVentures, Middle East Venture Partners…
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USD/EGP: Egyptian Pound Falls +14% After Devaluation, IMF Deal
The Egyptian pound plunged after the central bank moved to a flexible currency to help the government secure a deal…
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WhatsApp down: Unable to connect for millions of users
At 7:00 AM GMT, millions of users worldwide found WhatsApp offline, encountering issues connecting to the app’s server on both…
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Have you ever downloaded these malicious 400 apps?
Meta has identified over 400 malicious Android and iOS apps designed to steal Facebook login information and compromise people’s accounts.…
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Saudi’s SaaS startup Glamera raises $1.3M in Seed Round
Saudi-based SaaS startup Glamera has raised a Seed round of $1.3 million, led by Riyadh Angels Investors (RAI), with participation…
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Paymob appoints ‘Imane Adel’ as senior financial services executive to lead global strategy
Paymob, the leading omnichannel payments gateway in the MENAP region, has appointed Imane Adel as Executive Vice President of Strategy.…
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Egypt Caps Overseas Cash Withdrawals, Spend
Egyptian banks started imposing limits on overseas’ cash withdraws and online purchases in foreign currency for debit and credit cards…
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World Bank Signs Off $400M to Reduce Egypt’s Greenhouse Emissions
The World Bank has approved a $400M logistics and transportation plan to help Egypt reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation,…
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9 most funded ride-sharing startups in MENA 2022
The shared mobility market in the MENA region is set to expand with a compound annual growth rate of 18.4%…
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Lebanese financial crisis escalates, more violence, banks strike
Angry bank clients, some armed, stormed five commercial banks across Lebanon on Tuesday, asking for their money over withdrawal limits…
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IMF plans to open a regional office in Saudi Arabia
The International Monetary Fund, IMF plans to open a regional office in Saudi Arabia as it prepares to sign a…
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Egypt’s population hikes to 104M, with a child born every 19 seconds
Egypt’s population has reached 104 million after an increase of one million in 221 days, according to the Central Agency…
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Arada launches $1.7bn commercial hub in Sharjah, UAE
The Dubai-based communities’ developer Arada has launched the Central Business District, a new commercial hub for Sharjah, with a cost…
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iPhone 14 Prices Across MENA ‘UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt’
The new iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro (Max) are now available in the Middle East markets, after 10 days…
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Instagram is developing nudity protection features
Instagram is developing a new optional feature to protect users from seeing and receiving nude photos in chat and Direct…
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Copy and delete screenshot option on iPhone
iOS 16 has brought a new valuable “copy and delete” option when you screenshot on your iPhone; it allows you…
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How to turn on the haptic keyboard setting on iPhone
With the launch of iOS 16, Apple has brought back one of the most wanted features to the iPhone, which is…
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How to turn off the search button on iPhone?
