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Its been a busy September & October for everyone here at Mingzulu post the Middle East summer season. Sharing a few sound bites on whats going on all things #middleeast #Fintech #investments & wider #innovation #technology activity in the region as we rise for air after a crazy few months building our bridge to UK and supporting our clients and partners in region. Check out our Mingzulu blog 👇 https://lnkd.in/dQT5rJ4C Emma Niven Gert Demmink Bill Ashlock Nosaibah Alrajhi, MBA Michael O'Loughlin ☘️ Sofia El Boury Michael Clark Simon Hardie Martin Brown Mohammad Behzad Saleemi Nikoletta Kovacs Mark Diamond Tony Daher Martin Ewart Fintech Tuesdays OPUS Tashfin S. EMERGEiQ Forus | فرص Arjun Vir Singh Dave Wallace Paul Pugh Roddy Hackland Fintech Saudi | فنتك السعودية Nosaibah Alrajhi, MBA

Insightful work by Wamda ومضة 👌 Q3 has seen a decent rise in investment across the Middle East region…especially in the #fintech sector. “The #investment landscape in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region indicates a notable recovery, with 63 startups securing a total of $282 million in September 2024. This is a substantial 234% increase month-on-month (MoM) and a 607% rise year-on-year (YoY), while debt financing accounted for just 12% of the overall investment. The biggest ticket size last month was allocated to Shifts round, in which the Saudi mobility startup raised $82.8 million. The second highest investment was registered by Syarah garnering $60 million in a Series C round, $20 million of which is financed with debt. #Saudi startups shake off dust… After being absent as the top-funded ecosystem in MENA for two consecutive months, Saudi startups made it to the top once again in September, scooping up more than 60% of the total investment in the region, raising $170.8 million stretched over 23 deals. The second spot was secured by the #UAE, bagging $73.8 million by 12 startups. In contrast, #Egyptian startups lagged significantly, with only 13 of them managing to secure a total of $25 million.” Link below with full analysis 👇 Martin Brown Gozde Demir Emma Niven Grant Niven Bill Ashlock Mauro Romano Nikoletta Kovacs Michael O'Loughlin ☘️ Milon Veasey Nosaibah Alrajhi, MBA Gert Demmink Mohammad Behzad Saleemi Sofia El Boury Tony Daher Mark Diamond Simon Hardie

216 #fintechs were operational in #Saudi at the end of 2023. 🚀 In 2018 there were 10 fintechs. 🌱 There has been a 21x growth in the number of fintechs in 5 years 📈 Check out the map below to see which fintechs are operational in Saudi 👇🏼 Mingzulu are delighted to support this growth journey in the Kingdom. Well done to Fintech Saudi | فنتك السعودية Saudi Central Bank – SAMA and all involved Michael O'Loughlin ☘️ Sagar R Shah + wider leadership & teams. #wearemingzulu https://lnkd.in/dKwtKyWp

Action packed week ahead for Mingzulu, with Grant Niven speaking at several industry spotlights with Fintech Surge and Fintech Tuesdays "unplugged" in #DXB Dubai Harbour on the 13th & 14th October. It's going to be a busy city with the GITEX GLOBAL Largest Tech & Startup Show in the World being hosted across the week 👏 For those in the Financial Services & Technology sectors looking for a fresh perspective on all things Tech. driving the industry forward, scan the QR code below to register for this lunch time event hosted by Huawei and industry leaders. Grant Niven will be running the closing session on "Technology advancements shifting the dial in the world of Fintech and wider Financial Services sector" with fellow industry experts joining the debate: Khalil Alami - Telr, CEO. Samy Massoud, PayTabs Global, VP Solutions Delivery: Zhi Li, Huawei, Head of Financial Service Sector (Middle East) 📅 Tuesday, 15 October ⌛ 12.00-13.30 💡 Digital Banking and Finance 📍 Conrad Hotel, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai Scan QR below for more details and registration info 👇 #payments #Fintech #cloud #disruptivetechnology #wearemingzulu Emma Niven Martin Brown Sofia El Boury Nikoletta Kovacs Bill Ashlock Tashfin S. Michael Clark Mark Diamond Bill Ashlock Tony Daher Mohammad Behzad Saleemi Michael O'Loughlin ☘️ Mauro Romano Laura Taylor Oliver Kreusen

