Middle East and North Africa

Mastercard and SimpliFi partner to enhance digital payment adoption

Mastercard has partnered with SimpliFi, to enhance digital payment adoption in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). CaaS is an up-and-coming card-issuing model that enables companies to easily dev...

11 startups in MENA selected for migrants accelerator program

11 startups operating in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have been selected to join Village Capital’s Financial Solutions for Migrants program, an accelerator for impact-driven startups...

Visa’s Akshay Chopra joins MENA Fintech Association advisory board

MENA Fintech Association (MFTA), a leading industry association for fintech in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, announced that Akshay Chopra, Vice President, Head of Innovation & De...

MBC Group Invests in WEGO

Wego, the largest online travel marketplace across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and MBC GROUP (Middle East Broadcasting Center), MENA’s largest and leading multimedia company, annou...

AstroLabs Partners with Blackbox to Connect Middle East with Silicon Valley

AstroLabs, the startup workshop series, is now joining ranks with the organizations working to connect startups in the Middle East with those in Silicon Valley.

Mobibus Launches Mobile App Maker for Startups and SMEs

While the majority of enterprises in the Middle East and North Africa fall within the Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) segment

Business Confidence in MENA Has Increased, Says YPO

The YPO Global Pulse Confidence Index for the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) advanced marginally by 1.9 points to 60.3 in the first quarter of 2013, the only region in the world to gain gr...

Digital Consumer Growth in MENA Region Driven by Mobile Devices

Mobility is spearheading digital consumption throughout the Middle East and North Africa ‘MENA’ region at an unprecedented rate, largely driven by the rise of tablets and devices according...