iOS 16 has brought one wanted feature to the iPhone: turning off the home screen’s search button, along with other new…
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How to enable battery percentage indicator on iPhone
With the launch of iOS 16, Apple has brought back one of the most wanted features to the iPhone, which…
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Twilio lays off 11% of its staff to cut cost
San Francisco-based cloud communication giant Twilio will lay off 800 to 900 employees across its staff of over 7,800, approximately…
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Adobe Acquires Figma for US $20 Billion
Adobe acquired Figma for approximately $20 billion in cash and stock in one of the most significant digital design acquisitions.…
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UAE’s B2B2C startup ‘The Cloud’ raises $10M in Series A
Abu Dhabi-based B2B2C cloud kitchen startup has raised $10M in a Series A funding round. The investment round was led…
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‘Always On Display’ is on iPhone 14 Pro, Max: Everything to know
Apple has finally announced the long-awaited Always-On Display option into the iOS 16 Lock Screen to the higher-end iPhone 14…
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Facebook Sunsets Special Ad Audiences in October
Facebook will no longer allow Special Ad Category advertisers to use the Special Ad Audiences tool. Meta will be sunsetting…
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iPhone 14 release date, specs, price, colors, more
As Apple announced at its September 7 event, the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14…
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iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max: prices, cameras, more
As Apple CEO Tim Cook said in the latest Apple event, which was held on September 7, 2022: The iPhone…
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Apple iOS 16 release date, new features on iPhone
Apple is set to release iOS 16 for specific iPhone users worldwide in a massive upgrade to its software in…
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Apple eliminates SIM card tray completely from iPhone 14, forces eSIM
One of the most surprising features Apple has announced for Apple 14 at its event on September 7 is the…
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Apple September event: iPhone 14, Apple watch series 8, more
Unlike last year, Apple is holding an in-person fall event named “Far Out” on 7 September. iPhone 14 will be…
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Netflix considers a new ad-supported plan
Netflix Inc. is considering charging about $7 to $9 a month for its new advertising-supported plan, half of its current…
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Where to watch House of the Dragon online in MENA
Want to learn more about the story of House Targaryen? HBO series House of the Dragon, the prequel to Game…
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Egypt’s Convertedin raises $3M to expand in MENA, LATAM
Convertedin, a marketing operating system for e-commerce brands, has raised a $3 million seed round from global and regional investors.…
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LC Waikiki apologizes for Arabic t-shirt in Turkey, sparks boycott
A wave of anger and calls for a boycott of the chain of stores LC Waikiki grew in Turkey and…
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Amazon sues thousands of Facebook group administrators over fake reviews
Amazon filed a lawsuit against over 10,000 Facebook group administrators who allegedly brokered fake reviews, including one called “Amazon Product…
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Tribal offers digital expense management tool for SMMES in MENA
Tribal, a global fintech company, introduced its expense management platform giving small, medium, and micro enterprises in the MENA region…
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2022 tech layoffs wave tracker from around the world
From the first few months of 2022 until now, a wave of layoffs has been sweeping the United States of…
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TSS and Payscript join forces to enable crypto payment acceptance on POS in Middle East
Trust Smart Solutions (TSS) teams up with Payscript to enable Crypto payment acceptance on the point of Sales Terminals in…
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Careem acquires Dubai-based fintech startup ‘Denarii’
Careem has acquired the Dubai-based money transfer platform Denarii for an undisclosed amount, and some key members of the Denarii…
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Tesla lays off 200 autopilot workers as California site shuts down
As the layoff wave continues to hit US jobs, Tesla laid off 200 workers on its Autopilot team as the…
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Google to shut down ‘Hangouts’ in November
Google Hangouts is officially shutting down in November 2022. Google is prompting users who still use the Hangouts mobile app…
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Careem Launches ‘group order’ in Jordan
The Uber-owned ride-hailing app in the Middle East, Careem has launched a new feature for food ordering in Jordan that…
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Etisalat Egypt rebrands to ‘etisalat by e&’
Etisalat Egypt has unveiled its new branding as ‘Etisalat by e&,’ following the steps of the e& Group’s recent rebranding…
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Facebook pulls the plug on Watch App for Apple TV
Facebook has discontinued its Watch app for Apple TV. Users who try to access the app will receive this message…
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How to watch Westworld Season 4 in MENA?
Two years after the end of season 3 of the legendary Westworld, season 4 premiered on HBO Max Monday, June…
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Amazon to introduce a new Alexa feature to mimic anyone’s voice
Amazon has recently unveiled that it’s working on a new mimicry feature of its voice assistant Alexa that will be…
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Netflix lays off 300 more employees after failing in marketing
Netflix laid off 300 more employees on Thursday after losing subscribers in the second round of job cuts. The cuts…
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How to transfer WhatsApp chats from Android to iPhone?
