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Jahez’s $245M Qatari splash, Valu eyes Jordan roll-out

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Jahez’s $245M Qatari splash, Valu eyes Jordan roll-out


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LemFi launches remittance services in Egypt to tap $29.6B diaspora corridor

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Egypt’s Valu secures go-ahead for Jordan entry with BNPL offering

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Saudi's Jahez acquires 76.56% of Qatar’s Snoonu in $245 Million deal to expand GCC footprint

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How Adam Neumann Is Turning Riyadh into His Second Act

How Adam Neumann Is Turning Riyadh into His Second Act

$350 million from a16z, $300 million from 33 Saudi families, a full Saudi launch in 60 days, and 92% of “trial guests” now tenants. Is Flow just WeLive in a thobe, or the first real brand in the Kingdom’s untapped BtR market? We unpack what Flow is, why a16z doubled down, how Neumann went local overnight, and just how big Saudi’s premium-renting gap really is.

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Egypt’s Valu secures go-ahead for Jordan entry with BNPL offering

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Egypt’s Valu secures go-ahead for Jordan entry with BNPL offering

Saudi's Jahez acquires 76.56% of Qatar’s Snoonu in $245 Million deal to expand GCC footprint

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Saudi's Jahez acquires 76.56% of Qatar’s Snoonu in $245 Million deal to expand GCC footprint

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Dubai-based XPANCEO raises $250M Series A at $1.35B valuation to advance smart contact lenses

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How Adam Neumann Is Turning Riyadh into His Second Act

How Adam Neumann Is Turning Riyadh into His Second Act

$350 million from a16z, $300 million from 33 Saudi families, a full Saudi launch in 60 days, and 92% of “trial guests” now tenants. Is Flow just WeLive in a thobe, or the first real brand in the Kingdom’s untapped BtR market? We unpack what Flow is, why a16z doubled down, how Neumann went local overnight, and just how big Saudi’s premium-renting gap really is.

Valu and the Discipline Engine

Valu and the Discipline Engine

Inside Valu’s EGX debut: With Amazon now on the cap table, we unpack the model behind Egypt’s most disciplined fintech, covering product strategy, underwriting logic, unit economics, investor dynamics, and the operators running the machine.

Why Iraq is MENA's sleeping giant

Why Iraq is MENA's sleeping giant

What it takes to build a startup in Iraq, lessons from launching Careem, and why fragmentation, not TAM, is the real signal for venture-scale opportunity in frontier markets.


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Tarmeez Capital raises strategic round from stc’s Tali Ventures to scale sukuk fintech platform

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How Adam Neumann Is Turning Riyadh into His Second Act

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Saudi's Jahez acquires 76.56% of Qatar’s Snoonu in $245 Million deal to expand GCC footprint

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LemFi launches remittance services in Egypt to tap $29.6B diaspora corridor

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Egypt’s Valu secures go-ahead for Jordan entry with BNPL offering

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