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Selina Bieber, the Senior Director of Global Markets at GoDaddy, has predicted a significant increase in Egypt’s e-commerce revenue. By 2028, it could reach $9.88 billion....
A McDonald’s insider in Egypt anonymously disclosed a 70% sales decline in October and November, aligning with a global and Egyptian boycott fueled by the ongoing...
Boycotts are sweeping across the Middle East, impacting US and European brands as consumers express their protest against Western governments’ support for Israel during the Gaza...
TFK, the leading curated fashion marketplace in Egypt has acquired OPIO, a direct-to-consumer (D2C) fashion brand. By joining forces, TFK and OPIO will combine their expertise,...
Egyptian experts are calling out Netflix’s decision to cast a bi-racial actor as Queen Cleopatra VII in its upcoming docu-series, “African Queens: Queen Cleopatra,” alleging that...
Egypt’s Central Bank has introduced new regulations that enable non-contact payment transactions via smartphone apps, including Apple Pay and Google Pay. Users can now register their...
Egypt’s Fuel Automatic Pricing Committee (FAPC) has announced an increase in the prices of various octanes by EGP 0.75 to EGP 1 per litre. The prices...
1 USD equals 30.50 Egyptian Pound Last update: Friday, Feb 10, 2023. The Egyptian pound plunged after the central bank moved to a flexible currency to...
Egypt’s economy took a new hit on Wednesday as the Egyptian pound weakened by over 13% against the U.S. dollar. This marks a new low for...
End-of-year holidays have a unique taste of everything, especially Christmas and new year songs; we would like to share with you the most played Xmas songs...
Cairo-based fintech startup Money Fellows has raised $31M in its Series B round led by CommerzVentures, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), and Arzan Venture Capital. Founded...
The Egyptian pound plunged after the central bank moved to a flexible currency to help the government secure a deal with the International Monetary Fund. According...
Looking for a new job? It’s time for the recruitment open day in Egypt 2022. Right now, there are nine openings positions that you can apply...
Saudi-based SaaS startup Glamera has raised a Seed round of $1.3 million, led by Riyadh Angels Investors (RAI), with participation from Techstars Accelerator, Ithraa Venture Capital,...
Paymob, the leading omnichannel payments gateway in the MENAP region, has appointed Imane Adel as Executive Vice President of Strategy. Adel will guide Paymob’s vision and...
Egyptian banks started imposing limits on overseas’ cash withdraws and online purchases in foreign currency for debit and credit cards to combat the country’s acute foreign...
The World Bank has approved a $400M logistics and transportation plan to help Egypt reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, including the Alexandria–6th-of-October–Cairo Area railway corridor....
The shared mobility market in the MENA region is set to expand with a compound annual growth rate of 18.4% from 2022 to 2030 as the...
Egypt’s population has reached 104 million after an increase of one million in 221 days, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS)....
The new iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro (Max) are now available in the Middle East markets, after 10 days from the official release date. Although...
Convertedin, a marketing operating system for e-commerce brands, has raised a $3 million seed round from global and regional investors. The round was led by Saudi...
Etisalat Egypt has unveiled its new branding as ‘Etisalat by e&,’ following the steps of the e& Group’s recent rebranding in the UAE market. Etisalat is...
Disney+ officially launched its streaming service in the Middle East and North Africa region on Wednesday, June 8. The streaming app is now available for download,...
Disney+ fans in Egypt and other MENA countries can register their interest as of Wednesday, June 8, to take advantage of an exclusive introductory offer. The...
The Egyptian Squash legend and former World No.1 Mohamed El-Shorbagy has decided to switch allegiance to represent England in Professional Squash Association (PSA) and World Squash...
Domty, an Egyptian cheese maker, has reported a 3.8 percent decrease in net profits quarter-on-quarter due to the currency devaluation and rising global inflation. 50.5 million...
Disney+ unveiled a sneak peek at the new content available in the long-awaited streaming service that will launch very soon in the MENA region. The Launch...
The Egyptian Q-commerce platform Appetito, which delivers groceries and household products to doorsteps, has acquired Lamma, a quick commerce app operating in Tunisia and Morocco, for...
The coffee-centric marketplace COFE app has launched a new Siri feature on Apple devices that makes ordering coffee quicker, funner, and more adaptive for its COFE...
Egypt is studying hosting the Expo 2035 in the new administrative capital, officially opening soon, officials announced. As the world exhibition was postponed for a year...
In the ceremony celebrating French President Emmanuel Macron’s winning the presidential elections on the Champ de Mars stage, the Egyptian mezzo-soprano Farrah El-Dibany stole the show...
Egyptian startup PraxiLabs offers people equal opportunities to access an enhanced science education by providing 3D interactive virtual simulations that are safe, affordable, and accessible anytime,...
