Startup

Kenyan mobile money application Alvin raises $740k in pre-seed funding

Kenyan startup Alvin, a smart money manager app that helps people align their daily spending…

Jumia expands its digital payment services with JumiaPay

As part of its strategic partnership with the National Bank of Egypt (NBE), the leading…

Egyptian VC EdVentures announces three new local edtech investments

Egyptian edtech venture capital fund, EdVentures, has announced three new investments with The Academy of…

AIMMO raises $12M Series A to advance data labeling technology

Most artificial intelligence models are trained through supervised learning, meaning that humans must label raw…

Smarter Health startup raised $5.15M SGD to reduce healthcare costs in Southeast Asia

Organizing information from providers, insurers, and patients not only takes a lot of time but…

India: Unicorns in the spotlight amid startup, technology boom in 2021

In 2021, 44 Indian unicorns – privately-held startups valued at more than $1bn – were…

Kuwait-based educational tech startup Dawrat expands into Saudi Arabia

Kuwait-based educational technology startup Dawrat has announced its expansion into Saudi Arabia. Dawrat aims to…

Jordanian edtech startup Hello World Kids set for expansion into Egypt

The edtech sector has been on a steady four-year growth with 2021 seeing a number…

Egyptian startups invited to apply for Africa Blockchain Incubator Program

The Africa Blockchain Incubator Program has sent a call for Egyptian startups working in and…

Healthcare Aumet enters Egypt with the acquisition of Platform One

Egypt-based healthcare supply chain solutions startup, Platform One, has been acquired by US-based and MENA-servicing…