Markets Digital Payments Are Taking Over Egypt’s SME Scene Visa Visa, a global leader in payments, announced the launch of its new report, ‘Value of Acceptance: Understanding the Digital... by WAYA Staff - Jul 29, 2025
Startups Saudi’s Calo Raises USD 39M to Scale to AI-Powered Meal Platform Calo What happened? Saudi-based foodtech, Calo, raised USD 39 million in a Series B funding extension round. This brings its... by WAYA Staff - Jul 29, 2025
Markets Saudi’s Surj Invests USD 40M in Professional Triathletes Organisation Surj The sports arms of Saudi’s Public investment Fund (PIF), Surj, invested in the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO). The investment... by WAYA Staff - Jul 28, 2025
Energy Saudi Launches Taqatech Accelerator to Support Energy Startups Taqatech Accelerator The Saudi Ministry of Energy launched the Taqatech Accelerator program in collaboration with The Garage, a Riyadh based... by WAYA Staff - Jul 28, 2025
Startups Saudi’s Sawt Raises USD 1M to Scale AI-Powered Customer Service Sawt What happened? Saudi-based startup, Sawt, secured USD 1M (SAR 3.75M) in a pre-seed round. The funding round was led... by WAYA Staff - Jul 28, 2025
Startups India’s Kluisz.ai Raises USD 9.6M to Scale GenAI Cloud in Middle East Kluisz.ai What happened? Indian deeptech startup, Kluisz.ai, raised USD 9.6 million in a seed funding round. The round was led... by WAYA Staff - Jul 27, 2025
Markets Saudi Arabia Just Privatized Its First Sports Clubs Ministry of Sport The Saudi Ministry of Sport in collaboration with the National Center for Privatization & PPP (NCP) announced... by WAYA Staff - Jul 27, 2025
Startups Sharjah’s Sheraa Launches S3 Program to Back Early-Stage UAE Startups Sheraa The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa) is launching its latest edition of the Sharjah Startup Studio (S3) program. They are... by WAYA Staff - Jul 27, 2025
Tech Apple Launches Online Store in Saudi Apple Apple announced the expansion of Apple Retail into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the launch of the Apple... by WAYA Staff - Jul 23, 2025
Markets FRA Fintech Forum 2025 Spotlights Egypt’s Digital Finance Push FRA Fintech Forum 2025 Dr. Mohamed Farid, Chairman of the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), presented the authority’s efforts to digitize... by WAYA Staff - Jul 23, 2025