SmartCrowd, a UAE-based digital real estate crowdfunding platform, has introduced the MENA region’s first-ever secondary sales market, allowing investors to buy and sell their property shares securely. A much-anticipated addition to the SmartCrowd platform, the aim of the secondary market is to provide more liquidity to investors who wish to exit property investments early, as […]

Tabby, the Middle East’s leading payments and shopping app, announced its launch in Egypt, enabling shoppers to pay over time without any interest or fees. Tabby works with multiple brands including Lacoste, L’azurde, Faces, In Your Shoe, KAI Collections, Ariika, Marcqa, Dresscode and Floward, among others, to offer flexible payments at checkout, creating an opportunity […]

ABHI along with its clients, employees, users, and investors is channeling donations using its robust platform to support the bigger cause by partnering up with leading NGOs like JDC, Al-Khidmat, and Saylani who are at the forefront and are actively providing relief to flood victims on the ground. For the first time ever in Pakistan, employed […]

CIRCLE Women Association brings the world’s biggest female centric tech startup competition SHE LOVES TECH to Pakistan for the sixth year in a row. Expressing her inspiration behind bringing She Loves Tech to Pakistan, CIRCLE’s founder Sadaffe Abid says: “At CIRCLE we are committed to promoting digital and financial inclusion of women along with creating […]

Owlin, the acclaimed AI-based news analytics platform, and ApeVue, the global leader in market-based pricing data for private stocks,  announced they will offer select insights across both of their data platforms to better service private capital markets customers. Through the partnership, ApeVue’s daily pricing service will incorporate Owlin’s news content on private companies, providing customers […]

ShareInvestor Pte Ltd, a leading regional media and technology company focused on equity market data, investor relations (IR), and investor education, announced that its premier annual event INVESTFair has attracted a strong response from the investing community. The event’s “Era of Borderless Investing” theme resonates well with an investing community that now leverages on technology […]

The National Incubation Center (NIC) Pakistan’s first of its kind and largest Incubation center, is hosting yet another exciting FinTech Hackathon in collaboration with Allied Bank (ABL) , one of the largest banks in Pakistan. If you are a coder, UI/ UX Expert or a problem-solver with a passion for FinTech, here’s your chance to […]

Investment platform Further has announced a new partnership with digital identity provider Yoti, who will streamline the customer onboarding process, making it faster and easier for people to invest in their chosen funds. Under Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules, Further is required to provide appropriate identity evidence for investors when transactions take place. This is […]

SmartCrowd, the MENA region’s first and largest real estate crowdfunding platform, has delivered its investors an impressive 39.25% total net return (rental income + capital gains) over a 17-month period, and 27.92% return on an annualized basis, after recently exiting a Dubai Marina property investment.  The studio apartment in Marina Bay Central, Dubai Marina, was […]

Microsoft for Startups, in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), graduated 21 startups from the second GrowthX Accelerator program during a Demo Day on Tuesday, 28 June in Abu Dhabi. The ceremony was attended by startup founders, corporate partners, investors, government officials and other stakeholders from the regional startup ecosystem. During the 12-week […]