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September 23, 2020

Payfort Launches #StartUpStayUp Initiative to Support Egyptian SMEs

Amazon’s Payfort has announced the launch of the #StartUpStayUp initiative which aims […]
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September 21, 2020

Huawei AppGallery now possesses 95% of top apps in MEA region

Currently, 1.8 million developers globally have joined Huawei Mobile Services ecosystem and more than 96,000 applications have integrated with HMS Core worldwide, offering users even more unique experiences.
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September 14, 2020

Dubai-based African entrepreneur presented the Forbes ‘Best of Africa’ Award

Mr. Ahmadu received the Award in recognition of the several philanthropic activities he has led and contributed to – in a personal capacity as well as through corporate social responsibility initiatives.
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September 14, 2020

DIFC and DFF collaborate to support AI and blockchain driven start-ups

DFF will actively promote the recently introduced DIFC Innovation License to their partners and programme participants. This demonstrates DFF’s commitment to work with DIFC on driving the future of finance
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September 4, 2020

Hakbah signs multi-year strategic partnership with Visa

Ali Bailoun, Visa’s General Manager for Saudi Arabia, said, “Visa is pleased to partner with Hakbah to soon launch a digital payment solution that will help make it more convenient and secure for their Saudi and GCC customers to disburse their savings. We very much look forward to launching a Visa prepaid product with Hakbah.
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August 24, 2020

Palantir and the great revenue mystery

Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s […]
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August 19, 2020

F5 reveals financial services industry is ahead in multi-cloud adoption

According to the Financial Services edition of the 2020 SOAS report, 60% of surveyed organizations in the industry believe public cloud platforms will be strategically important for them in the next two to five years, up sharply from 49% in 2019. That places adoption of the public cloud as the industry’s most important strategic priority.
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August 9, 2020

Sink or swim? Digital transformation through collaboration has never been more vital

Governments are now recognizing the importance of creating financial centres, not only to develop economies away from oil-based revenues, but also to improve the region’s standing in the world.
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August 6, 2020

Network International supports Careem’s digital payments initiative

The project brings several benefits to Careem, its customers and captains, in addition to supporting the drive towards a cashless economy in the five countries. Most significantly, it will enable Careem’s captains to instantly access money they earn for both cash and non-cash transactions, instead of waiting days for the next payment cycle.
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July 27, 2020

Startupbootcamp establishes its regional headquarters at DIFC

DIFC and Startupbootcamp Dubai facilitate an annual intensive three-month growth programme to support the business growth of start-ups and prepare them for operations and future scaling.
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