Startups

Bykea, Pakistan’s leading bike-ride sharing, and on-demand delivery platform announced today that it has secured a fresh $10M investment from its existing backers. Investors in…

Khazenly, the Cairo-based on-demand digital warehousing and fulfilment platform, announces its successful seed fundraise of $2.5 million. The funding round was co-led by leading regional…

Rider, Pakistan’s first-ever logistics start-up to be backed by YC, is building modern logistics for online sellers across the country. In doing so, the start-up…

The second edition of Microsoft for Startups’ GrowthX Accelerator program is nearly through completion, with the cohort of 21 startups gaining invaluable knowledge aimed at…

VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a global digital operator that provides mobile connectivity and services, announces today that the Group’s VEON Ventures division…

Farmdar uses deep-tech with high-res, multi-band satellite imagery to create actionable data for farmers and corporates. This data has a direct result on the efficiency…

Paymob, Egypt’s market-leading omni-channel merchant financial services platform, today announced it has raised US$50 million in Series B funding. The proceeds will be used to…

In light of the significant downturn in global capital markets, Airlift is undertaking a strategic realignment to reduce the surface area of operations and to…

Red Sea Farms, the Saudi Arabia and UAE AgTech business whose one-of-a-kind technology enables commercial farming using a low energy, zero freshwater sustainable climate control,…

YAP, a leading fintech revolutionizing the digital banking experience in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia has announced that it has been granted an…

Pylon, the infrastructure management platform transforming electricity and water companies in emerging markets, announces a $19 million seed funding round. The seed round for the…

Paymob, MENA’s market-leading digital payments provider, announces its formal market entry, and the start of operations, in Pakistan. Paymob’s exciting expansion into Pakistan follows its…

Meta is collaborating with the National Institute of Banking and Finance (NIBAF), a subsidiary of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to train and up-skill Pakistani…