We are delighted to be able to support woman’s football in Scotland from afar here in the #UAE. Here’s to a great season Kathleen McGovern & the Hibernian Football Club ladies team 🙌🏻. More to come on this front and here’s to a great season ahead! Thanks for getting us involved Martin Ewart 👏 #communitymatters #womensfootball #wearemingzulu Michael O'Loughlin ☘️ Nikoletta Kovacs Sofia El Boury Nosaibah Alrajhi, MBA Emma Niven Mohammad Behzad Saleemi Simon Hardie Martin Brown Mark Diamond Mauro Romano Tony Daher Laura Taylor Tashfin S. Roddy Hackland Bill Ashlock Grant Niven https://lnkd.in/d8QAERtn

We are back again with support from our #pioneers & #partners at GITEX GLOBAL Largest Tech & Startup Show in the World Look forward to seeing you at Fintech Surge during 13th-16th Oct with some of the wider Mingzulu team and Grant Niven in attendance. Do reach out if you are a growth stage business & want to talk about your strategy acceleration, investment and markets expansion 🚀 #wearemingzulu #digitaldisruption #futureofmoney #fintech Bill Ashlock Sofia El Boury Nikoletta Kovacs Mauro Romano Tony Daher Mohammad Behzad Saleemi Michael O'Loughlin ☘️ Martin Brown Mark Diamond Emma Niven Simon Hardie Gert Demmink Nosaibah Alrajhi, MBA Tashfin S. Oliver Kreusen Laura Taylor https://lnkd.in/dmX-pi-u

📢 Shout out to all the #fintech and #techfin start-ups across the UAE and the MENA Region We'd love you to be part of ‘Unplugged by Fintech Tuesdays at Fintech Surge during #gitex2024 This is an open call for the best start-ups in the region to compete for a spot to share your story and ask for whatever support and assistance you need and want from our community 10 presentation slots are available at the Fintech Tuesdays stage at on 13th Oct 2024 (Sunday) at the Dubai Harbour venue The audience will be community members from across the fintech ecosystem To be selected as one of the 🔟 chosen start-ups, you need to register right NOW ‼️ on the APIX Platform: https://lnkd.in/d7k4Bk3h Timelines are tight : ▶️ Submit your Fintech Story by 28th Sep ▶️ We will contact the 10 finalists on 3rd October ▶️ You make your presentation at the Fintech Tuesdays stage at Fintech Surge on the 13th October Sanjiv Purushotham is MC'ing the event, please reach out directly with any questions Best of luck 🍀 Please share to your community locally , regionally and globally 🙏 Mingzulu are pleased to support this initiative. #fintech #payments #digitalassets #technology #ai #blockchain

An awesome opportunity to interact with Grab, Credolabs, ADDX and other amazing Singapore fintechs. An event co-created by Fintech Tuesdays and Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) Friday 13th Sep 2.30 pm to 4.00 pm. ‎RSVP Luma Link: https://lu.ma/fswcok26 #fintech #UAE

It’s been some week in the #Kingdom for all things #fintech #disruptivetechnology & #innovation across the financial services sector. Putting the region firmly on the map as a growing force of nature in the sector on a 🌍🌎 stage. And a great honour for Mingzulu to be asked to support the inauguration of 24 Fintech by the lead organisers Fintech Saudi | فنتك السعودية Saudi Central Bank – SAMA & Capital Market Authority Great to see #British government and founder led businesses flying the flag 🇬🇧🙌🏻 Amazing job to all involved - we at Mingzulu are proud to be part of the ongoing growth story in 🇸🇦 and the wider #middleeast region. Onwards and upwards!

It’s been some week in the #Kingdom for all things #fintech #disruptivetechnology & #innovation across the financial services sector. Putting the region firmly on the map as a growing force of nature in the sector on a 🌍🌎 stage. And a great honour for Mingzulu to be asked to support the inauguration of 24 Fintech by the lead organisers Fintech Saudi | فنتك السعودية Saudi Central Bank – SAMA & Capital Market Authority Great to see #British government and founder led businesses flying the flag 🇬🇧🙌🏻 Amazing job to all involved - we at Mingzulu are proud to be part of the ongoing growth story in 🇸🇦 and the wider #middleeast region. Onwards and upwards!