Regional Entrepreneurship is disrupting MENA’s real estate and retail gurus The first half of 2017 was an exciting one for enterprises and startups in the MENA region with mega deals taking the ecosystem by storm.... Rana Freifer • 19 July, 2017 acquisition VC investment Real Estate
Saudi Arabia Becoming an employee in the company you founded: Esimsar Following the acquisition of Saudi Esimsar by Propertyfinder in 2014, its founder Tarek Zeitoun chose to continue working in his company as... Maya Rahal • 12 July, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa Esismsar
U.A.E Emaar Malls acquires 51% stake of online fashion retailer Namshi for $151M Global Fashion Group (GFG), an international online fashion destination, announced today a strategic partnership with Emaar Malls, the... Rana Freifer • 24 May, 2017 Namshi Emaar Malls Mohamed Alabbar
Regional Why Amazon acquired Souq.com This article is a crosspost with Centric.ae. Seeking global world domination in the ecommerce marketplace, Amazon acquired... Usman Khalid • 30 March, 2017 Souq.com acquisition Amazon
U.A.E Why is the Souq.com acquisition so significant? [Opinion] For those who have been in the dark, Amazon has acquired Souq.com for over $650 million. The news of an acquisition of this size has... Abed Agha • 29 March, 2017 Souq.com Amazon acquisition
U.A.E Amazon buys Payfort Not only is Amazon buying Souq.com, but it has also today bought Payfort. “Today as part of Souq Group Inc. we are pleased to... Wamda • 28 March, 2017 Amazon Payfort souq
Regional Amazon acquires Souq.com for over $650 million Russ Grandinetti, Amazon Senior Vice President, International Consumer and Ronaldo Mouchawar, Souq.com CEO and cofounder (Image via... Maya Rahal • 28 March, 2017 Souq.com Amazon Alabbar
Jordan Babil Games acquired for $17M In what could be the largest exit in the region’s gaming industry, Middle East-based game publisher Babil Games has been... Lucy Knight • 18 December, 2016 Gaming babil games game development
Egypt Egypt's online recruitment platform Wuzzuf acquires Viriphi Egypt’s online recruitment platform Wuzzuf announced on Thursday its acquisition of job assessment platform Viriphi for an... Eman Mostafa • 08 December, 2016 Programme jobs assessment Egypt
U.A.E Dubai’s El Grocer strengthens foothold with acquisition El Grocer, a Dubai-based online grocery delivery app, has acquired one of its competitors, Quickshop.ae for an undisclosed... Lucy Knight • 25 October, 2016 Delivery el grocer
Egypt Egypt payments startup Paymob signs deal with A15 Egypt payments startup Paymob has signed an undisclosed deal with local financier A15. The companies did not say how much the deal... Rachel Williamson • 02 September, 2016 A15 Paymob Investment
Global $900M sale for a Dubai HQ’d company Serial entrepreneur Divyank Turakhia's Media.net has been sold for approximately $900 million. Media.net, who have their global... Lucy Knight • 26 August, 2016 media.net Advertising acquisition
Maghreb Propertyfinder buys Morocco-based Selektimmo The list of Moroccan platforms looking to benefit from the online real estate boom is long. Over a year ago, we wondered if... Aline Mayard • 23 June, 2016
Pakistan Careem acquires Pakistani ride sharing service Two minds will be better than one when it comes to battling Uber. (Image via Careem) Car-hailing app Careem has acquired... Lucy Knight • 31 March, 2016 car hailing ride sharing Savaree