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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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BitOasis to add 12 New Tokens to its Exchange Platform
BitOasis, the Middle East and North Africa region’s leading online crypto-asset trading platform, today announced a significant extension to its…
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Talabat Mart Egypt appoints Mohamed Sekkina as general manager
Talabat, the MENA’s leading technology platform in online food and grocery delivery, has announced the appointment of Mohamed Sekkina, as…
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Emily in Paris season 2 is coming up on Netflix, here’s all what we know
After the huge success of Emily in Paris’s first season, Netflix has announced that the second season is coming up…
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White Friday Deals: Shahid Offers 50% Lifetime
This White Friday (The Middle East edition of Black Friday), Shahid VIP is offering 50% off on monthly plans for…
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Black Friday, Cyber Monday 2021 Best Deals
Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals are flooding the internet, catching the real ones is a tough job. That’s why…
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Tribal Expands Financing, Payment Services to SMBs in Peru, Chile, Colombia
B2B payments and financing company Tribal Credit announced its expansion plans in Latin America, with operations starting in Colombia, Peru,…
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Black Friday 2021 Best Amazon Deals
This year, Black Friday and Cyber Monday come sequentially on November 26 and November 29. We’ve brought to you the…
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Hack Alert: GoDaddy data breach exposes 1.2 million user accounts
Web hosting and domain seller giant GoDaddy has reported a data breach that exposed 1.2 million customers’ data to hackers.…
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Dubai-Based HyperSpace Secures $11M in Seed Round
Dubai-based Extended Reality (XR) Tech startup HyperSpace has secured US $11M inequity and development seed funding round. Introsight and Dubai…
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Cairo-Based EdTech Startup Career 180 Raises $200K
Cairo-based EdTech Startup Career 180 has raised $200K from EdVentures.The investment aims to develop a new employment platform and emerge…
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Saudi FinTech, InsurTech Rasan Secures $24M
Saudi FinTech and InsurTech startup Rasan has secured $24M in its latest funding round led by Impact 46, a Saudi…
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Jordan’s EdTech Startup ‘Abwaab’ Secures $20M in Series A
The Jordanian EdTech and online learning platform Abwaab has successfully secured $20M in its Series A funding round. The funding was…
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UAE-based financial literacy platform Verity secures $800K
UAE-based financial literacy platform Verity has secured $800,000 in pre-seed round. Gearing for the launch of its family banking and…
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Egyptian E-grocery Rabbit Raises $11M in Pre-Seed
The Egyptian E-grocery platform Rabbit has successfully secured $11M in its Pre-Seed round. The deal was led by Global Founders…
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Google Analytics is not working worldwide
Google Analytics (GA) is not working worldwide after reports that it stopped recording real-time hits. Website owners noticed a sudden…
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Jordanian Startup Eon Dental Raises $26M in Series B
Jordanian dental tech startup Eon Dental has successfully secured $26M in its Series B funding round. The round was led…
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Vodacom buys 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt
South Africa’s Vodacom Group Limited has agreed to buy 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt. The deal captures growth in a…
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CoinMENA Raises $9.5M Seed Fund
Bahrain-based CoinMENA has raised $9.5M in its first seed funding round led by BECO Capital, Kenetic, Arab Bank Switzerland, Bunat…
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Fintech Startup ‘Sympl’ Raises Its First Funding Round
Cairo-based startup ‘Sympl’ has raised the first funding round from A15 with a regional focus. This first investment marks the…
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Dubai-based Short Stay Vacation Homes Raises $1.9M
Dubai-based Real Estate startup and private property manager Short Stay Vacation Homes (Short Stay) has successfully raised $1.96M in its latest…
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Snap to launch Creator Studio in Riyadh
Snap Inc. has announced that it will launch a Creator Studio in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2022 to support its highly…
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71% of parents in Saudi Arabia are on Snapchat
Snapchat is not only the platform of choice of Millennial and Gen Z audiences in Saudi Arabia but also incredibly…
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Wuzzuf’s Ameer Sherif Steps Down as CEO, Buckles Up for ITIDA
BasharSoft the parent company of “Wuzzuf and Forasna” recruitment platforms, has announced that the founder, Ameer Sherif has stepped down…
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Snap launches ‘Open Your Snapchat’ in UAE, Saudi Arabia
Snap Inc. recently kicked off its new B2B global marketing campaign, ‘Open Your Snapchat’, in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, showcasing…
