Tagged: jordan

July 9, 2020 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Approximately 20% or one-fifth of bank account holders in the Middle East are now using Fintech solutions, according to a recent survey performed by Deloitte. The survey, which examined nine key markets in the Middle East, reveals that consumers in the region are quite willing… Read More

November 15, 2019 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent analysis performed by Paysend, a company that allows money transfers to any Visa, Mastercard, UnionPay cards and to regular bank accounts, has revealed the world’s top ten nations with the greatest gender divide for accessing modern financial services such as banking accounts and… Read More

April 6, 2016 @ 11:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Middle East peer-to-peer (P2P) liwwa announced that it has secured $2.3 million during a seed investment round, which was led by Silicon Badia with participation from by Bank al Etihad, DASH Ventures, and MENA Venture Investments (MVI). Established in 2012, Liwwa was incubated at Harvard’s Innovation Lab before… Read More

April 4, 2015 @ 12:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jordan based WeziWezi has claimed the most funded status on investment crowdfunding platform Eureeca.  The Arabic language “social entertainment platform” raised $242,957 from 35 investors.  The projected topped the second highest funding amount on Eureeca by over $80,000. WeziWezi sold 6.25% equity in the young… Read More

November 12, 2014 @ 12:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The MENA ICT ForumTM (www.menaictforum.com) is the MENA region’s premier biennial ICT industry event, held in Jordan, under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II. Previously organized with great success, in 2002; 2004; and 2006 as “Jordan ICT Forum”, and in 2010 and… Read More

November 11, 2014 @ 1:02 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

WeziWezi, one of the fastest growing social media and Arabic content sharing websites in the Arab world, has raised more than 50% of its crowdfunding goal on Eureeca.  To date, over $124,500 has been raised by 31 investors toward WeziWezi’s $242,500 goal for the 6.25%… Read More

July 12, 2014 @ 11:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

As crowdfunding becomes more popular in various countries, recent reports reveal the funding option is gaining attention in the Middle East. According to the Huffington Post, a handful of Lebanese entrepreneurs are using crowdfunding to create and sustain social initiative throughout the country, some of which… Read More

April 18, 2014 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Based in Dubai, Eureeca, an investment crowdfunding platform, has continued to grow according to a report in WSJ.  Since their launch last year Eureeca has posted 14 startups – seven of which have become fully funded.  Total raised to date stands at over $1 million…. Read More

February 17, 2014 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Eureeca, the global crowdinvesting platform will be coming to Oasis 500 to spend the day with us on February 17th ,2014 and to give you in-depth insights on a range of topics including – What is crowdinvesting? – Why should you consider crowdinvesting as part… Read More

February 12, 2013 @ 3:06 am By Wamda  |  

“Most people who work at gaming companies rely on the orders of their CEO, but can never be a leading part of the game they are creating,” asserts Jordanian entrepreneur Ibrahim Yasir. Yasir quit his job at now-closedstartup TakTek Games to start his own gaming studio, Team… Read More