Startups
Agri startup, Agrownet wins Beyond the Pitch at startAD
startAD, the Abu Dhabi-based global accelerator anchored at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) and powered by Tamkeen, held its annual Startup Showcase event for the Beyond the Pitch Program on Tuesday (April 16),...
Intel to invest US$117 million in 14 new tech startups
Intel Capital, announced new investments totaling $117 million in 14 disruptive technology startups at the Intel Capital Global Summit. The companies will be joining Intel Capital’s portfolio are crea...
Tanzania’s Ubongo won the ‘Next Billion’ Edtech Prize 2019
Tanzania based Ubongo won the ‘Next Billion’ Edtech Prize 2019 organised by The Varkey Foundation to recognise the most innovative technology destined to have a radical impact on education in low inco...
30 EdTech startups finalists named for the Next Billion EdTech Prize
30 innovative EdTech startups have been named as finalists of the Next Billion EdTech Prize recognising the most innovative use of technology that has the potential to radically impact education in lo...
Golden Scent receives second round of investments
Golden Scent, the leading Saudi e-commerce beauty platform, announced the closing of a new round of investments from its current funders within a record 12-month period. The company attributes this ne...
Faith Capital funds $8 m to JustClean
Faith Capital announced today the recent close of a $8 m Series A round of financing in JustClean, a Kuwaiti laundry technology startup, in order to expand ongoing GCC marketplace operations, in addit...
Egypt’s TIEC incubator picks up 6 tech startups
Egypt’s Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC); an affiliate body to the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), announced a new list of six innovative tech-fue...
Dubai’s start-up company signs MoU with DEWA
Dubai based a start-up company, Whizkey Future labs, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) to develop innovative and futuristic solutions to ...
Egyptian pet care startup, VetCode raises seed funding
Cairo-based pet care startup, VetCode announced that it has been able to raise seed funding from Pmaestro, a Cairo-based technology company that helps startups with consultancy services in different a...