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Breaking news and timely stories on tech, media, and marketing that matter to brands, agencies, and startups in the MENA region.
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Yasmin Ezz stirs controversy on social media
Egyptian TV presenter Yasmin Ezz has sparked controversy on social media because of her comment on Friday, Feb 18, in…
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RECAPP launches recycling bins on UAE Tour Route
RECAPP, the UAE’s first free-of-charge door-to-door recycling service, has launched recycling bins on UAE Tour Route to collect thousands of…
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Facebook rolls out reels and new monetization methods for creators
Meta is expanding the availability of Facebook Reels for iOS and Android to more than 20 countries across sub-Saharan Africa.…
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6,000 tourists celebrate sun alignment at Abu Simbel temple
Today, more than 6,000 tourists celebrated sun alignment on King Ramses II in front of Abu Simbel Temple in Aswan.…
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Jambo Raises $7.5 Million To Create Africa’s Web3 app
Jambo, a three-month-old company, building a Web 3 super app for Africa, has raised $7.5 million in seed funding from…
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Oil prices surge as Ukraine-Russia tension climb
Oil and gas prices are climbing on fears that the Ukraine-Russia crisis will disrupt supplies across the world. U.S. West…
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Snap Allows Users to Change their Usernames
Snap Inc. is planning to launch a new feature to allow Username Change effective Feb 23, a highly anticipated feature…
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Vodafone plans to cut cost by shifting UK jobs overseas
Beleaguered telecoms giant Vodafone plans to shift UK jobs overseas in a cost-cutting drive. According to an internal memo and…
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Trump’s ‘Truth Social’ app is available on the AppStore
The U.S. Former President Donald Trump has launched his own social media app, “Truth Social,” on the Apple App store…
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EgyptAir’s pilot historic landing during Eunice fires up social media
EgyptAir’s pilot Walid Murad’s historic landing at Heathrow airport in London during the storm Eunice on Friday, February 18 fired…
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New Chinese regulations hit food delivery giants’ profit model
Chinese authorities announced new regulations that will reduce the food delivery platforms’ service fees charged to restaurants to lower the…
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Saudi’s B2B Fintech EdfaPay Raises $1.6M Pre-seed
KSA-based B2B Fintech EdfaPay has raised $1.6M in a pre-seed round to overcome the physical payment process moving away from…
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Earnpay raises $4M to facilitate access to salaries in Nigeria
Earnpay, a fintech startup that provides flexible and on-demand salary access, has raised $4 million in seed financing to facilitate…
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DocuSign and Zoom team up to sign docs during meetings
Zoom and DocuSign announced a new integration that lets users review and sign documents right within a Zoom meeting to…
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UAE-based Fintech Startup ‘Qashio’ Raises $2.5M Pre-seed
Qashio, a UAE-based fintech startup for expense management and corporate cards has raised US $2.5M in its Pre-seed funding round…
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