Nigeria's Nomba Acquires Licensed Canadian Payments Firm to Build Cross-Border Corridor
The fintech is expanding beyond Nigeria into cross-border payments, opening a Canada-to-Africa corridor.
تمويل وإطلاقات وتحرّكات في الشركات الناشئة والمستثمرين عبر المنطقة — كل خبر موثّق بمصدره وتاريخه.
The fintech is expanding beyond Nigeria into cross-border payments, opening a Canada-to-Africa corridor.

The startup is building a digital marketplace for shared warehousing and transport across Saudi Arabia.

The system generates a QR code for every fishing vessel, tracking catch from boat to point of sale.
The Arabic-first cloud contact-centre platform will use the growth capital to scale across the GCC and wider MENA.
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The last-mile delivery firm secured a combined debt-and-equity round to expand fulfilment capacity across Egypt.
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The Riyadh restaurant-tech company reports broad growth across branches, payments and recurring revenue as it lines up more than $100m in acquisitions.
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Founded by former Meta and Snapchat ad executives, the platform uses AI to launch brand-creator campaigns within 48 hours.

The Dubai developer debuts the world's first Mercedes-Benz branded city, a 10-million-square-foot community, alongside a separate ultra-luxury Downtown tower.