Agora Awards closes 2.2 million funding round

Agora, one of the world’s leading and most far-reaching digital art platforms, has closed a financing round of more than 2 million euros led by international key investors in crypto-asset markets. First launched in 2016, Agora Awards is rapidly becoming one of the most important online meeting points of artistic talent and art investors, where the best creations are […]

Bain & Company partner Anne-Laure Malauzat named Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum

Bain & Company has announced that Anne-Laure Malauzat, a Dubai-based partner and an expert in the firm’s Public Sector and Government, Social Impact, and Retail practices, has been named a Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum. Anne-Laure has been recognized for her professional business contributions and her commitment to social impact, focusing on education, […]

Yalla Group Releases Inaugural ESG Report

Yalla Group Limited (“Yalla” or the “Company”) (NYSE: YALA), the leading voice-centric social networking and entertainment platform in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), today published its inaugural Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report. The report details the company’s 2021 performance and future goals across four major areas, including governance, environment, trust, and social factors, highlighting its corporate […]

Actyv.ai launches ‘coming soon’ campaign in MENA to generate awareness about easier access of B2B Buy Now Pay Later

 Actyv.ai, an AI-powered Enterprise SaaS platform has rolled out its first-ever ad campaign featuring the icon of Indian cricket, Sunil Gavaskar, to coincide with the ongoing Cricket season. It is a series of short ads that showcase how businesses can benefit from access to faster and easier credit through Actyv.ai’s B2B Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) […]

The largest crypto hacking event is here for the 8th time with the best challenges and highest prizes

With record-high crypto breaches starting 2022 amounting over $1b in Q1, crypto pioneers Six and Silur pushed CCTF, the largest legal crypto hacking competition to the next level. Organized for the 8th time, the hacking competition has a history of creating real-world cryptocurrency and blockchain puzzles for security experts in order to raise general awareness in this new type of critical […]

Cypher Capital invests in blockchain GameFi platform, Cross The Ages

Cypher Capital, a venture capital firm located in the UAE, today announced that it has invested in blockchain GameFi entity, “Cross The Ages (or CTA)”, an immersive metaverse gaming platform utilizing NFTs and tokenomics. Built on the Polygon platform, Singapore-based Cross The Ages received investments of $12 million in its seed funding round. The funding will be utilized to further develop […]