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Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Ads Manager Go Down
The Facebook Family “WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram, Ads Manager, Workplace and Facebook” have all gone down in a major outage globally.…
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Digital Boom secures $20,000 seed investment
We would like to announce that we’ve received US $20,000 in seed investment from family and friends. The investment will…
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Vodafone renews its relationship with Facebook’s Workplace
Workplace by Facebook will continue to help Vodafone bridge the distance between 90,000+ employees over the next 3 years. Thanks…
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Jordan to activate digital identity for citizens in days
The digital identity program for Jordanian citizens will roll out in the coming few days. Said Jordan’s Minister of Digital Economy…
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Gifts Delivery Startup ‘Floward’ Launches in Egypt
For starters, Floward launched its operations in Cairo only and will gradually expand to other cities and regions within the…
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Facebook accredits Tribe X as Preferred Partner Agency
Tribe X, a pioneering digital marketing agency based in the United Arab Emirates with offices in Netherlands and Egypt, has…
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Nawy raises Seven-Figure investment led by Sawiris family
Cairo-based PropTech startup Nawy has raised an oversubscribed seven-figure Seed round led by the Sawiris family office. Also participating in…
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Google Cloud fires Amr Awadallah after ‘anti-jews backlash’
Google Cloud has fired Amr Awadallah, VP of developer after “Internal Criticism” following his June 13th article on LinkedIn titled…
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FasterCapital Launches Startup Program To Support Women Entrepreneurs
FasterCapital, an online incubator and accelerator based in Dubai, is launching a cohort for women entrepreneurs. Recent statistics reveal that…
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Tribal Credit Raises $34.3 Million to Support SMEs in Emerging Markets
Tribal Credit, a payment fintech specially designed for small and medium-sized businesses in emerging markets, announced today closing a combined…
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Stripe “online payment” expands to Middle East with Dubai office
Online payments giant Stripe announced opening an office in the United Arab Emirates financial capital Dubai, its first expansion into…
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Saudi Startup Lendo Secures $7.2 Million in Series A
Riyadh-based fintech firm Lendo has successfully secured $7.2 million in a Series A funding round, as announced today. The round,…
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Exclusive: Egyptian Fintech Startup NowPay Joins Y Combinator
Cairo-based fintech startup NowPay has joined Y Combinator’s Winter 21 batch, following a Memorandum of Understanding agreement with the Export…
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Egyptian Fintech Dayra Joins Y Combinator, Secures US $3M in Pre-Seed
Dayra is a Cairo-based fintech startup providing unbanked gig-workers and micro-businesses with financial services. The company has joined Y Combinator’s…
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Egypt’s financial wellness startup NowPay signs MoU with Export Development Bank of Egypt
Egyptian fintech startup NowPay signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Export Development Bank of Egypt (EBE) for a credit facility…
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OPEC Fund extends $50m for poverty reduction in Tanzania
The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) has signed a US$50 million loan with Tanzania to finance the ‘Fourth…
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XPLOR Secures $3M Seed funding from Ayana Holding
XPLOR, the 3D tech, digital twin, and master planning software, has raised a seed fund of US $3 million from…
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Nagaty announces departure from Halan as CBO
Mohamed (Nagaty) Aboulnaga, one of Halan ‘s team of co-founders and its Chief Business Officer announced that today, January 31st,…
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Careem’s Hadeer Shalaby buckles up for Talabat Egypt
Talabat has appointed Hadeer Shalaby, Careem‘s regional director, as its new Managing Director in Egypt, replacing Sofiène Marzouki, who has…
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Financial Identities’ Cassbana Raises 6 Digits USD
Cassbana, a financial identities’ startup, announced raising a pre-seed round of 6 digits USD to revolutionize the financial service industry in…
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Etisalat hosts Israel-based i24NEWS channels
In a press release today, Etisalat set to normalize with Israel as the company announced the launch of Israel-based network…
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Google Servers Back Online After 45 Minutes
Google servers are now back online after 45 minutes. Please expect some delays and lags. The majority of Google services…
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BREAKING: Google Analytics is Down
We have previously reported that Google WorkSpace, Youtube, Google Adsense, and some Google Search features are also down. The Story…
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BREAKING: Youtube is Down
We can confirm Youtube and related services are also down. We have reported earlier that Google Workspace services are also…
