Egypt News Egypt’s NFSA, Jumia discuss oversight of online food trade Nada Ali Sep 11, 2025 0 Egypt’s National Food Safety Authority (NFSA) head Tarek El-Houby met with the CEO of Jumia Egypt and executive…
Egypt News SCZONE, Chinese delegation explore investment opportunities in Sokhna Aya El Sayed Sep 2, 2025 0 Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) Chairman Waleid Gamal El-Dien received a business delegation from…
Featured S. Korea’s online shopping rises in July ’25 Nada Ali Sep 1, 2025 0 South Korea’s online shopping transaction value rose 7.3 per cent year-on-year in July 2025 to 23.03 trillion won…
Featured S. Korea retail sales jump in July ’25 Nada Ali Aug 27, 2025 0 South Korea's retail sales increased by 9.1 per cent in July 2025 compared to the previous year, driven by strong…
Featured H. Kong retail sales inch up in June ’25 Nada Ali Jul 31, 2025 0 Hong Kong’s retail sales rose by 0.7 per cent year-on-year in June 2025 to HK$30.1 billion.
Egypt News Jumia opens Egypt’s largest e-commerce warehouse Aya El Sayed Jun 29, 2025 0 Egypt's Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly inaugurated Jumia’s largest e-commerce logistics warehouse in the country,…
Featured Spanish shoppers boost sales in March, e-commerce shines Aya El Sayed Apr 28, 2025 0 Spanish retail sales maintained a steady pace in March 2025, with the General Retail Trade Index (RTI) at constant…
Industry & Trade Egypt showcases trade, e-commerce expertise to Jordanian delegation in study tour Nada Ali Feb 18, 2025 0 Egypt’s Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade organised a study tour for representatives of Jordanian government…
International News Alibaba pledges to invest $2 bln in Turkey Mennatullah Hamzawy Sep 18, 2023 0 Alibaba Group Holding plans to invest $2 billion in Turkey, company’s CEO said to Turkey’s president Tayyip Erdogan…
Tech news Xiaomi to focus on its Indian retail sales Yassmine Elbehnaihy Jul 17, 2023 0 Xiaomi will start focusing on boosting its retail outlet sales in India, after focusing on e-commerce, to revive…
Money Egypt’s Rabbit grocery delivery startup issues new bulk business Yassmine Elbehnaihy Mar 9, 2023 0 Egyptian e-commerce platform, Rabbit, has launched its new bulk business named Gomla, to meet the needs of…
Money Egypt’s e-commerce Sharwa collects $2 million pre-Seed Esraa Ibrahim Aug 15, 2022 0 Egypt's social commerce platform Sharwa has closed a $2 million pre-Seed funding round on Wednesday. This round is…
Tech/AI Amazon: E-commerce in Egypt is booming Yomna Yasser May 26, 2022 0 E-commerce activity is significantly growing in Egypt and Amazon is planning to boost its investments in the…
Industry & Trade Hitachi’s Ahmed Emad joins Egyptian e-commerce Sprint names to lead expansion plan! Amwal Al Ghad English Mar 17, 2022 0 Egyptian e-commerce logistics startup Sprint announced on Thursday it named Ahmed Emad as Head of Product to lead…
Tech/AI E-commerce in Egypt seen to grow 30% at 2022-end: report Amwal Al Ghad English Jan 5, 2022 0 E-commerce in Egypt is expected to increase by 30% by end of 2022, according to a recent report made by BOOST for…
Tech/AI EJB: Egypt’s e-commerce transactions to reach EGP 80 billion in 2021 Amwal Al Ghad English Dec 19, 2021 0 The e-commerce transactions in Egypt are expected to reach 80 billion Egyptian pounds ($5.1 billion) by the end of…
Featured Egypt’s startup Capiter raises $33 million to expand b2b e-commerce platform across MENA Amwal Al Ghad English Sep 13, 2021 0 Egyptian B2B e-commerce startup Capiter, which brings together manufacturers, brands, wholesalers and retailers on…
Tech/AI Egyptian e-commerce startup Kemitt secures undisclosed six-figure funding from Saudi angel… Amwal Al Ghad English Apr 18, 2021 0 Egyptian e-commerce startup Kemitt announced on Thursday it had secured an undisclosed six-figure investment in a…
Featured Egypt Post, Jumia sign cooperation protocol on e-commerce and logistic services Amwal Al Ghad English Dec 8, 2020 0 Egypt Post and Jumia have signed on Tuesday a cooperation protocol that aims to boost e-commerce trade flows and…
Featured Amazon looking to tap Egypt’s e-commerce market Amwal Al Ghad English Aug 20, 2020 0 U.S. online retail company Amazon, which owns Souq.com, is planning to expand its services in the Egyptian market,…