TikTok MENA launched its Ramadan campaign “Katar Khairak” which translates as Spread Kindness. The campaign encourages users on and off the platform to recognize people who...
Fresh Egypt, a Home Appliance company kicked off its Ramadan campaign with a 1:43-minute Ad promoting the company’s products. Starred by Ruby and Mahmoud El-esseily. The...
Zed has released its Ramadan 2022 brand campaign showing how happiness is everywhere at its new properties, the ad has featured a number of Egyptian and...
Etisalat Egypt kicked off Ramadan 2022 media race with a brand TVC that promotes Etisalat’s position in the market. The ad features Ahmed Ezz and the...
Vodafone Egypt kicked off the Ramadan media race with a brand TVC “Eli Benna Hayah” which translates to “What We Have Between Us is Life”, collaborating...
Urging people to donate to feed fasting needy people this year, the Egyptian Food Bank put up a great ad with a special message loaded with...
Telecom Egypt launched its Ramadan 2022 commercial TVC on social media and Youtube, starred by Yasmine Abdel Aziz and Karim Mahmoud Abdel Aziz. The ad gained...
Orange Egypt kicked off the Ramadan media race with the late star Soad Hussny’s “Egypt sweetheart” movies themes, starred by three of the most popular Egyptian...
An entertaining, heartwarming ad is a forgiving excuse to interrupt a good series, especially during Ramadan when people seek comfort after a long day of fasting...
Egypt Post kicked off Ramadan’s advertising race with a brand TVC, the ad theme “it’s your time” urging that the secret of success is insisting to...
The holy month of Ramadan, the fasting season for Muslims, is one of the most sacred and spiritual 30 days of the year in the Muslim...
Saudi Arabia-based healthy food delivery app DailyMealz has raised SAR 20 million ($5 million) in a pre-Series A round. Saudi Airlines Catering, Hala Ventures, MLM investment...
The Egyptian digital interior design & build platform, handling the diverse finishing problems in the Egyptian Market, Shatablee has raised a $1.2M funding round to optimize...
Chefaa, Egypt’s patient-centered pharmacy benefits platform, has raised a venture round from globally renowned investors Newtown Partners and Global Brain and GMS Capital Partners. The undisclosed...
Saudi Arabia-based B2B e-commerce platform Sary has acquired Mowarrid, an Egypt-based B2B marketplace, for an undisclosed amount. Mowarrid (founded in 2018) by Ahmed Essam, one of...
Egyptian Mumerz.com announced that it has successfully secured $1.2m in a pre-seed round led by local fund Disruptech. Launched recently, Mumerz.com is a parent and child community platform and...
Egyptian TV presenter Yasmin Ezz has sparked controversy on social media because of her comment on Friday, Feb 18, in light of Ismailia’s bride, who was...
Today, more than 6,000 tourists celebrated sun alignment on King Ramses II in front of Abu Simbel Temple in Aswan. This remarkable phenomenon happens twice every...
Egyptian Publishing Platform Kotobna has announced its expansion to major convenience stores across Egypt with a 26 location collaboration with On The Run. Customers at On...
Meta is reinforcing the security and privacy options available to Facebook users to further underline the company’s commitment to user wellbeing. The new “Lock Your Profile”...
Alex-based Tawfeer Market, the Egyptian online grocery retail startup, has raised US $500K in a seed round. Alexandria Business Angels Networks contributed to the funding round....
The New Administrative Capital’s project phase one has been accomplished, planning to be centered on a new administrative megacity that aims to modernize the seat of government...
Hello World Kids, a Jordanian Ed-Tech company, has raised an undisclosed pre-Series A funding round. Vision Ventures participated in the round led by Daam Almonsha’at Holding...
“Save Now, Pay Later” fintech startup, Sympl has raised $6M following its launch last month. The investment is led by three top Venture Capital firms in...
Talabat, the MENA’s leading technology platform in online food and grocery delivery, has announced the appointment of Mohamed Sekkina, as the new General Manager of Talabat...
This White Friday (The Middle East edition of Black Friday), Shahid VIP is offering 50% off on monthly plans for a lifetime. Shahid VIP platform is...
Cairo-based EdTech Startup Career 180 has raised $200K from EdVentures.The investment aims to develop a new employment platform and emerge it with the Freelance Yard platform....
The Jordanian EdTech and online learning platform Abwaab has successfully secured $20M in its Series A funding round. The funding was led by existing investor BECO Capital...
The Egyptian E-grocery platform Rabbit has successfully secured $11M in its Pre-Seed round. The deal was led by Global Founders Capital, Foundation Ventures, Raed Ventures, MSA...
South Africa’s Vodacom Group Limited has agreed to buy 55% stake in Vodafone Egypt. The deal captures growth in a fast-growing information communications and technology market....
Cairo-based startup ‘Sympl’ has raised the first funding round from A15 with a regional focus. This first investment marks the platform launch for the FinTech startup...
