News - Digital Boom

Fintech Startup ‘Sympl’ Raises Its First Funding Round

Dalia Khirfan - 10:54 am, November 8, 2021

Snap to launch Creator Studio in Riyadh

Ahmed Maher - 9:07 am, November 7, 2021

71% of parents in Saudi Arabia are on Snapchat

Ahmed Maher - 9:03 am, October 29, 2021

Wuzzuf's Ameer Sherif Steps Down as CEO, Joins ITIDA

Wuzzuf’s Ameer Sherif Steps Down as CEO, Buckles Up for ITIDA

Ahmed Maher - 10:40 am, October 25, 2021

Snap launches ‘Open Your Snapchat’ in UAE, Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Maher - 6:30 am, October 25, 2021

Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Ads Manager Go Down

Ahmed Maher - 6:15 pm, October 4, 2021

Digital Boom secures $20,000 seed investment

Ahmed Maher - 7:24 pm, October 1, 2021

Vodafone renews its relationship with Workplace from Facebook

Vodafone renews its relationship with Facebook’s Workplace

Staff Writer - 1:30 pm, August 25, 2021

Jordan to activate digital identity for citizens in days

Ahmed Maher - 2:41 pm, August 17, 2021

Gifts Delivery Startup ‘Floward’ Launches in Egypt

Staff Writer - 7:46 am, August 12, 2021

Facebook accredits Tribe X as a Preferred Partner Agency

Facebook accredits Tribe X as Preferred Partner Agency

Staff Writer - 7:45 am, July 27, 2021

Nawy raises Seven-Figure investment led by Sawiris family

Staff Writer - 12:03 pm, July 25, 2021

Google Cloud fires Amr Awadallah after ‘anti-jews backlash’

Radwa Rashad - 2:53 pm, July 17, 2021

FasterCapital Supports Women Founders, Entrepreneurs

FasterCapital Launches Startup Program To Support Women Entrepreneurs

Staff Writer - 11:08 am, June 1, 2021

Tribal Credit Raises $34.3 Million to Support SMEs in Emerging Markets

Staff Writer - 4:52 pm, April 21, 2021

Stripe “online payment” expands to Middle East with Dubai office

Ahmed Maher - 8:45 am, April 6, 2021

Saudi Startup Lendo Secures $7.2 Million in Series A

Ahmed Maher - 1:20 pm, March 14, 2021

Exclusive: Egyptian Fintech Startup NowPay Joins Y Combinator

Ahmed Maher - 12:00 pm, March 11, 2021

Omar Ekram, Egyptian Fintech Dayra Joins Y Combinator, closes USD 3 Million Pre-Seed Round

Egyptian Fintech Dayra Joins Y Combinator, Secures US $3M in Pre-Seed

Ahmed Maher - 4:28 pm, March 10, 2021

Egypt’s financial wellness startup NowPay signs MoU with Export Development Bank...

Ahmed Maher - 4:31 pm, March 7, 2021

OPEC Fund extends $50m for poverty reduction in Tanzania

Mahmoud Maher - 10:25 am, February 19, 2021

XPLOR Secures $3M Seed funding from Ayana Holding

Dana Khammash - 2:40 pm, February 16, 2021

Google Ads: Target Audience Definitions Explained

Google Ads: Target Audience Explained

Ahmed Maher - 9:17 pm, February 11, 2021

Top Jordanian Resin Artists to Follow on Instagram

Ahmed Wasfie - 7:39 pm, January 22, 2021

Financial Identities’ Cassbana Raises 6 Digits USD

Radwa Rashad - 10:53 am, January 6, 2021

Etisalat hosts Israel-based i24NEWS channels

Ahmed Maher - 9:13 am, January 4, 2021

Google Servers Back Online After 45 Minutes

Ahmed Maher - 1:00 pm, December 14, 2020

We have previously reported that Google WorkSpace, Youtube, Google Adsense and some of Google Search features are also down.

BREAKING: Google Analytics is Down

Radwa Rashad - 12:31 pm, December 14, 2020

BREAKING: Youtube is Down

Radwa Rashad - 12:16 pm, December 14, 2020

BREAKING: Google Workspace is DOWN

Radwa Rashad - 12:07 pm, December 14, 2020

Almost all Google services including Youtube go down, globally

Ahmed Maher - 12:06 pm, December 14, 2020

LCP Fund II acquires significant minority stake in Dsquares & Lucky

Radwa Rashad - 7:57 pm, December 6, 2020

FinTech Ripple Chooses Dubai International Financial Center for Regional Headquarters

