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 incentives in 2019. Set...
Orascom CEO Khaled Bichara Killed in Car Crash
Orascom Development CEO Khaled Bichara, 48, was killed Friday in a car crash in Giza, Egypt.
Bichara, a father of two, was driving on Remaya...
Saudi Telecom ‘STC’ reaches a deal with Vodafone Group to acquire its stake in...
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has reached a deal with Vodafone Group to acquire its stake in Vodafone Egypt. Vodafone has informed the local authorities...
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 - mancity.com, Man City app...
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 Research for the MENA...
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 Construction Bank (DIFC Branch)...
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.
Green Mind will be also...
‘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 until it returns.
Whether you've...
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...
Macy’s, Kohl’s Cyber Monday 2019 Deals On Xbox One, Fitbit And Nike
Major retailers Macy's and Kohl's have continued their sales on Cyber Monday, offering slashed prices in various departments including women's, men's and children's clothing,...
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,...
‘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...
British Council reports high demand for ‘Primary Plus’ its English courses for children in...
British Council, the United Kingdom’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations, says demand for Primary Plus—its English course for children aged 6-11...
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...
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...
Misr Italia Properties Pumps EGP 22 billion Investments in IL Bosco City ‘The City...
Misr Italia Properties’ (MIP) kicked off its latest EGP 22 billion worth state-of-the-art real estate project, providing New Cairenes with the perfect home—one that...
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...
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