A Milestone Moment for Regional Fintech When co-founders Esam Alnahdi and Maher Loubieh launched HALA, their mission was simple but ambitious: give micro, small, and […]
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Dubai’s Gainz Raises 7-Figure Pre-Seed to Fast-Track Sharia-Compliant SME Lending
For small and medium businesses across the GCC that can wait months for a bank loan, a Dubai-based fintech is betting that funding should arrive […]
Talk, Don’t Click: Saudi’s Humain Unveils Voice-First OS and a 6GW AI Data Centre Push
How a PIF-backed “startup” is turning operating systems and infrastructure into Saudi Arabia’s next strategic export. A New Kind of Operating System Out of Riyadh […]
Metric raises fresh capital to put an AI “Chief Financial Officer” in every SME’s pocket
When cafés, clinics, and cloud kitchens across the GCC ask “Can we afford to expand next quarter?”, many still reach for spreadsheets. Metric, an Abu Dhabi–headquartered AI […]
Egypt’s Intella Raises $12.5m to Build the Voice Layer for the Arabic Internet
Egyptian-founded, Saudi-headquartered Intella is betting that Arabic dialects aren’t a “localisation problem” for global AI, but the foundation of a new regional infrastructure play. A […]
MENA Startup Funding Falls to $785m in October — But the Real Story Is Debt and Early-Stage Resilience
When a founder in Dubai refreshed her inbox on 3 November, the headline was hard to miss: “MENA startup funding drops to $785 million in October, […]
IFC Backs Women-Led First Circle Capital with $6m to Build Africa’s Fintech Infrastructure
When early-stage fintech founders in Casablanca or Kampala sit down with First Circle Capital’s partners, the conversation rarely starts with “How fast can you grow?” […]
Egypt’s DisrupTech Backs Morocco’s Chari to Turn Corner Shops into Africa’s New Fintech Grid
On a narrow street in Casablanca, the neighbourhood hanout is quietly becoming more than a place to buy tea and sugar. Customers can top up their phones, […]
A New Kind of Travel Startup Out of Tunisia
On Tunisia’s southern trails and coastal villages, a new traveltech player is quietly redesigning how visitors experience the region. WildyNess, a Tunis-based B2C/B2B2C traveltech startup, […]
SPICE Launches in Saudi Arabia With a New Way to Fund Restaurants: ‘Dining Capital
When the founders of ifood.jo and POSRocket decided to return to restaurant tech, they didn’t come back with another delivery app or POS system. They […]