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M&AFintech🇺🇸Nov 10, 2026 Securitize buys River One to tap $6T asset-backed finance market
M&AFood🇮🇱Nov 10, 2026 Fortissimo exits OriGene Seeds after fivefold revenue growth
M&AFintech🇰🇪Nov 9, 2026 Malta's Credinvest cleared to buy all of Kenya's Rafiki Microfinance Bank
Music🇦🇪Nov 9, 2026 Dubai’s Afterpeak signs multi-year global distribution deal with Too Lost
PeopleEnterprise SoftwareNov 9, 2026 monday.com's 20% layoffs saved $100M and lifted margins to a record, but executives admit they hurt sales
FundingReal Estate🇪🇬Nov 9, 2026 Four Egyptian banks arrange $59.5M facility for Al Tameer's New Cairo project
Marketing🇦🇪Nov 9, 2026 Saudi sales-intelligence startup Mawsool closes pre-seed round
Sports🇦🇪Nov 9, 2026 Courtois-backed NXTPLAY makes first padel bet with Gallop Global deal
FundingTransportation🇪🇬Nov 9, 2026 Egypt's Drive Finance raises $27.9M in bond issuance to fund lending growth
FundingEnterprise SoftwareNov 9, 2026 Spines raises $29M to scale AI publishing at $50M revenue run rate
🇦🇪Nov 9, 2026 Dubai fund targets £250M for tokenized loans to UK law firms
Funding🇪🇬Nov 9, 2026 Egypt's Aqar Exit raises $200K at $2M valuation to grow installment-resale marketplace
PeopleSports🇦🇪Nov 9, 2026 Renzo Gracie takes equity stake in UJITSU, joins as global ambassador
🇹🇷Nov 9, 2026 İş Yatırım places $40M private bond with domestic investors
Security🇸🇦Nov 9, 2026 Saudi cyber firm COGNNA lands Wa'ed Ventures backing for agentic AI push
Big techHealth🇮🇱Nov 9, 2026 Google.org grants Clalit $2M for multilingual AI patient assistant
M&AFintech🇦🇪Nov 9, 2026 First Abu Dhabi Bank buys Bahrain's Futura to widen fund services
FundingFintech🇿🇦Nov 9, 2026 Yoco lands $100M credit line to fund cash advances for South African merchants
M&ASecurity🇯🇵Nov 9, 2026 Japan's Bio Search to acquire Israeli brain-AI firm InnerEye in all-stock deal
FintechNov 9, 2026 Absa exits First Assurance, completing its retreat from African insurance
HealthNov 9, 2026 Avalon Pharma lines up $16M SIDF credit facility for working capital
Real Estate🇸🇦Nov 9, 2026 Ejari expands credit line to $50M as it eyes commercial leasing
Big techSecurity🇺🇸Nov 8, 2026 After Google's $32B deal, Wiz throws Thailand bash with Katy Perry set
GhanaNov 8, 2026 Ghana budgets $854K seed money to revive its Media Development Fund
IPOsFintech🇦🇪Nov 6, 2026 Pakistan's ABHI Microfinance Bank raises $7.39M in fintech-led IPO
M&AGaming🇸🇦Nov 6, 2026 Silver Lake, Saudi's PIF approach Unity in potential $25B gaming buyout
TelecomNov 6, 2026 VEON buys 33.75% of Jungo TV in $47.3M push into digital entertainment
FundingGamingNov 6, 2026 Vatar raises $500K angel round at $10M valuation as African mobile gaming draws capital
Health🇮🇱Nov 6, 2026 Israel’s movement buys assets of Swiss digital-health firm dacadoo
M&ATelecomNov 6, 2026 VEON closes $81M acquisition of Kazakhstan's OLX classifieds platform
Real Estate🇦🇪Nov 6, 2026 CASABOT opens CIS headquarters in Tbilisi, backed by 2080 Ventures
InvestorsFintech🇰🇪Nov 6, 2026 Equity Bank Rwanda launches EMMA wallet, betting on free transfers and credit
Fintech🇰🇪Nov 6, 2026 Kenswitch taps PayU's Wibmo to secure Kenya's online card payments
FundingNov 6, 2026 Cyera nears $800M round at $20B, with Cyberstarts putting in about $300M
Fintech🇳🇬Nov 6, 2026 IFC backs Access Holdings to widen trade finance across Africa
🇸🇦Nov 5, 2026 BIM Capital, Axelerated Solutions launch $180M fund for AI data centres
M&AEnterprise Software🇮🇱Nov 5, 2026 Priority Software buys AI CRM maker Fireberry to build all-in-one business suite
Marketing🇮🇱Nov 5, 2026 Israel's Explorium shuts down after raising $127M as founder's Base44 thrives
FundingFintechNov 5, 2026 Lombard Systems raises $4M to make tokenized assets usable as collateral
FundingSemiconductors🇮🇱Nov 5, 2026 LightSolver lands $1.8M Israeli grant to push laser computing toward market
Energy🇿🇦Nov 5, 2026 New R10.06-a-share bid seeks to take JSE's Mahube private
Gaming🇦🇪Nov 5, 2026 Animoca Brands wins ADGM approval to run funds from Abu Dhabi
FundingEnergy🇦🇪Nov 5, 2026 TA'ZIZ closes $1.39B financing for two Ruwais industrial projects
IPOsFintech🇳🇬Nov 5, 2026 OPay pulls $4B New York IPO at the last minute after China inquiry
M&ASecurity🇺🇸Nov 5, 2026 Palo Alto Networks in talks to buy AI-agent startup Clutch for ~$500M
FundingSecurity🇮🇱Nov 5, 2026 Blockaid lands $40M in commitments after detecting record Binance hack
Investors🇮🇱Nov 4, 2026 Phoenix dealmaker Stella Cohen raises $120M for new private equity fund
InvestorsFoodGhanaNov 4, 2026 Sahara Impact Ventures, Acumen back Ghana's Wami Agro in follow-on grant
Security🇮🇱Nov 4, 2026 NiCE beats guidance at $791M revenue, cuts 500 jobs as AI reshapes its own R&D
FundingSecurity🇮🇱Nov 4, 2026 Above Security lands Microsoft deal after $50M raise for insider risk
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