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    Maryam Khan Built Companies. Now She’s Building Mizan to Change Who Gets Funded

    September 25, 2026

    Dr. Alireza Babakhan Wants to Rethink Venture Capital in Iran. Alborz Fund Is His Experiment in “Strategic Capital”

    September 25, 2026

    The Middle East Runs on Air Conditioning. Anas Rustom Wants to Make It Smarter

    September 23, 2026

    Building Bridges in Gold: Nadia Hussain’s Vision for Pakistani Jewellery in Mexico

    September 18, 2026

    How Somaya Suleimankhil Is Using Art and Entrepreneurship to Create Opportunities for Afghan Women Despite Unprecedented Challenges

    September 17, 2026
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    Saudi Fintech Erad Raises $22M to Expand Shariah-Compliant Financing for GCC SMEs

    September 28, 2026

    Dextr AI Raises $6.7M to Build an AI Workforce for Hospitality

    September 26, 2026

    Paymob Raises $35 Million to Expand MENA Payments Infrastructure and Build for Agentic Commerce

    September 22, 2026

    Temporal Raises $550 Million at $12.55 Billion Valuation as Demand for Reliable AI Infrastructure Accelerates

    September 22, 2026

    Bekia Raises $765,000 to Build the Digital Infrastructure Behind Egypt’s Recycling Economy

    September 21, 2026
  • Tech

    Inside Qaf: How Abdellatif Abdelfattah Is Building Islamic AI Around Trust, Scholarship and 8,000+ Books

    August 25, 2026

    How Aarif Mohamed Konnon Tiama Is Building Côte d’Ivoire’s Kanam Pay Into Africa’s Next Biometric Payment Platform

    August 18, 2026

    How Dheema Fakir Turned Personal Adversity Into Taskin App, the Maldives’ Growing Gig Economy Platform

    August 5, 2026

    He Left KPMG To Ghostwrite For CEOs. Now His Agency Has Driven 350 Million LinkedIn Views By Betting Against “AI Slop.”

    August 5, 2026

    How a Young Bangladeshi Entrepreneur Ishraq Khan Built an AI Platform Used by More Than 5 Million Developers Worldwide

    July 25, 2026
  • Halal

    From a Simple List to a Global Platform: How Shahed Amanullah Built Zabihah Into the World’s Largest Halal Restaurant Guide

    April 17, 2026

    From Corporate Supply Chains to Global Trade: How Khalid Zia Farooqui and Farazuddin Are Building a Bridge Between Indian Producers and Global Markets

    March 30, 2026
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Saudi Fintech Erad Raises $22M to Expand Shariah-Compliant Financing for GCC SMEs

Funding, Mergers & AcquisitionsSeptember 28, 20260

For many small and medium-sized businesses, growth is often constrained by something surprisingly basic: access to working capital. A company…

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Dextr AI Raises $6.7M to Build an AI Workforce for Hospitality

Funding, Mergers & AcquisitionsSeptember 26, 20260

Hotels have no shortage of software. What they lack is coordination. Reservation systems, guest management tools, workforce platforms, marketing software…

Founders

Maryam Khan Built Companies. Now She’s Building Mizan to Change Who Gets Funded

Mohammed AbubakrSeptember 25, 20260

For Maryam Khan, venture capital did not begin with a fund. It began with being a founder, a mother and…

Founders

Dr. Alireza Babakhan Wants to Rethink Venture Capital in Iran. Alborz Fund Is His Experiment in “Strategic Capital”

Mohammed AbubakrSeptember 25, 20260

For Dr. Alireza Babakhan, venture capital was never supposed to be a departure from engineering. It was an extension of…

Founders

The Middle East Runs on Air Conditioning. Anas Rustom Wants to Make It Smarter

Mohammed AbubakrSeptember 23, 20260

In the Middle East, air conditioning is not simply an appliance. It is critical infrastructure. Across the Middle East and…

Funding

Paymob Raises $35 Million to Expand MENA Payments Infrastructure and Build for Agentic Commerce

Funding, Mergers & AcquisitionsSeptember 22, 20260

For businesses operating across the Middle East and North Africa, accepting payments can still mean navigating a maze of local…

Funding

Temporal Raises $550 Million at $12.55 Billion Valuation as Demand for Reliable AI Infrastructure Accelerates

Funding, Mergers & AcquisitionsSeptember 22, 20260

As artificial intelligence moves from generating answers to executing increasingly complex tasks, a new infrastructure problem is emerging: AI systems…

Funding

Bekia Raises $765,000 to Build the Digital Infrastructure Behind Egypt’s Recycling Economy

Funding, Mergers & AcquisitionsSeptember 21, 20260

Egypt produces tens of thousands of tonnes of municipal waste every day, yet much of the country’s recycling activity happens…

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Abwab.ai Raises $4 Million to Build the AI Infrastructure Behind Saudi Arabia’s Next Generation of SME Lending

Funding, Mergers & AcquisitionsSeptember 21, 20260

Saudi Arabia’s small and medium-sized businesses are becoming an increasingly important part of the Kingdom’s financial system, but serving them…

Founders

Building Bridges in Gold: Nadia Hussain’s Vision for Pakistani Jewellery in Mexico

Mohammed AbubakrSeptember 18, 20260

It was a way of bringing together two parts of her identity that had spent years developing separately. Born in…

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Saudi Fintech Erad Raises $22M to Expand Shariah-Compliant Financing for GCC SMEs

September 28, 2026

Dextr AI Raises $6.7M to Build an AI Workforce for Hospitality

September 26, 2026

Maryam Khan Built Companies. Now She’s Building Mizan to Change Who Gets Funded

September 25, 2026

Dr. Alireza Babakhan Wants to Rethink Venture Capital in Iran. Alborz Fund Is His Experiment in “Strategic Capital”

September 25, 2026

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