For starters, Floward launched its operations in Cairo only and will gradually expand to other cities and regions within the country. Floward CEO Mr. Abdulaziz B....
Cairo-based PropTech startup Nawy has raised an oversubscribed seven-figure Seed round led by the Sawiris family office. Also participating in the investment round was a roster...
Cairo-based grocery and one-stop app Breadfast is donating scrumptious kahk boxes to the Egyptian Food Bank in the startup’s CSR campaign, ‘إﻓﺮح وﻓﺮﺣﮭﻢ’. After talking to...
Laverie, the first dry-cleaning & laundry app, announced securing an undisclosed six-figure (USD) seed round from A15, the leading Egyptian tech investor. The upscale app has...
Access Bridge Ventures is a leading early stage venture capital fund supporting budding entrepreneurs across MENA region & Pakistan. With their current role in funding the...
Cairo-based fintech startup NowPay has joined Y Combinator’s Winter 21 batch, following a Memorandum of Understanding agreement with the Export Development Bank of Egypt (EBE). “We...
Dayra is a Cairo-based fintech startup providing unbanked gig-workers and micro-businesses with financial services. The company has joined Y Combinator’s Winter 21 batch, closing the largest...
Egyptian fintech startup NowPay signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Export Development Bank of Egypt (EBE) for a credit facility to fund NowPay’s current salary advances...
Mohamed (Nagaty) Aboulnaga, one of Halan ‘s team of co-founders and its Chief Business Officer announced that today, January 31st, 2021 was his “last working day...
Ureed.com offers an unprecedented view on how to incorporate freelancers in your hiring strategy. As a business owner, taking on a new project is an exciting...
Talabat has appointed Hadeer Shalaby, Careem‘s regional director, as its new Managing Director in Egypt, replacing Sofiène Marzouki, who has been in the interim Managing Director...
Today, ElCoach, MENA’s premier on-demand fitness, and nutrition app released its Year in Review 2020 and we are seriously impressed. With demand on Fitness apps growing...
Tarek Nour Communications (TNC) released a short and sweet case study on their Ramadan 2020 Campaign for La Poire, and we believe it is marketing gold....
Cassbana, a financial identities’ startup, announced raising a pre-seed round of 6 digits USD to revolutionize the financial service industry in emerging markets. Disrubtech, a US$25million Fintech...
As its first investment in the market, Lorax Capital Partners Fund II has announced today that it has acquired a significant minority stake in DSQ Group...
After six months of announcing Kotobna’s partial acquisition of the online gifting and stationary platform Autograph, the MIT Pan Arab Award-winning startup is now assigning part...
Cairo – Foundation Ventures (FV) is a regional venture capital firm founded in 2019 and is managed by Mazen Nadim, Omar Barakat, and Ziyad Hamdy, in...
In this age, technology can literally be injected into your skin. So don’t expect this to be a far topic. Actually, we’re utilizing technology to fetch...
Cairo-based FinTech startup NowPay, a financial-wellness platform for employees in emerging markets, has announced today that the company has raised US$ 2.1 million in seed investment....
dreevo, a last-mile delivery-focused startup has raised 6 digits USD figure in a bootstrap, pre-seed fund from EF Logistics, a third-party logistic services provider, to introduce...
For early-stage startups, having cash is essential to staying afloat. But it’s one thing to have money and another to know how to spend and manage...
Facebook has announced today that the Egyptian Professionals Network (EPN) has joined the 2020 cycle of the Community Accelerator program, a six-months program designed to help...
On the night of June 30th, 2020, Two instagram accounts (@shadynoor_ and @skhodirr ) started a PSA accusing an ex student of AUC and various other...
Egyptian fintech startup MoneyFellows has raised US $4 million in a Series-A investment round from venture capital (VC) firms Partech and Sawari Ventures. What is MoneyFellows? MoneyFellows...
Egyptian chatbot startup WideBot witnessed a surge of Arabic chatbot building requests during the first half of 2020, amounting to a 100% increase, compared to the...
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 road...
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has reached a deal with Vodafone Group to acquire its stake in Vodafone Egypt. Vodafone has informed the local authorities in Egypt...
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 responsible...
Aside from the never-ending ancient archeological discoveries, Egypt is one of the fastest-growing startup ecosystems in MENA. A Magnitt report ranks the country as the second...
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 a three-year...
The leading tech investor A15 has capitalized on its investment in Ireland-based retail personalization platform Intouch by doubling down on its initial investment into the AI-driven...
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, regional startup...
Facebook announced on Tuesday its partnership with RiseUp to bring ‘Boost with Facebook’, its global program designed to help small businesses grow and to equip more...
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 years old—has...
Silicon Valley-based Tribal started private beta testing with MENA startups and is closing a funding round that includes some of the top VCs in the region,...
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 is engulfed...