Author: Mohammed Abubakr

After pioneering Nigeria’s largest online livestock marketplace, the founder of FarmEASY is tackling one of Africa’s biggest challenges—improving the productivity of millions of smallholder farmers through technology, training, and digital transformation. Africa possesses one of the world’s greatest agricultural advantages. The continent is home to more than 65% of the world’s uncultivated arable land, yet it continues to import over US$100 billion worth of food every year. For many observers, this contradiction reflects the complexity of agriculture across Africa. For Ibrahim Maigari, Founder and CEO of FarmEASY Technologies, it represents one of the continent’s greatest opportunities. “Africa should be feeding…

Saudi Arabia’s education technology sector continues to consolidate as leading players expand their platforms through strategic acquisitions. In the latest move, Noon Academy, one of the Middle East’s largest edtech companies, has acquired Almakhfi, a digital learning platform specializing in Qudurat and Tahsili exam preparation. The acquisition strengthens Noon’s AI-powered education ecosystem while expanding its reach among middle and high school students preparing for Saudi Arabia’s most important standardized examinations. The acquisition comes just months after Noon Academy closed a $40.8 million (SAR 153 million) Series B funding round, led by Wa’ed Ventures and Raed Ventures, reinforcing investor confidence in…

UAE-based proptech startup Keyper has raised $11 million in a Series A funding round led by Speedinvest, with participation from NeoVentures (Mashreq), MEVP, Dubai Future District Fund, Property Finder, Arab National Bank, Ellington Properties, Dar Ventures, and Abbey Road Investment Group. Founded in 2022 by Omar Abu Innab and Walid Shihabi Keyper is building a digital operating system for residential real estate that enables tenants to pay rent monthly while allowing landlords to receive their rental income upfront. The platform combines digital rent payments, property management, and embedded financial services into a single ecosystem, modernizing one of the region’s largest…

Saudi Arabia’s food technology ecosystem continues to gain momentum as Uvera, a clean-tech startup developing chemical-free food preservation solutions, has successfully closed its Seed funding round. The round attracted backing from Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures, LAB7 by Aramco, Core Vision Investment, and a group of strategic angel investors, providing the company with new capital to accelerate its mission of reducing food waste and improving food safety. Founded in 2019 by Dr. Asrar Damdam, a graduate of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Uvera is addressing one of the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges. Every year,…

The former Amazon engineer isn’t building another Islamic app. He’s building a trusted companion designed to help millions of Muslims reconnect with their faith through authentic knowledge, thoughtful technology, and privacy-first design. When Life Gives You a Second Chance Every entrepreneur can point to a defining moment that changed the trajectory of their life. Sometimes it is spotting an untapped market opportunity. Sometimes it is frustration with an existing product. And occasionally, it is a deeply personal experience that forces someone to completely rethink what success means. For Kamran Mohammed, Founder of My Amaal, that defining moment came after surviving…

The Former Actuary Who Walked Away from a Prestigious Career to Build a Fairer Financial System Success often arrives disguised as certainty. A prestigious profession, a stable career, and a clear path to financial security are the milestones many aspire to achieve. For Raza Ullah, those milestones came early. As a qualified actuary, he built an impressive career working with some of the UK’s most respected financial institutions, including PwC, Lloyd’s of London, and the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority. From the outside, he had everything a finance professional could hope for. Yet beneath the professional success, a different…

Technology has transformed almost every aspect of modern life. We work online, shop online, consume news online, and spend countless hours every day navigating websites and social media platforms. Yet for many consumers, particularly those seeking to make ethical purchasing decisions, one challenge remains remarkably difficult: knowing who is behind the companies they interact with. For Ahmed Hassanein, a software developer with more than fourteen years of experience, this problem became deeply personal. While searching for job opportunities, he found himself spending hours researching companies, checking their headquarters, ownership structures, and investment backgrounds to ensure they aligned with his personal…

Strengthening AI-Powered Construction Technology UK-based and Egypt-born architecture technology startup CONIX.AI has secured strategic backing from LAB7, the venture-building arm of Saudi Aramco, in a partnership that aims to accelerate the digital transformation of Saudi Arabia’s construction sector. As part of the collaboration, LAB7’s award-winning B2Code engine will be integrated into CONIX.AI’s regulatory compliance platform, E-Comply, creating a more comprehensive solution for architectural design, building code validation, and permitting workflows. The partnership represents an important milestone for CONIX.AI as it expands its presence in Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s fastest-growing construction markets. By combining artificial intelligence with automated compliance…

BasharSoft Backs the Future of Professional Networking US based AI startup BrainsMingle has raised $400,000 in seed funding from BasharSoft Group, marking the human capital technology company’s first strategic investment since its acquisition of iCareer. The investment underscores BasharSoft’s confidence in the future of AI-powered professional networking and its ambition to reshape how professionals learn, connect, and build meaningful careers online. The fresh capital will enable BrainsMingle to accelerate product development, expand its global reach, and strengthen its vision of creating a unified platform where experts, mentors, organizations, and ambitious professionals can interact through authentic, real-time engagement rather than fragmented…

Sometimes Success Feels Empty From the outside, Faisal Amjad appeared to be doing everything right. He had graduated from law school, built a successful corporate career, managed multimillion-pound procurement budgets, and earned a place on one of the NHS’s prestigious senior leadership programmes. Friends and colleagues congratulated him at every milestone, convinced he was climbing exactly the ladder he was supposed to climb. Yet inside, something felt profoundly wrong. The defining moment arrived when he was selected as one of just twelve employees—out of more than 250 applicants—for a senior leadership programme within the NHS. It was the kind of…