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[UAE]
STEP GETS $2M FUNDING
STEP Group has closed a $2 million Series A round from regional investors to create a new media platform.
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The peer-to-peer marketplace Melltoo are ready to expand to Saudi Arabia now they have acquired $1M.
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[MOROCCO]
VENDO RAISES $267,000
2 year-old Moroccan e-commerce search engine Vendo.ma has raised $267,000 from a business angel based in England.
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[EGYPT]
THE CAIRO ANGELS INVESTS IN PLAY 3ARABI
Cairo Angels announced the completion of its investment in Amman-based Play 3arabi. Play 3arabi is a mobile games publisher focused on the Arab-speaking Middle East.
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PayFort has acqui-hired fintech startup #Pay. The fintech startup develops ways for merchants to send and receive invoices via various means of credit transfers.
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This program will teach girls aged 10-17 from refugee communities in Gaza to build mobile Android applications and connect them to female computer science role models.
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Apply to Abu Dhabi’s “Get in the ring” pitch competition which challenges you to show what you’ve got in an actual ring. Through 1-on-1 battles, you will compete for awards, a place in the global final and the attention of potential fans. Apply here.
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[NETHERLANDS]
BOOKING BOOSTER COMPETITION
Apply to join Booking Booster, Booking.com’s 3-week startup accelerator programme in Amsterdam, and compete for a chance to receive a grant of up to €500,000 to promote sustainable tourism. Apply here.
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[MORROCCO]
APPLY FOR MOROCCO'S OUTLIERZ
Outlierz is a new Moroccan based seed investment firm by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, dedicated to provide smart capital to startups in Africa. Apply here.
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Deadline: January 31
AMIDEAST Egypt and Citi Foundation, proudly announce the launching of the “Youth Entrepreneurship Program”, and calls on all Egyptian youth aged 18-30 residing in Greater Cairo who have remarkable business ideas to apply. . Apply here.
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[EGYPT]
EGYPTINNOVATE ICT AWARD
Deadline: February 10
The Egyptinnovate ICT award celebrates leading tech startups who show exemplary innovation, profitability, growth, and business excellence, and who have been operating for 3-5 years, through two awards: Innovation of the year & Startup of the year. Read further for more information about each award.
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[USA]
Amazon is hiring Software Senior Engineers from Egypt!
[JORDAN]
Abjjad is looking for a CTO & Technical Co-Founder.
[EGYPT]
Be part of the leading investment group, The Cairo Angels is looking for an intern to join the team, send your resume to info@cairoangels.com
[EGYPT]
Instabug is expanding and is looking for: - Backend Developers - Frontend Developers - iOS Developers - Android Developers - QA/Testing Engineers - Cross-Platform Mobile Developers - Senior Product Manager - Scrum Master - UI/UX designers (Team Lead and Juniors) - Community Manager. All details and steps to apply are available here.
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[LEBANON]
ARABNET
February 20 - 22
The conference will bring together over 1,300 corporate executives, marketing industry leaders, entrepreneurs and investors to discuss the latest trends in the digital sector, as well as the opportunities available for companies working in that space.
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WHAT WE READ THIS WEEK..
[LEBANON]
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