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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Jahez acquires The Chefz for $172.9 million

Saudi Arabia-based food delivery app Jahez has fully acquired The Chefz, a Saudi Arabia-based dessert delivery platform for $172.9...

Jahez The Chefz Food delivery

U.A.E

Careem acquires food delivery startup MUNCH:ON

UAE-based super app Careem has acquired food delivery subscription platform MUNCH:ON, as it looks to expand its offerings in the food...

Munch:On careem Food delivery

U.A.E

The controversial and unsustainable nature of food delivery

Over the past few weeks, delivery drivers for both Deliveroo and Talabat in Dubai have refused to turn up for their shifts, demanding...

Food delivery

Saudi Arabia

Jahez considering IPO on Saudi's Nomu

Saudi Arabia-based food delivery startup Jahez is considering going public on Nomu, Saudi Arabia's secondary exchange for SMEs and...

Jahez Food delivery ipo

Regional

Restaurant reservations: Booking a path to recovery

For the Middle East, food is more than just a source of sustenance; it is an embodiment of the culture, the nexus of social gatherings and...

foodtech Eatapp Food delivery

U.A.E

Careem introduces commission-free model for UAE restaurants

UAE-based super app Careem, has introduced a commission-free model for its restaurant partners in a step to relieve the economic impact of...

careem Food delivery commission-free model

Iraq

Alsaree3, Al Zajel raise seed funding

Baghdad-based food delivery app Alsaree3, and its sister company on-demand delivery platform Al Zajel, have raised a six-figure seed...

Food delivery Alsaree3 Al Zajel

Global

A deep dive into the GCC’s cloud kitchen sector [part two]

Cloud kitchens are the backend equivalent of the food courts found in malls - several offerings all under one roof. They emerged as a...

cloud kitchen Food delivery

Global

Online food delivery: The disruption heading to destruction

Uber Eats has exited the Middle East, or rather passed the baton onto its wholly-owned regional subsidiary, Careem. The publicly listed...

Food delivery Deliveroo talabat

Regional

Is the world going into hibernation?

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused an economic slowdown, one that risks a global recession. For many who have been sent to work from home, it...

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Egypt

A look at Egypt's online food delivery sector

Ordering food online, has over the past few years become a daily practice for people all around the world. Longer working and commuting...

otlob glovo Food delivery

U.A.E

Kitopi raises $60 million to close Series B

UAE-based cloud kitchen platform Kitopi, has raised $60 million, closing its Series B round of funding. The round was led by Knollwood and...

Food delivery

Regional

E-groceries: The fastest growing e-commerce segment

In the $8.3 billion e-commerce sector in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena), it is the grocery segment that has perhaps experienced...

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Regional

Digital Dining: How food delivery is forcing restaurants to change

Food delivery apps have been a catalyst for change throughout the restaurant industry. What started as a response to the...

Food & Beverage Food delivery ride hailing

Egypt

Egyptian food delivery platform secures $200K investment from 500 Startups

Cairo-based homemade food delivery startup Mumm received a $200,000 investment from 500 Startups. The startup empowers Egyptian women to...

Food delivery work from home Women

Kuwait

Kuwait’s Carriage acquired by Delivery Hero

Delivery Hero Group (Delivery Hero), the global online food ordering and delivery marketplace, announced today it has agreed to acquire...

Carriage Delivery Hero kuwait

Global

Startup Watch: Kardashians, Hyperloops, and the death of No Vacancy

The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your...

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Jordan

Home-cooked food gets a taste of delivery services in Jordan

When Marwan Oklah Al Zou'bi and Adam Barghouti were studying indoors during Canada’s harsh winters, ordering homemade food...

Jordan Delivery Homecooked meals

Egypt

Ramadan a flash point for Egypt food startups

Egyptians’ food spending over Ramadan hit an average of 35 billion Egyptian pounds (US$3.5 billion), or about 15 percent of their...

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Lebanon

Efiester plans parties in Paris with a foot in Beirut

Efiester wants to make organizing parties between friends easier. (Images via Efiester) Robert Harfouche is Lebanese, and lives in France....

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Jordan

Foodlve recalculates the food equation

All your ingredients neatly packaged and in one place. (Images via Foodlve) Cooking is becoming less appealing as technology combined...

The Cherry Share Recipes Foodlve

Maghreb

Yuzu helps Moroccans cook and eat better with less effort

Dinner is ready! (Images via Yuzu) Everybody agrees: cooking at home is the easiest way to eat healthy and cheaply. But how many of us...

Yuzu morocco Food delivery

Regional

Zomato raises $60M round

Restaurant review app Zomato has raised a $60 million round, led by Singapore investment company Temasek, and will use some of those...

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Egypt

What the restaurant sector of Egypt needs to know [Infographic]

Ask any entrepreneur in Egypt and they will tell you right away that one of the biggest challenges faced when starting up is finding solid...

Amir Allam restaurants ElMenus

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