Middle Eastern Startup Ecosystem3 Min Read Faith AmonimoonFebruary 19, 2025 Taager Secures $6.75M Pre-Series B Funding to Drive Social E-Commerce Growth in MENA Taager, a leading social e-commerce platform in MENA, has successfully raised $6.75 million in a Pre-Series B funding round, led by…
Fintech2 Min Read Leslie FinecountryonFebruary 19, 2025 Your Life, Your Terms: Tabby Offers 6 Month or 12 Month Flexibility to Fit Your Style More Time, More Freedom: How Flexible Payments Are Changing the Game Imagine this: You finally find that dream gadget, that perfect flight…
Global News2 Min Read Ifeanyi AbrahamonFebruary 18, 2025 China’s Tech Titans—Alibaba, Huawei, BYD, DeepSeek—Meet Xi Jinping Amid Rising Global Trade Tensions As the world grapples with increased economic competition and the announcement of reciprocal tariffs by former U.S. President Donald Trump,…
Middle East Innovation Frontier4 Min Read Michelle RaymondonFebruary 18, 2025 Unlocking the Future: How UAE Organisations Can Lead in AI to Achieve the 2031 Vision In 2025, I am dedicating more time to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), assisting organisations in integrating artificial intelligence (AI),…
Middle East Innovation Frontier Middle East Tech Revolution2 Min Read Faith AmonimoonFebruary 18, 2025 UAE’s Eneron Reveals Next-Generation AI-Powered Border Surveillance Vehicles Abu Dhabi-based Eneron, a subsidiary of Kintsugi Holding, has introduced Magnus and Magnum, two state-of-the-art border surveillance and…
Global News5 Min Read Ifeanyi AbrahamonFebruary 18, 2025 13 Failures from Elon Musk’s xAI Livestream: Why Grok 3 ‘Chocolate’ Still Falls Short Elon Musk’s xAI promised a groundbreaking AI revolution with the launch of Grok 3 ‘Chocolate’, but the reality was far from the game-changer…
Global News4 Min Read Ifeanyi AbrahamonFebruary 18, 2025 Everything You Missed in Elon Musk’s xAI Livestream: How Grok 3 ‘Chocolate’ Is Set to Disrupt OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google in the AI Arms Race Elon Musk and xAI have officially entered the AI arms race with the launch of Grok 3, now officially named Chocolate. This model, along with…
Middle East Tech Revolution3 Min Read Faith AmonimoonFebruary 14, 2025 Google CEO Sundar Pichai Dismisses AI Job Loss Concerns, Advocates for Risk-Taking and Digital Growth At the World Government Summit (WGS) 2025 in Dubai, Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed global concerns about artificial intelligence (AI)…
Middle East Tech Revolution2 Min Read Faith AmonimoonFebruary 13, 2025 Elon Musk Announces ‘Dubai Loop’, High-Speed Underground Transit Project to Transform Urban Travel in the UAE Dubai is set to transform urban transportation with the launch of Dubai Loop, a futuristic underground transport system announced by Elon Musk…
Global News Investor Hotspots1 Min Read Ifeanyi AbrahamonFebruary 12, 2025 Tony Elumelu Secures $6M UAE Partnership to Fund African Startups, Accompanied by TEF CEO Somachi Chris-Asoluka Tony Elumelu, one of Africa’s most influential business leaders, has secured a $6 million partnership between the Tony Elumelu Foundation…