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Meta AI officially launches in the MENA region

Meta AI officially launches in the MENA region Fully available in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, and Iraq—with more...

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Palestine

Palestine: MENA's hidden tech talent mine

An article by Rateb H.Rabi, Chief Executive Officer of Intersect In the rapidly evolving tech landscape, many leading companies...

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U.A.E

UAE launches $300 million Falcon Foundation to develop open-source AI

UAE-based Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council...

Falcon Foundation Technology Innovation Institute Advanced Technology Research Council

Regional

Why you shouldn't make AI your exclusive startup driver

Rashit Makhat, is the director and co-founder, Scalo Technologies, the tech venture company based in Dubai In the rush to cash in on...

generative AI Scalo Technologies

Regional

How generative AI can give companies a competitive edge

Hasit Trivedi is the CTO of digital technologies and global head of AI at Tech Mahindra Generative artificial intelligence...

generative AI

Regional

Middle East’s digital economy to hit $780 billion by 2030: TechGPT report

The Middle East’s digital economy is projected to grow from $180 billion in 2022 to $780 billion in 2030 or roughly 20 per cent...

TechGPT UBS middle east

Saudi Arabia

Rewaa closes $27 million Series A round led by Wa'ed

Saudi Arabia-based full-stack inventory management platform Rewaa has raised $27 million (SAR100 million) in a Series A funding round,...

waaed STC Ventures Rewaa

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia launches $200 million fund to back local, foreign high-tech startups

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has launched a $200 million (SAR750 million) fund for early-stage investment in...

KAUST Innovation

Regional

Advice for investors: what to bear in mind when looking at AI startups

Ayman Alashkar, is the founder of UAE-based proptech startup OVERWRITE.ai There are those who are calling AI a bubble....

overwrite.ai generative AI AI

Regional

The baker who learned to code

As the startup sector has boomed in the Middle East and North Africa, so too has the need for software engineers and developers. But...

Talpods

Jordan

UAE’s EDGE acquires majority stake in MARS Robotics

UAE-based advanced technology and defence group EDGE, has acquired a majority stake (80 per cent) in Jordanian autonomous robotic...

Edge Mars Robotics

U.A.E

MBZUAI partners with OurCrowd Arabia to accelerate AI growth in UAE

The UAE’s Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) has signed an MoU with Israeli VC fund OurCrowd, to...

MBZUAI OurCrowd AI

Regional

How to generate value with generative AI

Abed Kasaji is the co-founder of US-based Anecdote, an AI-driven customer insights tool. Kasaji was previously the senior product manager...

Anecdote Artificial intelligence

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi’s G42 acquires stake in TikTok owner ByteDance

Abu Dhabi investment firm Group 42 (G42) has acquired a $100 million stake in Chinese internet company ByteDance, owner of the social...

G42 TikTok ByteDance

Tunisia

Is Tunisia poised to become a leading deeptech hub in Africa and the Middle East?

Rym Baouendi is a senior advisor at the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT Tunisia, a small country located in...

deeptech

Egypt

Can Mena adopt AI at the same speed and scale it is recommended to?

Aliah Yacoub is an AI philosopher and Farah Ghazal is an AI social scientist at Egypt-based techQualia Emerging technologies...

ChatGPT AI

U.A.E

Yanzo integrates its super app with ChatGPT

ChatGPT has not only taken the world by storm, but political leaders too. At the recent World Government Summit held in Dubai, barely one...

yanzo ChatGPT super app

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi launches $2 billion Hub71+ Digital Assets to accelerate Web3 startups

Abu Dhabi’s Hub71, has launched Hub71+ Digital Assets, a dedicated Web3 specialist ecosystem, with more than $2 billion of capital...

uae HUB71+ DIGITAL ASSETS FAB

Jordan

Meet JAZARI, the deeptech company working to improve vehicle engines

Electric vehicles are becoming more commonplace in many parts of the world, but traditional, petrol-powered cars still dominate and will...

AlJazari mobility deeptech

Global

How can investors use data science?

Dmitry Kaminskiy is the general partner at Deep Knowledge Group, a UK-based consortium of commercial and non-profit organisations active in...

big data AI

Algeria

Green Algeria: Turning household waste into electricity

Algerians produce 13 million tonnes of household waste per year, or one kilogram per inhabitant, per day. While 45 per cent of this waste...

Green Algeria agritech Sustainability

U.A.E

Tarjama Group acquires subtitling and dubbing firm Screens

UAE-based Tarjama, a language technology and services provider, is acquiring Screens, the biggest subtitling, dubbing, and...

Tarjama acquisition

Egypt

SWVL launches clean mobility solutions in Switzerland

Egypt-founded and UAE-based mobility startup Swvl, has expanded its services to Switzerland under the brand name, my Bux, where it...

Swvl Switzerland mobility

Egypt

CardoO raises $660,000 Seed round

Egypt-based IoT devices manufacturer CardoO has raised a $660,000 Seed funding round, led by The Alexandria Angels, with the...

CardoO IoT The Alexandria Angels

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