Tech/AI Egypt setting up e-commerce online platforms in African market – minister Amwal Al Ghad English Jul 18, 2020 0 Egypt is working on setting up online platforms for e-commerce to boost trade exchange with countries that have…
Featured Jumia says e-commerce rises 80% in Egypt amid coronavirus outbreak Nayera Eid Jun 17, 2020 0 E-commerce sales in Egypt have gone up 80 percent within three months amid the coronavirus pandemic outbreak, says…
Money JLL cautious about timely handover of Egypt residential projects amid coronavirus Maha Essam May 6, 2020 0 U.S. real estate consultancy JLL said on Tuesday it is cautious about the timely handover of residential projects…
Tech/AI ArabyAds breaks Black Friday records of over AED 200 mln in sales Amwal Al Ghad English Dec 25, 2019 0 ArabyAds, one of the largest advertising and marketing intelligence platforms in the Middle East region, break the…
Featured NBE posts e-commerce of EGP4.3 bln during FY 2017/2018 Ahmed Ali Apr 2, 2019 0 National Bank of Egypt, the country's largest bank by assets, announced that the volume of e-commerce carried out…
Tech news Alibaba sales record $5 billion in first 15 minutes on Singles Day Yomna Yasser Nov 11, 2017 0 Alibaba surged $5 billion in transactions in less than 15 minutes on Singles Day, blowing the opening minutes of…
Tech news Careem Egypt mulls start-up market to invest in transport and e-commerce sectors Yomna Yasser Jul 26, 2017 0 Egypt’s transportation app Careem says it is studying the start-up market in Egypt to invest for the best of its…
Industry & Trade Amazon may halt Egypt logistics centre talks after Souq deal Yomna Yasser Jul 6, 2017 0 Amazon seems it would halt its negotiations to establish a logistics centre in Egypt with a number of local firms,…
Tech news Amazon acquires Middle Eastern online retailer Souq.com Yomna Yasser Mar 23, 2017 0 US-based incorporated online shopping major Amazon, after initial hesitation and resistance, has finally…
Tech news Emaar Chairman to launch $1bn e-commerce platform Ghada Ismail Nov 14, 2016 0 Prominent Dubai businessman Mohammed Alabbar is teaming up with a Saudi sovereign wealth fund to launch a $1bn…
Tech news SOUQ.com launches 2 programmes for SMEs to grow e-commerce in Egypt Ghada Ismail Oct 26, 2016 0 SOUQ.com, the leading online shopping and e-commerce provider, launched two innovative selling programmes for…
Tech news Amazon unwraps its first branded cargo plane to speed up deliveries Ghada Ismail Aug 6, 2016 0 U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon Friday unveiled its first branded cargo plane, as it looks to speed up and take more…
Tech news Alphabet and Amazon wind up stellar quarter for big tech Ghada Ismail Jul 30, 2016 0 Google parent Alphabet Inc and e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc capped a blockbuster June quarter for the five…
Tech news Alibaba launches new anti-fake drive, urges brands to help out Ghada Ismail Jul 2, 2016 0 Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Friday went public with a new drive to display its…
Tech news TECNO Mobile makes CAMON C9 available to Souq.com users, Orange Egypt stores Ghada Ismail Jun 29, 2016 0 TECNO Mobile released Monday its new smartphone CAMON C9 via the leading e-commerce platform in the Middle East,…
Tech news Alipay may take stake in Wirecard Ghada Ismail Jun 26, 2016 0 Wirecard AG is negotiating with representatives of Alipay, a unit of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, about it…
Tech news Temasek, GIC buy $1 billion worth of Alibaba shares in SoftBank sale Ghada Ismail Jun 2, 2016 0 Singapore state funds bought $1 billion of shares in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd as part…
Tech news SEC probes Alibaba accounting methods, shares plunge Ghada Ismail May 26, 2016 0 U.S. regulators are investigating Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's accounting practices to determine whether they…
Tech news Yahoo revenues decline as internet firm reviews bid options Ghada Ismail Apr 20, 2016 0 Yahoo has reported a $99m (£69m) quarterly loss, compared to a $21.2m profit for the period last year, as it…
Tech news Alibaba reveals a $1.25B investment in food delivery service Ele.me Ghada Ismail Apr 18, 2016 0 Southeast Asia wasn’t the only new market that Alibaba spent big to enter last week. Beyond a deal with Rocket…