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Dubizzle steps into automotive sector by acquiring Drive Arabia

U.A.E

Dubizzle steps into automotive sector by acquiring Drive Arabia

UAE-based online classifieds platform Dubizzle Group has acquired Drive Arabia, a UAE-based automotive focused media and reviews...

Dubizzle Drive Arabia

Dubizzle Group sells Lamudi property portals in Philippines and Indonesia to focus on Mena

Global

Dubizzle Group sells Lamudi property portals in Philippines and Indonesia to focus on Mena

UAE-based Dubizzle Group has announced the sale of its Lamudi property portals in the Philippines and Indonesia to Australia-based...

Dubizzle lamudi

EMPG raises $200 million funding, eyeing IPO listing

U.A.E

EMPG raises $200 million funding, eyeing IPO listing

UAE-based EMPG, which owns dubizzle and Bayut, has raised a $200 million in a round led by US-based Affinity Partners, with new funding...

EMPG Dubizzle Bayut

EMPG reveals details of merger with OLX

U.A.E

EMPG reveals details of merger with OLX

Source: Emirates News Agency Dubai-based Emerging Markets Property Group, EMPG, and OLX Group, owners of home grown technology firms...

EMPG Dubizzle OLX

Dubizzle stake acquired for $190 million

U.A.E

Dubizzle stake acquired for $190 million

UAE-based online classifieds website dubizzle has been fully acquired by Naspers, a South Africa-based investor through its subsidiary OLX...

Dubizzle classifieds marketplace

What I know about failure: Jean-Pierre Mondalek

U.A.E

What I know about failure: Jean-Pierre Mondalek

A failed startup is not the end. Jean-Pierre Mondalek, general manager of the motors division at Dubizzle, is not ashamed of his...

Jean-Pierre Mondalek Dubizzle Failure

Can the UAE become a global startup hub?

U.A.E

Can the UAE become a global startup hub?

A Model City. A model of the experimental 'knowledge hub', Masdar City. (Image via EfficientDesign.de) A few key challenges...

The Box Vision 2021 startup hub

Dubai classifieds platform dubizzle acquired by OLX

Egypt

Dubai classifieds platform dubizzle acquired by OLX

[Update: September 17th - Dubizzle has invested $1 million in fashion marketplace app Shedd] Dubai’s classified ads website dubizzle has b...

OLX acquisition Dubizzle

5 tips for budding regional entrepreneurs, from Dubizzle founder J.C. Butler

5 tips for budding regional entrepreneurs, from Dubizzle founder J.C. Butler

J.C. Butler and Sim Whatley, founders of Dubizzle, the UAE's biggest classifieds site, created a multinational, multimillion dollar...

Dubizzle founders step down as Naspers takes a majority stake: What's next

Dubizzle founders step down as Naspers takes a majority stake: What's next

Note: photo submitted by Dubizzle. After eight years of running Dubizzle, the biggest classified ads site in the UAE, founders...

Dubizzle Departures classified

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