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BREAKING: Google Workspace is DOWN
While there are still no official announcements at the time of posting, we can report that almost all Google Workspace…
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Almost all Google services including Youtube go down, globally
Almost all Google services went down globally on 12:00 PM GMT, Google Business Suite including Email, Meets, Calendar, Drive, etc.…
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LCP Fund II acquires significant minority stake in Dsquares & Lucky
As its first investment in the market, Lorax Capital Partners Fund II has announced today that it has acquired a…
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Endeavor Egypt Welcomes Dalia Ibrahim to the Board of Directors
Endeavor Egypt welcomes renowned publishing, education entrepreneur, and expert Dalia Ibrahim to its Board of Directors. Dalia Ibrahim is the…
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Mohamed Abdulsalam Announced Co-CEO of Kotobna
After six months of announcing Kotobna’s partial acquisition of the online gifting and stationary platform Autograph, the MIT Pan Arab…
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FinTech Ripple Chooses Dubai International Financial Center for Regional Headquarters
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), announced that Ripple, the enterprise blockchain solution for global payments, has established its regional headquarters…
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Foundation Ventures powers up with 4 new investments
Cairo – Foundation Ventures (FV) is a regional venture capital firm founded in 2019 and is managed by Mazen Nadim,…
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StartEgypt Hosts First Female Founders Forum
The pre-acceleration program, StartEgypt, hosted its first virtual forum for female entrepreneurs, the Female Founders Forum. The one-day virtual event…
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Comscore study: increase in corporate credit card demand
Comscore’s white paper “The COVID-19 Impact on Small Business Credit Card Applications in 2020” revealed that small business card application…
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Twitter Down: Users report worldwide, Tweets not loading
Having trouble accessing your Twitter account? You’re not alone! Users from all around the world have reported Twitter login outage…
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NowPay Raises US$2.1 Million in Seed Investment
Cairo-based FinTech startup NowPay, a financial-wellness platform for employees in emerging markets, has announced today that the company has raised…
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Cairo-based Last-mile Delivery Startup ‘dreevo’ Raises 6 Digits USD Figure
dreevo, a last-mile delivery-focused startup has raised 6 digits USD figure in a bootstrap, pre-seed fund from EF Logistics, a…
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Tribal Credit Takes Juniper Research’s Best B2B Payment Platform Gold Award
US-based fintech Tribal Credit has won Juniper Research’s Best B2B Payment Platform Gold Award, recognizing its efforts in helping startups…
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Facebook teams up with TBWA\RAAD to showcase people behind #LoveLocal
Facebook has teamed up with leading regional creative agency, TBWA\RAAD, for its new campaign, #LoveLocal, an initiative to support local…
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Facebook Launches ‘#LoveLocal’ campaign to support local businesses in MENA
Facebook has launched a new initiative to offer digital support to local small and medium businesses in the MENA region,…
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Mexico’s Auto-parts Startup ‘RIGS’ Teams Up With Tribal Credit
The auto parts market in Mexico has seen tremendous growth over the past five years, redefining how the automotive industry…
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Facebook Clones TikTok, Introduces Instagram Reels
Facebook announced early last month the launch of Instagram Reels: a clone of TikTok videos, describing it as a new…
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SellAnyCar.com Expands into Saudi Arabia
SellAnyCar.com, the UAE pioneer and leader in online auto marketplaces for used car sales, announced today it is expanding into…
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Snap celebrates its unique community in its first ever B2B marketing campaign
Snap launched its first brand-facing marketing campaign under ‘Meet the Snapchat Generation’, targeting marketers and advertisers across the region. Celebrating…
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Amr Diab Returns to Drama in Netflix Arabic Original Series
The Egyptian superstar and singing legend Amr Diab will return to acting with an original Arabic series on Netflix. The…
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Social listening and analytics company ‘Talkwalker’ acquires Nielsen Social
Talkwalker, a global social listening and analytics company, announced the acquisition of Nielsen Social, a leading provider of social measurement…
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Facebook Reveals Top Emojis in MENA, Celebrates World Emoji Day
History has shown us that images are worth more than words. Thanks to the rise of visual-based communication, we are…
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60% of Arab users prefer using emojis over words to express emotions
Viber, owned by the Japanese company, Rakuten, and one of the world’s leading apps for free and easy communication, conducted…
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Small business owners optimistic about economic recovery post-COVID
