Shoppers can add items to their cart, and make a payment to complete the purchase without leaving the WhatsApp chat. WhatsApp, the messaging service owned by Meta Platforms, launched the online shopping service, JioMart on WhatsApp. It will enable people in India, including those who have never shopped online, to browse through JioMart’s entire grocery […]
Funding marks the largest capital raised by a real estate investment platform in the MENA region. Stake, a Dubai-based digital real estate investment platform, secured over eight million US in an oversubscribed pre-series A funding round. It follows a four million USD seed round the company closed back in June 2021, bringing their total raised […]
All-digital payment services will be under the supervision of the Qatar Central Bank to develop the financial technology sector and enhance financial inclusion. Qatar Central Bank has embarked on digital payments journey as it announced licenses for digital payment services to both Vodafone Qatar and Ooredoo. The bank made this announcement on Twitter. The digital […]
Firm offers various integrated solutions that help businesses across diverse sectors achieve digital transformation. Orchida Soft aims to expand its market share regionally, particularly in Egypt and KSA, by offering various services in integrated solutions and digital transformation. The step comes following Orchida Soft’s successful foray into the e-invoice service market, according to a press […]
Offering allows marketers to collaborate and enrich their first-party data and audiences for planning, targeting, activation, and measurement. IRI and LiveRamp, a data enablement platform provider, have further strengthened their partnership by offering transaction data for 45 million households and IRI ProScores for purchase-based propensity audiences within the LiveRamp Safe Haven platform. The offering allows […]
The second AWS Middle East (UAE) Region allows customers to run workloads and store data securely in the UAE while serving end users with even lower latency. Amazon Web Services announced the launch of its second region in the Middle East, the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region. Developers, start-ups, entrepreneurs, enterprises, government, education, and nonprofit […]
Sigma Commerce 1.5 is an improvement in reporting analytics giving business owners deep insights into their operations. Sigma Commerce, a developer of software specially designed for ecommerce, announced that they had upgraded their flagship product, Sigma Commerce 1.0, to Sigma Commerce 1.5. “Having the ability to manage inventory across multiple warehouses accurately is a key […]
New VARA regulations address marketing and communications activities before operationalising the MVP licensees to safeguard community interests and avoid mass-market information dissemination and consumer solicitation. Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA), with the commencement of its Minimum Viable Product (MVP) Phase, has announced regulatory guidelines on marketing, advertising, and promotions of VA across the Emirate […]
Dubai Customs implemented Dell Technologies of data protection solutions to accelerate its digital transformation agenda. Dubai Customs chose a combination of Dell’s next-generation data protection and backup solutions to meet the organisation’s constantly evolving data protection needs. The new solutions will enable Dubai Customs to save time and resources and allow staff to manage and […]
Abu Dhabi has announced the launch of the Abu Dhabi blockchain and virtual assets committee. The Abu Dhabi Blockchain and Virtual Assets Committee is comprised of representatives of major entities and stakeholders active in this field, including Dhaher bin Dhaher Al Mheiri, CEO of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Registration Authority, Wai Lum Kwok, Senior […]
