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Kerning Cultures Teams Up With Digital Digest to Produce “Akhbar el Tech”

Starting every morning, Akhbar el Tech aims to inform its listeners about emerging companies, entrepreneurs, and the digital economy scene in the MENA region in less than 5 minutes.
by WAYA Staff - May 6, 2021
Kerning Cultures Teams Up With Digital Digest to Produce “Akhbar el Tech”

The Middle East’s first VC-backed podcast network, Kerning Cultures, has teamed up with Digital Digest, an online platform that aggregates news from publications such as WAYA, to explore a new frontier: the region’s first Arabic daily tech news podcast. The new podcast, “Akhbar el Tech” runs daily, Sundays through Thursdays.

Starting every morning, Akhbar el Tech aims to inform its listeners about emerging companies, entrepreneurs, and the digital economy scene in the MENA region in less than 5 minutes.

Founded in 2015 by Hebah Fisher, Kerning Cultures Network has been leading the region’s podcasting movement with chart-topping, award-winning podcasts, in both Arabic and English. Their latest Arabic release, Saqr’s Eclipse ranked #1 across the region’s charts.  

Whereas Digital Digest was founded by Racha Ghamlouch and Farah Nakouzi in 2018, focusing on providing business leaders with all they need to stay up-to-date about the regional tech economy. 

Akhbar el Tech is Digital Digest’s newest endeavour, a seamless addition to their newsletter and breaking news posts through Whatsapp and Telegram. The show will be presented by Nakouzi, who is also a social media and communication specialist who started her career working in events catered to the MENA region’s startup ecosystem.

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WideBot Digitizes Customer Service for Egyptian National Gas Company

WideBot's partnership with NATGAS comes in parallel with the state’s drive to digitize various governmental sectors.
by WAYA Staff - May 4, 2021
WideBot Digitizes Customer Service for Egyptian National Gas Company

Being the Middle East’s pioneer in the field of automated smart conversations, WideBot announced that its developing a chatbot for the National Gas Company (NATGAS) of Egypt. This step, in cooperation with the Egyptian company, comes in parallel with the...

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KSA-based Garage Raises $600,000 in Seed Round

Founded by Osama AlSalloum in 2020, Garage digitizes the services sector for cars. The startup claims to have registered a 5% year-on-year growth rate.
by WAYA Staff - May 4, 2021
KSA-based Garage Raises $600,000 in Seed Round

Garage, the platform specialized in digitizing the express services sector for cars, announced a Seed round of SAR 2.25 million ($600,000), bringing the company’s valuation to SAR 11.25 million ($3 million). “In Garage, we are targeting a huge market whose...

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Expensya Raises $20 Million in Series B Funding

by WAYA Staff - May 4, 2021
Expensya Raises $20 Million in Series B Funding

Expensya, an automated payment management solution for businesses, has concluded its Series B funding round of $20 million. Two new funds, MAIF Avenir and Silicon Badia, have invested in the development of the Fintech platform, joining ISAI and Seventure, the two other funds that...

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UAE-based E-commerce Maison Duffour Raises $400,000

Based out of the Emirates, but founded by a French couple and funded by French investors, this e-commerce delivers gourmet French food products. We can't be making this up.
by WAYA Staff - May 4, 2021
UAE-based E-commerce Maison Duffour Raises $400,000

Maison Duffour, a UAE-based gourmet food e-commerce platform specialized in home delivery, just raised a $400,000 fundraise from French and local business angels; including Aurélien de Meaux (Cheerz founder and CEO of Electra), Frédéric Gastaldo (Photoweb’s founder), Timothée Désormeaux and...

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Aramco’s Entrepreneurship Arm Signs MoU with Falak Investment Hub to Drive VC Investment in KSA

The new collaboration between Wa'ed and Falak Investment Hub is expected to exploit synergies that increase the likelihood of success for early-stage and growth-stage startups through services, training programs, market access, and mentorship.
by WAYA Staff - Apr 28, 2021
Aramco’s Entrepreneurship Arm Signs MoU with Falak Investment Hub to Drive VC Investment in KSA

Wa’ed, the entrepreneurship arm of Aramco, is collaborating with Falak Investment Hub, a Saudi VC and accelerator led by one of Saudi Arabia’s most influential women entrepreneurs, to drive venture capital investment in the Kingdom. An MoU was signed at...

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Commercial Bank of Dubai Launches Robo-Advisory Investment App

CBD's Investr app makes it the first bank in the region to offer a robo-advisory investment solution.
by WAYA Staff - Apr 27, 2021
Commercial Bank of Dubai Launches Robo-Advisory Investment App

Commercial Bank of Dubai, one of the leading banks in the UAE, announced the launch of Investr app becoming the first bank in the region to offer a robo-advisory investment solution. Developed in partnership with InvestSuite, a leading wealthtech company...

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What Is Dogecoin?

You've probably seen the name somewhere and were too shy to ask what it is. Dogecoin started as a parody, little did we all know it would be a fierce competition to Bitcoin.
by WAYA Staff - Apr 26, 2021
What Is Dogecoin?

In light of the rapid development and ongoing controversy in the cryptocurrency market and the technology involved, and between the rise and fall in the market, investing in digital currencies remains the best option for those who prefer long-term investments...

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COFE Raises $10 Million to Expand to Egypt and Turkey

by WAYA Staff - Apr 22, 2021
COFE Raises $10 Million to Expand to Egypt and Turkey

Kuwaiti coffee delivery app COFE has raised $10 million in funding, which it will use to fuel its expansion efforts into the Egyptian and Turkish markets, and scale up its operations in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and the United...

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