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BlueFive backs Kling AI's $3B round, Amazon Now enters Egypt

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Uber agrees €13B takeover of Delivery Hero, taking Talabat and HungerStation

Tabby launches Tabby Cash, its first product on the UAE wallet licence, as it pushes beyond BNPL

Azraq raises oversubscribed pre-seed to price the risk behind the Gulf's data centre boom

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Jordan's ISSF partners with STV to bring the Google-backed AI Fund to Jordanian founders

Beehive completes majority acquisition of Saudi debt crowdfunding platform Themar

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