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Quick-commerce startup YallaMarket eyes Saudi Arabia and Qatar next year after U.A.E expansion

TechCrunch

YallaMarket, a Dubai-based quick-commerce startup, is planning to expand within the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E), and to enter Saudi Arabia and Qatar next year, to tap the appetite for speedy and convenient grocery shopping. The startup, which was formally launched last month, is expanding in the U.A.E

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With ride-hail and delivery launch, Fenix wants to be the Bolt of the Middle East

TechCrunch

Aside from Bahrain, Qatar, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, Fenix also has a presence in Saudi Arabia, specifically with its shared and subscription scooter service. When people move and do more, it drives economic activity and quality of living, so we’re really focused on how we can reduce that friction to move.”

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African tech took center stage in 2021

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But two months into 2020, the pandemic did an excellent job of lowering expectations as investment activities from local and international investors slowed down. While global investors have previously invested in African startups, their activity seemed more prominent in 2021, probably because of their participation across the board.

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Sequoia Capital India, STV back Dubai-based BNPL provider tabby in $54M extension round

TechCrunch

Arab said Saudi Arabia commands the lion’s share of the company’s transaction volume, driven by solid consumer adoption and increasing online transactions. million active users who shop with more than 3,000 brands monthly. Dubai-based buy now, pay later platform tabby raises $50M at $300M valuation. The company has over 1.1

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A New Marketing Paradigm: How Affordable, Active and Agile Technology Can Change Nonprofits

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The typical nonprofit operates with multiple systems from different vendors adopted on an ad hoc basis by various departments acting independently. These brave and bold new solutions are founded on two simple concepts: Your systems should actively recognize and classify constituents using the same language and rules as your organization.

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Multi-Country Rollout of Salesforce to Support Workforce Development in the Middle East and North Africa

Cloud 4 Good

Prior to adopting Salesforce, EFE was without a scalable database solution, relying instead on Excel spreadsheets to record and share organization data. “We We needed a strong database solution that enabled security controls and united our data,” said Ashley Barry, Director of Strategy and Learning at EFE. .

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