Wamda

Egypt

Athar Accelerator, Plan International Egypt host Cairo AI Hackathon

Egypt's Athar Accelerator, in partnership with Plan International Egypt through the Ready for Tomorrow programme, concluded the...

Athar Accelerator Plan International Egypt

U.A.E

Ziina becomes first in the UAE to execute live Open Finance payments with Lean

Press release: Lean Technologies, the MENA region’s leading financial infrastructure provider, and Ziina, the UAE’s...

Lean Technologies Ziina open finance

Saudi Arabia

Outliers, SVC launch 2026 Fellowship to build Saudi and MENA tech leaders

Press release: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 13th January, 2026 - Outliers Venture Capital has announced the launch of...

Outliers Venture Capital SVC

Saudi Arabia

Flat6Labs hosts sixth Riyadh Seed Program Demo Day

Flat6Labs hosted the sixth Demo Day of its Riyadh Seed Program (RSP), marking the completion of six accelerator cycles since the...

Flat6Labs Riyadh Seed Program F6 Ventures

U.A.E

Halo AI returns to 1Billion Followers Summit, unveils enhanced agentic AI platform

Press release: Halo AI returns to 1Billion Followers Summit with a bold product evolution and a compelling growth story that cements its...

Halo AI 1Billion Followers Summit

U.A.E

Ziina introduces Violet as it evolves into a daily lifestyle platform

Press release: Ziina, the UAE’s leading homegrown consumer and business payments platform, today announced the launch of Ziina...

Ziina

Syria

QNB, Mastercard expand payment services in Syria

Mastercard announced that QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, was granted a Mastercard license to...

QNB MasterCard

Jordan

Sira closes 2025 with Sira Squared, doubling down on confidence and connection

As 2025 came to a close, Sira Community gathered its members and their guests across Jordan and the UAE for Sira Squared, its annual...

Sira

Regional

Propeller launches Kernel Camp, an 8-week deep-tech residency in Silicon Valley for MENA founders

Propeller has launched Kernel Camp, an eight-week AI infrastructure and deep-tech residency for early-stage founders from the MENA...

Propeller silicon valley

Saudi Arabia

Taager enters Morocco with new Casablanca operations

Egypt-born and Saudi Arabia-HQ social e-commerce platform Taager has launched operations in Casablanca, marking its official entry...

Taager

Egypt

Paymob–RTG strike regional partnership to merge payments, AI development

Egypt-based fintech Paymob and Robusta Technology Group (RTG) have signed a strategic partnership to build an integrated digital...

Paymob Fintech Robusta Technology Group

Saudi Arabia

Slow transitions drain billions from Saudi economy

Saudi Arabia has invested billions to transform its economy, attract global companies, and build a high-skill, high-productivity labour...

oped

Saudi Arabia

noon, Jahez unite to connect quick commerce with food delivery across the Kingdom

Saudi-born food delivery app Jahez has partnered with noon, integrating their platforms to enhance delivery speed, choice, and...

Noon Jahez

Egypt

Karm expands into Cyprus with EUR 5 million project financing from Eurobank

Egypt-based solar energy utility Karm (KarmSolar) has announced its first international expansion with the establishment of KarmCyprus,...

KarmSolar Karm

Saudi Arabia

Tabby completes secondary share sale at $4.5 billion valuation

Tabby, the Saudi Arabia-headquartered fintech, announced the completion of a secondary share sale by certain existing...

Tabby Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Tamara obtains Central Bank of the UAE approval

Press release: Tamara has officially received a restricted finance licence from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE). As a leading...

Tamara BNPL Fintech

Saudi Arabia

MoneyHash partners with Tabby to enable BNPL for merchants across MEA

Press release: MoneyHash, the first and leading payment orchestration platform in emerging and global markets, has partnered with Tabby,...

Tabby MoneyHash BNPL

U.A.E

UAE launches national campaign to become the Startup Capital of the World

H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, launched “The Emirates: The...

Startup Capital of the World

Egypt

Egypt's Farid expands to Saudi Arabia

Egyptian edtech Farid has expanded to Saudi Arabia, opening a central operations office in Riyadh. The move comes ahead of a...

Farid EdTech

Saudi Arabia

HALA raises $157 million in landmark Series B round

Saudi Arabia-based fintech HALA has raised $157 million in a Series B round. The funding round is led by The Rise Fund,...

HALA Payments Hala Fintech

Regional

MoneyHash unites with noon payments to streamline GCC payment infrastructure

Press release: MoneyHash, the Middle East and Africa’s leading payment orchestration platform, has partnered with noon payments, a...

MoneyHash noon payments

Regional

The balancing act of innovation and growth for scale-ups

An article by Daniel Bryant, CTO of iyris. In the GCC, scale-ups — SMEs that have proven their business models and are targeting...

oped scale-ups

U.A.E

Arabic.AI launches AI academy to empower Arab talent

Press release: Arabic.AI, the region’s pioneer in secure Arabic-first artificial intelligence solutions, today announced the...

Arabic.AI AI Academy

Jordan

Sira marks three years with $4.2 million in collective member growth

Press release: Sira, the regional community for like-valued professionals to connect authentically and grow personally and...

Sira

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