Mediaquest, a media and entrainment company in the Middle East and North Africa, has acquired AMEinfo and SMEinfo websites, two of the region's leading business outlets for news and information. The sites attract more than 2.4 million unique users monthly. Commercial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The agreement was signed by ...
Diwanee, one of the Arab world’s leading digital media company with one of the largest female audiences in the Middle East, closed a $3,250,000 capital increase with MedSecurities Investment, a subsidiary of BankMed.
This capital increase supports Diwanee’s efforts and aspiration to become the main gateway for business online with women in t...
MEVP has announced investment of $1.9 Million in Cedar Book, Shahyia.com and Shawarmanji.
Cedar Books (e-commerce): $1M equal co-investment between MEVP’s two funds Middle East Venture Fund MEVF and Building Block Equity Fund BBEF (both funds managed by MEVP)
Co-founded by Sany Nawfal and Cyril Hadji Thomas, Cedar books is a global e-com...
Jeeran’s growth and focus on local content resulted in bringing over 150 thousand businesses to the online world in more than 15 cities around Saudi Arabia.
Realizing the importance of providing information “On-the-go”, Jeeran recently released a more advanced version of its popular apps for iPhone and Android phones which allow users ...
Dubai based Bayut.com, a leading Dubai real estate portal, now speaks Arabic.
Arabic is spoken by nearly 300 million people around the globe and along with that, it is also the official language of 27 states, making it the third most widely spoken and understood language in the world. With the new Arabic website of Bayut.com, the site will be a...
Following the news last April that Zawya is expected to be sold in a multi million dollar deal, Thomson Reuters announced today that it has acquired Arab world business portal and financial information service provider Zawya.
This news means that Saffar Holdings, a Dubai investment company that holds a 60 per cent stake in Zawya has successful...
There are many cooking resources online, but what distinguish Zaytouneh is that it provides short quick and professionally done tutorial cooking videos.
Founded by Jordanian female entrepreneur Fida Taher Alawieh, the site is currently available in Arabic but plans an english version in a couple of months according to Fida’s tweet. Fida says o...
The interest in learning Arabic in the world has increased in the last decade, specially in in USA. There many reasons behind "why" many are learning or interested in learning the language. Some are Muslim reverts who do not know Arabic and want to learn it in order to better understand Quran and Hadith. Some are CIA/FBI agents who want to learn it...
HawaaWorld, one of N2V’s companies, announced that it has acquired “entertainment world” http://www.tt5.com, one of the largest entertainment websites in the Arab world, to serve its goal of enriching its content. Amount of the deal and its terms were not announced.
tt5.com offers entertainment content on a daily basis covering fields such...
Update: Zaid Tillawi from Jeeran Marketing told AC that Jeeran is not planning to shut down its blogging platform and that you can create a new blog when you sign up on Jeeran Places.
Amman, Jordan based Jeeran is in route to shut down its blogging platform, it has ended new registration ( registration did not work at our end, Update, you c...
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