WhatsApp has introduced a new feature that allows transferring the chat history from Android to iOS.The new feature is available…
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Coinbase lays off 18% of its staff amid ‘Crypto Winter’
The cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase is laying off 18 percent of its workforce due to the recent collapse in its…
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All you need to know about Apple iOS 16 for iPhone, iPad
Apple has unveiled a significant update to the Lock Screen and new sharing on IOS 16, communication, and intelligence features.…
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Saudi’s PIF buys $1bn stake in Sweden’s Embracer gaming group
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is taking a stake in Swedish video game maker Embracer one month after investing…
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PayPal Adds Cryptocurrency Support ‘Send and Receive Bitcoin’
PayPal users can now send and receive certain crypto currency coins from their accounts to other wallets and exchanges. The…
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Disney+ Subscription Price Per Country in the Middle East
Disney+ officially launched its streaming service in the Middle East and North Africa region on Wednesday, June 8. The streaming…
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Disney+ costs EGP 49.99 per month in Egypt
Disney+ fans in Egypt and other MENA countries can register their interest as of Wednesday, June 8, to take advantage…
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Disney Plus is now available in the MENA region
Disney+ streaming service is now available in 42 new markets globally including the Middle East and North Africa. The company…
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Disney+ Vs. Netflix explained: The differences between them
The Netflix and Disney+ battle is on the rise as the late is expanding to 42 new markets this June.…
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Amazon launches invite-based option for ordering PS5, Xbox Series X
Amazon has launched a new invite-based ordering option to stop bots and scalpers and finally give its users a better…
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Egypt Squash legend El-Shorbagy to represent England
The Egyptian Squash legend and former World No.1 Mohamed El-Shorbagy has decided to switch allegiance to represent England in Professional…
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Domty profits shrink due to the Egyptian pound devaluation
Domty, an Egyptian cheese maker, has reported a 3.8 percent decrease in net profits quarter-on-quarter due to the currency devaluation…
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Disney+ reveals available content lineup in MENA
Disney+ unveiled a sneak peek at the new content available in the long-awaited streaming service that will launch very soon…
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Saudi Public Investment Fund buys 23.97% stake in Jordan’s Capital Bank Group
Saudi Public Investment Fund acquired a 23.97 percent stake in Capital Bank Group, one of the largest banking groups in…
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Egypt’s Q-Commerce Appetito Acquires Tunisia’s Lamma
The Egyptian Q-commerce platform Appetito, which delivers groceries and household products to doorsteps, has acquired Lamma, a quick commerce app…
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Zain Kuwait launches voice over 5G with nationwide coverage
The new voice over 5G (Vo5G) service is now available nationwide in Kuwait’s areas and on the Samsung Galaxy S22…
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Swvl lays off 32% of its employees to cut costs
Swvl Mass transit solutions provider will reduce its headcount by approximately 32% “400 employees” to cut central costs and enhance…
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Cairo Angels invests in South Africa’s Finclusion Group
Cairo-based micro VC fund, The Cairo Angels Syndicate Fund (CASF), has invested an undisclosed amount in the South Africa-based fintech…
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Dubai-based Augustus Media Acquires CAM Plus Sports
The Dubai-based sports system integrator Augustus Media has acquired Cam Plus Sports startup aiming to make local sports more accessible…
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COFE App launches new Siri ordering feature on Apple devices
The coffee-centric marketplace COFE app has launched a new Siri feature on Apple devices that makes ordering coffee quicker, funner,…
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Bridgerton cast stars to follow on Instagram
Passionate, hot, teasing, and mind-blowing are a few simple words that describe the fantasy period drama Bridgerton on Netflix. The…
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McDonald’s to sell its business in Russia
Mcdonald’s is selling its business in Russia after 30 years of operations, without naming a prospective Russian buyer. The company…
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Egypt aims to host World Expo 2035 in new administrative capital
Egypt is studying hosting the Expo 2035 in the new administrative capital, officially opening soon, officials announced. As the world…
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Starbucks exits Russia over war in Ukraine
After 15 years of operating its business in Russia, Starbucks will exit the Russian market, announced on Monday. It’s following…
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