Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Lendo, Quantic launch $200 million SME financing programme in Saudi Arabia

Saudi fintech Lendo has partnered with Austria-based Quantic Financial Solutions on an institutional capital programme of up to SAR750...

Lendo Quantic Financial Solutions

Egypt

AMAN, Bokra and Erada join GIZ-backed venture debt programme in Egypt

Press release: AMAN Holding, Bokra and Erada Finance have joined Scale It Forward, an initiative launched by GIZ Egypt and enpact to...

Scale It Forward GIZ Egypt AMAN Holding

Egypt

Breadfast expands into restaurant delivery with Breadfast Food

Breadfast Expands Its Everyday Convenience Platform with Breadfast Food Breadfast announces the official launch of Breadfast Food,...

Breadfast Breadfast Food

Saudi Arabia

Velents enters Bahrain through strategic partnership with stc Bahrain

Saudi Arabia-based AI startup Velents has expanded into Bahrain through a strategic partnership with stc Bahrain, signed on the...

Velents AI STC

Saudi Arabia

Aajil Capital secures CMA licence for investment management in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia-based Aajil Capital, a sister firm to industrial financing platform Aajil, has received a Capital Market Authority (CMA)...

Aajil Capital

Egypt

UMAMI invests $1 million in new AI-powered learning platform

Egypt-based edtech company UMAMI E-Learning Solutions has launched LOS (Learning Operating System), backed by a phased investment plan...

UMAMI EdTech

Saudi Arabia

Saudi investment platform OORI secures CMA licence for arranging and advising

Saudi Arabia-based private markets investment platform OORI has received a licence from the Capital Market Authority (CMA) to conduct...

OORI

U.A.E

Shaffra expands beyond the GCC with Azerbaijan launch

GCC-based enterprise AI startup Shaffra has expanded beyond the GCC for the first time by opening a regional headquarters in Azerbaijan,...

Shaffra

Egypt

Beltone Venture Capital exits BirdNest investment with 3.5x return

Egypt-based Beltone Venture Capital has completed a partial exit from Egyptian proptech BirdNest, generating a 3.5x return on...

Birdnest Beltone Venture Capital

Saudi Arabia

DESAISIV unveils AI Insurance Agent, seeks $8 million to expand enterprise platform

Saudi insurtech DESAISIV has launched its AI Insurance Agent, an AI-powered platform for managing and optimising corporate insurance,...

DESAISIV Insurtech

Regional

Propeller concludes first Kernel Camp, graduating five AI startups from MENA

Propeller has graduated five startups from Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, and Egypt in the inaugural edition of Kernel Camp, its eight-week...

Propeller Kernel Camp

U.A.E

Lean and Ziina launch UAE's first one-tap Pay by Bank experience under Open Finance

Lean Technologies and UAE fintech Ziina have launched the UAE's first One-Tap Pay by Bank experience under the country's Open...

Lean Technologies Ziina One-Tap Pay

U.A.E

Private markets are entering their AI-native era, and FinBursa is here to lead it

For decades, private markets have operated through relationships, networks, and institutional trust. Yet behind the sophistication of...

FinBursa AI

U.A.E

RemotePass secures $17.4 million Series B to accelerate global expansion

Wamda Capital-backed global employment, payroll, and spend platform RemotePass has raised $17.4 million in Series B funding led by...

RemotePass Wamda Capital HRtech

Egypt

Egrobots unveils AI-powered harvesting robot built entirely by Egyptian engineers

Egrobots unveiled the first autonomous agricultural harvesting robot developed entirely by Egyptian engineers. The robot uses AI,...

Egrobots Agriculture robotics

Egypt

Egypt-born proptech Byit expands into UAE

Egypt-born proptech Byit has expanded into the UAE and launched a new suite of AI-powered real estate solutions. The move follows...

Byit Proptech

Regional

Founders still building in MENA understand what others miss

An article by Darya Nikulina, Director of Operations & Marketing at Dubai-based travel tech company Visarun Whenever a crisis hits,...

oped

Saudi Arabia

RiFD partners with Kingsbury to scale securitisation infrastructure in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia-based fintech RiFD has partnered with British-owned private and structured credit specialist Kingsbury & Partners...

RIFD Kingsbury & Partners

Egypt

Taager moves into China to fix sourcing bottlenecks for MENA sellers

Egypt-born and Saudi Arabia-HQ social e-commerce platform Taager Taager has opened its first supply office in China to strengthen...

Taager

Regional

A new playbook for founders navigating uncertainty in MENA

Uncertainty has returned to the centre of the MENA startup ecosystem, and this time it is not cyclical. It is structural. After a strong...

oped

Regional

Arabic.AI partners with HeyBreez to scale Arabic voice AI for enterprises

UAE-based Arabic.AI has partnered with HeyBreez to deliver production-grade Arabic voice AI solutions for enterprises and...

Arabic AI HeyBreez

Regional

Propeller brings five MENA deeptech startups to Silicon Valley with Kernel Camp

Jordan-rooted, AI-focused VC Propeller has launched the first cohort of its Kernel Camp residency, bringing five deep-tech startups...

Kernel Camp Propeller

Jordan

Arabic.AI partners with Qistas to deliver sovereign Arabic legal AI

Press release: Arabic.AI and Qistas announced today a strategic partnership to offer secure and sovereign artificial intelligence...

Qistas Arabic AI

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia issues first open banking license to Lean Technologies

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Lean Technologies has become the first licensed open banking provider in the Kingdom after receiving a...

Lean Technologies Open banking

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