In partnership with the World Bank and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Facebook published the Global State…
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Egyptian Professionals Network (EPN) joins the Facebook Community Accelerator Program
Facebook has announced today that the Egyptian Professionals Network (EPN) has joined the 2020 cycle of the Community Accelerator program,…
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Egyptian Social Media Stirs Countless Rape, Harassment, Blackmail Allegations
On the night of June 30th, 2020, Two instagram accounts (@shadynoor_ and @skhodirr ) started a PSA accusing an ex…
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Viber cuts business ties with Facebook
Japanese owned Rakuten Viber, one of the world’s leading messaging apps for free and secure communication, announces it will cut…
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Demand for Arabic chatbots surges in H1-2020 amid COVID-19, WideBot data shows
Egyptian chatbot startup WideBot witnessed a surge of Arabic chatbot building requests during the first half of 2020, amounting to…
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Egypt’s health ministry launches blood donation campaign in cooperation with Facebook
Egyptian Minister of Health, Dr. Hala Zayed, has announced that the ministry’s National Blood Transfusion Service is teaming up with…
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Fintech giant ‘Brex’ lays off 62 of staff despite raising $150M
Brex founders Pedro Franceschi and Henrique Dubugras wrote in a blog post published yesterday that 62 people would be let go.…
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Tribal Credit Joins Visa’s Fintech Fast Track to Bridge Equity Gap for MENA Startups
US-based startup Tribal Credit, which raised $9.1 million in a series of seed rounds, announced that it had joined Visa’s…
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Facebook introduces new distribution metric
Yesterday, Facebook released a new metric called “distribution score” to measure the performance of Facebook pages. The company defined the…
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Best Startup Incubators in the UAE 2020
Startup incubators in the UAE are an integral part of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Even for the most experienced of campaigners,…
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Coronavirus: Fitness App ‘ElCoach’ Gives Away 30-days Free For Everyone
Bodybuilders, gym-goers, and fitness enthusiasts have been scrambled to find alternative ways to sweat after closing gym chains & boutique…
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Netflix Down: Netflix not working Users cannot log in worldwide
Having trouble accessing your Netflix account? You’re not alone! Users from all around the world have reported Netflix login outage…
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Netflix MENA’s Twitter Account Hacked
Netflix MENA’s Twitter account has been hacked early today, the hacker replaced Netflix’s profile photo and pinned a tweet confirmed…
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Why Facebook Blocks Coronavirus News Stories?
Yesterday, Facebook users complained that links to news stories and information related to the coronavirus outbreak were blocked by the…
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Trade Bank of Iraq Donates $5M to Iraqi Ministry of Health to help Combat Coronavirus
Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI), today announced US $5 million in funding to support the Iraqi Ministry of Health’s efforts…
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Online Learning Platform Abwaab Raises 2.4M in Seed Funding
Abwaab, MENA’s latest online learning platform, today announces the closing of its $2.4M pre-seed funding round. The round was kicked…
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Jordan declared free of Coronavirus
Jordanian citizen who was tested positive Covid-19 has been declared healthy today and released from quarantine in Amman, which means that…
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Wunderlist shuts down, merges with Microsoft To-Do
Microsoft has set to discontinue the could-based task management app Wunderlist on May 6th, 2020, to be migrated to its…
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Amazon now delivers to Palestine following boycott campaign
Global e-commerce giant Amazon has added Palestine to its international shipping destinations in response to #BoycottAmazon Palestinians had to list…
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Dubai Lynx Postpones Annual Festival Amid Coronavirus Spread in MENA
Dubai Lynx’s annual festival in March has been rescheduled on 6-9 September 2020 in light of the coronavirus outbreak in…
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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…
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Orascom CEO Khaled Bichara Dies in Car Crash
Orascom Development CEO Khaled Bichara, 48, was killed Friday in a car crash in Giza, Egypt. Bichara, a father of…
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Saudi Telecom ‘STC’ reaches a deal with Vodafone Group to acquire its stake in Vodafone Egypt
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has reached a deal with Vodafone Group to acquire its stake in Vodafone Egypt. Vodafone has…
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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 –…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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‘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…
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