The Ouut's Highlight Of The Week

From Snoonu securing Series B funding in MENA to WI-Flix launching in Zambia and many more, here are the stories reported and analyzed by The Ouut this week. Dive into our Highlights of News Features and Interviews this week.

East Africa

• News/Analysis

AN NISA, KENYA’S WOMEN-ONLY TAXI SERVICE PLATFORM, RECORDS 10K USERS, EYES SAUDI EXPANSION: https://t.ly/UKCJ

• Features

AGAIN, AFRICAN TECH STARTUP FUNDING IN APRIL DIPPED BY MORE THAN HALF: https://t.ly/4quM

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

• News/Analysis

TUNIS E-COMMERCE STARTUP DREST.TN SECURES $366,000 FOR OTHER MARKET EXPANSION: https://shorturl.at/hkL01

UAE’S E-COMMERCE STARTUP EIGHTY6 RECEIVES $3.7 MILLION SEED ROUND: https://t.ly/MFIF

IRAQI STARTUP MIDIENT SECURES $125,000 IN A PRE-SEED FROM FLAT6LABS: https://t.ly/-iUE

ISRAELI B2B STARTUP ALIGNED RAISES $5.8 MILLION TO DEVELOP ITS AI PLATFORM: https://t.ly/7eJB

UAE FINTECH, TARABUT GATEWAY RAISES $32 MILLION FOR  SAUDI ARABIA EXPANSION: https://t.ly/XDYJ

QATAR SUPER APP SNOONU SECURES $12 MILLION IN SERIES B ROUND: https://t.ly/idWK

UAE E-COMMERCE STARTUP SQUATWOLF RECEIVES $30M INVESTMENT FROM ASCA CAPITAL: https://t.ly/youL

• Features

FASHION IN TECH: FIVE ONLINE MARKETPLACES IN MENA: https://t.ly/PngG

South Africa

• News/Analysis

VODACOM ROLLS OUT 5G SERVICES IN MOZAMBIQUE: https://t.ly/Etr7

AFRICAN START-UPS TAKE THE LEAD IN THE MILKEN-MOTSEPE AGRITECH COMPETITION: https://t.ly/SgpW

WI-FLIX BRINGS ENTERTAINMENT TO ZAMBIA: https://t.ly/cWJIq

OLD MUTUAL LAUNCHES A FINTECH BUSINESS, OLD MUTUAL DIGITAL SERVICES (ODMS): https://t.ly/qp38

• Features

FOOD CRISIS AND BIOTECH TO THE RESCUE: https://t.ly/ZsGV

WHY WE ARE LIKELY TO SEE LESS SOUTH AFRICAN STARTUP ACQUISITION: https://t.ly/iDUn9

West Africa

• News/Analysis

NIGERIA’S NOMBA SECURES $30M IN PRE-SERIES B TO PROVIDE TAILORED PAYMENT SERVICES TO BUSINESSES: https://t.ly/zJN9

TREEPZ RELAUNCHES APP AS AFRICA’S FOREMOST CAR-SHARING MARKETPLACE: https://t.ly/mpqh

NIGERIAN GOV’T APPROVES NATIONAL BLOCKCHAIN POLICY: https://t.ly/jG3z

• Features

BLOCKCHAIN FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: NIGERIA’S NATIONAL BLOCKCHAIN POLICY IN FOCUS: https://t.ly/LyB8A

Interviews

MOTSHIDISI NGAITI DISCUSSES THE FUNDAMENTALS OF E-COMMERCE, WITHIN BOTSWANA, AFRICA: https://t.ly/u5cs

THE OUUT SPOTLIGHTS PRESTO EAT; DISCUSSES CHALLENGES, FUNDING, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: https://t.ly/5BTc

MAMONAHENG KOENANE IS DARING TO UPSKILL BASOTHO THROUGH IMPACT SCHOOL: https://t.ly/H2-M