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Alefredo EdTech Expands Across EMEA With $600K Tutor House Acquisition
Jordan-based education technology company Alefredo EdTech has completed the acquisition of UK-based tutoring platform Tutor House in a deal valued...
Savvy Games Group and NEOM Formalise Partnership to Fuel Saudi Gaming Startups
Saudi Arabia’s burgeoning video games ecosystem received a strategic boost last week as Savvy Games Group and NEOM signed a...
Saudi Fintech MUHIDE Closes Series A Backed by Asyad Group
Saudi fintech startup MUHIDE has successfully closed a Series A funding round led by Saudi conglomerate Asyad Group, marking a...
Qureos Raises $5 Million Seed Round to Accelerate AI-Driven Hiring Across MENA and Beyond
Qureos, an AI-driven hiring platform founded in the Middle East, has secured $5 million in Seed funding as demand intensifies...
Web Summit Qatar 2026 Opens in Doha, Cementing the Region’s Place on the Global Tech Map
The third edition of Web Summit Qatar 2026 officially opened on Sunday evening at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center...
Qatar to host Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Doha in September
Qatar Development Bank (QDB), in partnership with the Global Entrepreneurship Network, has announced that Qatar will host the Global Entrepreneurship...
Flutterwave Acquires Nigeria’s Mono in Rare All-Stock Consolidation Play
The $25-40 million deal brings Africa’s payments rails and bank-data infrastructure under one roof, marking a shift from fragmented fintech...
Lucid Capital Closes $2.5 Million Seed Round Led by Tharawat Holding
UAE-based fintech Lucid Capital has secured $2.5 million in Seed funding, led by Saudi investment firm Tharawat Holding, as it...
Saudi AI startup Newera.ai raises $2.1m pre-seed to expand enterprise deployments
Newera.ai, a Saudi Arabia based artificial intelligence startup, has raised $2.1 million (SAR 8 million) in a pre-seed funding round...
Final registration call as GSMA prepares to launch inaugural MWC25 Doha
With just days to go before Qatar hosts the inaugural MWC25 Doha on 25-26 November, the GSMA has issued a...
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