Dana Khammash - 9:28 am, November 8, 2020

Foundation Ventures powers up Egypt's entrepreneurship ecosystem with 4 new investments

Foundation Ventures powers up with 4 new investments

Dana Khammash - 9:39 am, October 27, 2020

StartEgypt Hosts First Female Founders Forum

Nayrouz Talaat - 7:17 am, October 25, 2020

Comscore study: Small Business Owners’ Interest in Credit Cards is Increasing

Comscore study: increase in corporate credit card demand

Osama Tolba - 9:06 am, October 18, 2020

Twitter Down: Users cannot log in worldwide, Tweets aren't loading

Twitter Down: Users report worldwide, Tweets not loading

Ahmed Maher - 10:26 pm, October 15, 2020

NowPay Raises US$2.1 Million in Seed Investment

Ahmed Maher - 1:00 am, October 11, 2020

Cairo-based Last-mile Delivery Startup ‘dreevo’ Raises 6 Digits USD Figure

Ahmed Maher - 9:15 am, October 8, 2020

Tribal Credit Takes Juniper Research’s Best B2B Payment Platform Gold Award

Staff Writer - 6:54 pm, October 1, 2020

Facebook Launches ‘#LoveLocal’ campaign to support local businesses in MENA

Nayrouz Talaat - 10:14 am, September 28, 2020

Mexico’s Auto-parts Startup ‘RIGS’ Teams Up With Tribal Credit

Staff Writer - 2:09 pm, September 8, 2020

Facebook Clones TikTok, Introduces Instagram Reels

Ahmed Maher - 10:59 am, September 2, 2020

SellAnyCar.com Expands into Saudi Arabia

Osama Tolba - 10:13 am, September 2, 2020

Snap celebrates its unique community in its first ever B2B marketing...

Osama Tolba - 9:48 am, September 2, 2020

Amr Diab Returns to Drama in Netflix Arabic Original Series

Radwa Rashad - 11:38 am, August 19, 2020

60% of Arab users prefer using emojis over words to express...

Staff Writer - 9:06 am, July 21, 2020

Small business owners optimistic about economic recovery post-COVID

Staff Writer - 2:32 pm, July 15, 2020

Egyptian Professionals Network (EPN) joins the Facebook Community Accelerator Program

Radwa Rashad - 9:00 am, July 13, 2020

Egyptian Social Media Stirs Countless Rape, Harassment, Blackmail Allegations

Radwa Rashad - 6:48 pm, July 6, 2020

Viber cuts business ties with Facebook

Staff Writer - 7:28 am, July 1, 2020

Demand for Arabic chatbots surges in H1-2020 amid COVID-19, WideBot data...

Nayrouz Talaat - 9:55 am, June 14, 2020

Egypt’s health ministry launches blood donation campaign in cooperation with Facebook

Staff Writer - 12:33 pm, June 11, 2020

Fintech giant 'Brex' lays off 62 of its staff despite raising $150M

Fintech giant ‘Brex’ lays off 62 of staff despite raising $150M

Staff Writer - 4:30 pm, May 30, 2020

Tribal Credit joins Visa to bridge equity gap for MENA startups

Tribal Credit Joins Visa’s Fintech Fast Track to Bridge Equity Gap...

Staff Writer - 10:16 pm, May 19, 2020

Facebook introduces new distribution metric

Editor - 8:03 pm, May 5, 2020

Best Startup Incubators in the UAE 2020

Editor - 11:01 pm, April 12, 2020

Netflix MENA’s Twitter Account Hacked

Ahmed Maher - 11:15 pm, March 18, 2020

Why Facebook Blocks Coronavirus News Stories?

Ahmed Maher - 12:50 pm, March 18, 2020

Trade Bank of Iraq Donates $5M to Iraqi Ministry of Health...

Staff Writer - 12:28 am, March 18, 2020

Abwaab, MENA’s latest online learning platform, today announces the closing of its $2.4M pre-seed funding round.

Online Learning Platform Abwaab Raises 2.4M in Seed Funding

Staff Writer - 12:05 am, March 18, 2020

Jordan declared free of Coronavirus

Staff Writer - 7:18 pm, March 13, 2020

Amazon now delivers to Palestine following boycott campaign

Ahmed Maher - 6:25 pm, March 4, 2020

Dubai Lynx Postpones Annual Festival Amid Coronavirus Spread in MENA

Ahmed Maher - 2:59 pm, March 2, 2020

Dubai to benefit from 1M+ hotel room nights amid major business...

Staff Writer - 1:45 pm, February 9, 2020

Orascom CEO Khaled Bichara Dies in Car Crash

Ahmed Maher - 11:07 am, January 31, 2020

Saudi Telecom ‘STC’ reaches a deal with Vodafone Group to acquire...

