News Inc.Arabia Staff Sam Altman Returns To OpenAI, New Board Members Named OpenAI brings back Sam Altman as CEO after pressure from investors and employees.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff New Payments Platform with Sustainability Features Launched Fils allows global businesses to precisely track their carbon credit needs.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Dubai Taxi Announces Start of Subscription Period for IPO Trading on the shares is expected to kick off on 7 December.
News Inc.Arabia Staff KashNow, Sandah Provide Fintech Solutions in Egypt Micro-entrepreneurs will be able to use KashNow to pay bills and make installment-based purchases of various goods and services.
News Inc.Arabia Staff 17 MENA Startups to compete at 'Tech the Gap' The Justice-tech forum features a Demo Day with pitches from Tunisia, Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine, Nigeria, and Kenya.
News Inc.Arabia Staff OSN+, Anghami Create MENA's Largest Streaming Service Customers of the merged entity will be able to watch a movie and listen to music on the same app.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Wamda Capital Invests in Salus’ $4.7 Million Seed Round The new capital injection will be used to expand the Turkey-based healthtech clinical network, enhance user experience, and scale its B2B business.
News Inc.Arabia Staff OpenAI Staff Demand Resignation of Board Following a weekend of dramatic twists and turns at the world's biggest AI startup, employees are threatening to call it quits.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to Join Microsoft After OpenAI Co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman will lead an advanced research lab at Microsoft, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in a post on X.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Egypt’s WayUp Sports Wraps Up Undisclosed Seed Round WayUp Sports was founded in 2021 by Omar, Mohamed and Basma Afifi.
News Inc.Arabia Staff OpenAI Faces Shakeup After Board Fires CEO Sam Altman The removal of Sam Altman from OpenAI was followed by a series of resignations and lobbying from investors to bring him back.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Morocco’s Chari Obtains Funding from UM6P Ventures The fintech lets retailers purchase large quantities of inventory items directly from suppliers.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Online Booking Now Open for Cop28 Green Zone Day Passes Each ticket is only valid for one day and cannot be used for multiple entries.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Flat6Labs and CFA Join Forces in Climatetech Financing A call for project proposals that address climate change in Egypt will begin during the next few weeks.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Inc. Arabia Now Part of Alexa's Flash Briefing You can now get the latest MENA business, innovation, and technology news on Amazon
Sustainability Inc.Arabia Staff Sultan Al Jaber Named in Inaugural TIME100 Climate List The list aims to highlight individuals making significant progress in fighting climate change.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Abu Dhabi Louvre Hosts Cartier, Islamic Inspiration and Modern Design Abu Dhabi's Louvre kicks off an exhibition that explores the Islamic inspiration behind Cartier's signature looks.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Fintech Cellulant Granted Payment Licenses in Egypt Cellulant is a Pan-African payments firm that offers local, regional, and international retailers alternative, pertinent payment options.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Flat6Labs To Host Corporate Networking Event In Saudi The event will be launched in Riyadh in partnership with StartMashreq Program.
News Inc.Arabia Staff PayTabs, Tabby to Provide Installment Payment Services The partnership will give PayTab customers access to Tabby's split payment solutions.
News Inc.Arabia Staff UAE’s Last-Mile Delivery Startup Wize Raises $16M Funding The funding will help it expand in the UAE, build new partnerships and develop new products.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Mafhoom Technologies Closes $1.36 Million Pre-seed Round The round was led by Wafra II Investment along with other angel investors.
Money Inc.Arabia Staff Crypto.com Secures Dubai License for Virtual Assets Services The VASP license will extend a range of services to both retail and institutional investors in the market.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Dubai’s Shuaa to Liquidate Its $100 Million SPAC SPAC was listed on Nasdaq Global Market in New York as of March 2022.
Technology Inc.Arabia Staff Google to Launch Saudi Cloud Region on November 15 Google's Saudi Cloud Region will launch with a full day of online sessions on how to use the company's products.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Saudi Fintech Tamara Secures Additional Debt Financing The financing will support Tamara's flagship BNPL product and allow the company to invest in new products and services.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff KSA Fintech LYNK Closes Undisclosed Investment Round LYNK intends to launch more Shariah-compliant fintech products that will foster its expansion into the financial services industry.
News Inc.Arabia Staff InstaPay May Offer Remittance Transfers For Egyptians Abroad As of H1 2024, Egyptians in Jordan, the UAE and Saudi may be able to transfer funds home using InstaPay.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Saudi Arabia's COGNNA Closes $2.25 Million Seed Round COGNNA participated in Saudi Arabia's National Cybersecurity Authority's Cybersecurity Accelerator Program in August 2022.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff Morocco’s CloudFret Wraps Up $2.1 Million Funding Round The startup was founded in 2021 by Driss Jabar.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Global ClimaTech Run 2023 Finalists To Participate In COP28 Egypt’s FreshSource and Tunisia’s Kumulus were selected as finalists and will participate in COP28.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Inter-Businesswomen Council Forum To Be Held in Abu Dhabi The event will include conversations around financial literacy, technology and AI applications in different sectors.
News Inc.Arabia Staff COP28 President Launches Innovation for Climatetech Alliance The Innovation for Climate Technology Alliance aims to strengthen climatetech innovation ecosystems globally.
Technology Inc.Arabia Staff Core42 Announces Open-Source Arabic LLM, Jais 30B Jais 30B is Core42’s latest open-source Arabic Language Learning Model (LLM).
News Inc.Arabia Staff Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa Fund Unveils 7 New Funding Products The seven products are designed to support the expansion of firms in a number of high-priority areas.