Ahmed Maher - 11:48 am, January 29, 2020

DAE signs new US$300 million 4-year unsecured term loan

Lina Gilani - 8:36 pm, January 20, 2020

TikTok Assigns Egyptian Agency ‘Green Mind’ To Manage Its MENA’s YouTube...

Staff Writer - 12:51 pm, January 11, 2020

‘The Mandalorian’ finale proved the series really is that good

Staff Writer - 12:30 pm, December 28, 2019

Gemini Enterprises Africa and RiseUp LLC join forces for Pyramids Plateau...

Nayrouz Talaat - 12:29 am, December 9, 2019

RiseUp kicks off its 7th edition at AUC New Cairo Campus

Nayrouz Talaat - 10:50 pm, December 6, 2019

Silicon Valley’s Tribal Credit Raises $5.5M in Seed Funding to Bank...

Staff Writer - 8:44 pm, December 5, 2019

Macy’s, Kohl’s Cyber Monday 2019 Deals On Xbox One, Fitbit And...

Editor - 9:47 pm, December 2, 2019

RiseUp selects 15 regional startup finalists for ‘Pitch by the Pyramids’

Nayrouz Talaat - 9:05 pm, November 23, 2019

‘Boost with Facebook’ partners with RiseUp to bring digital skills training...

Nayrouz Talaat - 4:56 pm, November 13, 2019

British Council reports high demand for ‘Primary Plus’ its English courses...

Staff Writer - 2:38 pm, November 10, 2019

Brad Pitt Chases Stars in AD Astra – Review

Leila Reedi - 9:29 am, October 26, 2019

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Silicon Valley’s Tribal Credit Eyes MENA, Closing Round to Bank Startups

Staff Writer - 10:19 am, October 19, 2019

‘Vikings’ marks season finale with a blockbuster two-hour premiere

Staff Writer - 8:18 am, October 10, 2019

What is ‘the cost of lies’? A review of Chernobyl HBO...

Leila Reedi - 12:06 pm, October 3, 2019

Career180 raises USD 100,000 seed fund from EdVentures

Staff Writer - 7:47 pm, September 22, 2019

What to Watch on Netflix? A round-up of our favorite shows

Leila Reedi - 3:25 pm, September 12, 2019

Good People, Kijamii partner to form ‘GP&K’ digital driven network

Staff Writer - 1:32 pm, September 10, 2019

Misr Italia Properties Pumps EGP 22 billion Investments in IL Bosco...

Leila Reedi - 2:22 pm, September 5, 2019

Egypt’s NowPay Raises $600k from Endure Capital, 500 Startups

Staff Writer - 1:53 pm, August 28, 2019

Match Group Acquires Egyptian Dating Startup ‘Harmonica’

Staff Writer - 1:42 pm, August 7, 2019

Google to Hire Cairo-Based Team

Staff Writer - 4:35 pm, June 24, 2019

Facebook Libra, Facebook Calibra, Facebook Crypto

Facebook Announces Cryptocurrency ‘Libra’, Digital Wallet ‘Calibra’

Staff Writer - 1:27 pm, June 19, 2019

Egyptian Startup Mumm Launches ‘Mumm Prime’ Egypt’s First Premium Chef

Staff Writer - 5:05 pm, May 21, 2019

Egypt’s Direxiona wins 50,000 euro-prize in AFD Digital Challenge

Staff Writer - 2:29 pm, May 18, 2019

Facebook will begin collecting sales tax on ads sold in Egypt

Truth behind Facebook collecting sales tax on ads sold in Egypt

Ahmed Maher - 12:02 am, May 11, 2019

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What Can a Digital Commerce Company Do For You?

Staff Writer - 3:31 pm, May 9, 2019

EG.GD new URL shortener, offers Pro accounts for FREE ‘first 2000...

Ahmed Maher - 10:04 pm, April 28, 2019

Why Access Management Matters In This Day and Age

Staff Writer - 8:47 pm, April 16, 2019

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp go down for thousands of users

Ahmed Maher - 1:33 pm, April 14, 2019

Tidbits from 2018 State of Social Video Report ‘Egypt Edition’

Staff Writer - 8:51 pm, April 12, 2019

CIB, EgyptAir make every mile counts for budget travelers

Ahmed Maher - 4:46 pm, April 11, 2019

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Snap Inc. Unveils ‘Snap Games’

Staff Writer - 2:01 pm, April 5, 2019

Brimore, retail distribution platform, raises $800k in seed funding

Lina Gilani - 9:45 am, April 2, 2019

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