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مستمرين في فخرنا واعتزازنا. حبنا للوطن كل يوم 💚 كل عام والمملكة العربية السعودية في القمة 🇸🇦⛰️ #نحلم_ونحقق          #اليوم_الوطني_السعودي_94

مستمرين في فخرنا واعتزازنا. حبنا للوطن كل يوم 💚 كل عام والمملكة العربية السعودية في القمة 🇸🇦⛰️ #نحلم_ونحقق          #اليوم_الوطني_السعودي_94

As we celebrate the 94th Saudi National day, we’re beyond proud to announce a monumental achievement: 1 MILLION meals saved from going to waste! 🌍💚 What began as a dream of reducing food waste has now become a reality thanks to the incredible support of our users, partners, team, and investors 🌟. We’re grateful to commemorate this milestone by being featured on the front page of the App Store ✨! This recognition fuels our mission even further, reminding us that the dream of a sustainable, waste-free world is within reach. Together, we’re not just imagining a brighter future — we’re building it, one meal at a time. Thanks to our empowering nation for making this journey possible. Here’s to dreaming big, realizing those dreams, and continuing to make an impact. Happy Saudi National Day 🇸🇦🌱 احتفالًا باليوم الوطني السعودي ٩٤، فخورين بتحقيقنا إنجاز كبير لبركة: الحفاظ على مليون وجبة من الهدر! 🌍💚 ما بدأ كحلم قبل سنتين أصبح اليوم حقيقة بفضل الله ثم الدعم الرائع من مستخدمينا، شركائنا، فريقنا، ومستثمرينا 🌟. ممتنين بتتويج هذا الإنجاز من خلال ظهورنا على الصفحة الرئيسية في متجر التطبيقات في أبل ✨ هذه الخطوة تعزز رسالتنا بشكل أكبر، وتذكرنا بأن الحلم بمستقبل أكثر استدامة أصبح أقرب. شكرًا لوطننا الغالي الذي جعل هذه الرحلة ممكنة. لنستمر في الحلم الكبير، وتحقيق تلك الأحلام، ومواصلة التأثير الإيجابي.  كل عام والمملكة بخير 🇸🇦🌱 #نحلم_ونحقق #اليوم_الوطني_السعودي94 #SaudiNationalDay #GreenSaudi https://lnkd.in/drRR_Pzc

I had the privilege of being hosted by مسك للمجتمع | Misk Community to share our journey building the product at barakah. A special thanks to Mohamed Negm for leading the conversation and bringing out the best in this talk, and to Misk Foundation for empowering innovators to tackle real high-impact challenges. I was truly impressed by the creativity and passion of the participants, and the incredible ideas they’re bringing to life. Visiting Misk City | مدينة مسك was a personal highlight. Seeing an innovation hub like this, which I always wished for growing up, now built for the next generation is incredibly inspiring 🇸🇦.

The MENA region is one of the worst offenders in the world when it comes to food waste. These startups are stepping up to the plate to combat the issue across the food supply chain. 🍽️ While barakah tackles surplus meals in Saudi Arabia, Tekeya Global in Egypt and FOODEALS in Morocco address similar challenges with leftover food from restaurants and retailers. 🥬📦 In the UAE, Daniel F. Solomon’s HeroGo is stepping in to address food loss that occurs further upstream. HeroGo uses a subscription-based platform to help farmers and importers recover value from 'ugly food' that would otherwise go to waste. This model allows consumers and businesses to save up to 30% on grocery expenses. The company plans to extend its service to the F&B industry, and also intends to diversify beyond fresh produce into dried and non-chilled foods. ♻️ Circa Biotech, Edama Organic Solutions and The Waste Lab focus on environmentally friendly waste processing. 🪴 Set up during the pandemic by co-founders Lara Hussein لارا حسين and Ceylan Üren, The Waste Lab works with both households and businesses (Hilton, Dubai Municipality) in the UAE, offering affordable and accessible food waste segregation, collection, and composting tools. 🏜️ Saudi startup Edama Organic Solutions, helmed by Sabrina Vettori, similarly recycles food waste, but to create a product called Desert Compost, which significantly boosts sandy soil fertility, potentially increasing yields by 100% and cutting water usage by 75%. They recently signed a deal with Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC), to form a new joint company to develop organic waste recycling in The Kingdom. 🪰 Founded by Haythem Riahi, PhD, MBA, Abu-Dhabi based Circa Biotech farms black soldier fly (BSF) larvae. Organic waste is diverted from landfills and upcycled by the insects to produce high quality protein suitable for poultry and farmed fish, as well as organic fertilisers, and sustainable biofuels. Last month they expanded their strategic partnership with Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority ADAFSA) and Spinneys, after a successful 6-month trial that saw them divert 54% of food waste from landfill, and then upcycle it. 🍅 At the household level, Asrar Damdam's Saudi startup Uvera is developing an appliance called Aurora, which uses UV-C light and vacuum sealing to extend the freshness of food by up to 97%. Uvera also seems set to introduce a new supply chain solution called Foodline, which will focus on fresh food management and spoilage prediction. This week for FWDstart, I looked at the startups above in greater detail, and teased out why raising investment in the space is so challenging. 📌 Subscribe to get the deep-dive here: https://lnkd.in/eVbWNJNp

#عيد أضحى سعيد ✨  نسأل الله أن يعيده علينا وعليكم باليمن والبركات، وكل عام وأنتم بخير. #Eid Adha Mubarak ✨  Wishing you a joyous Eid filled with love and blessings.

Walked into the office today to find this amazing plaque of recognition from the Misk Foundation! We're immensely proud at Barakah of our collaboration with Misk Skills | مسك المهارات, and we remain committed to empowering emerging Saudi talents through our platform 🇸🇦.

A group of talented students from King AbdulAziz University chose Barakah for their Business Process Management project. They dug deep into our vendor acquisition process, highlighted areas of waste, and came up with smart ways to optimize it. I was genuinely impressed by their professionalism, depth of understanding of our business, and the fresh perspective they added.   Mayada .B Fallatah, Wedad M. AlGhalib AlSharif, Weaam Albusaise, Abeer Alghamdi you have a bright future ahead. Thanks Dr. Raneem Saqr for the visit. P.S. our team loved the handmade pomegranate-shaped crafts!

Startups throughout the Middle East and North Africa region are experiencing a surge in funding, significantly energizing the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Rabah Habiss | Abdulaziz Al-Saud | Barakah | Christophe Maire | FoodLabs | Receiptable | Al Waha Venture Capital Fund of Funds | Hambro Perks | Chris Purdie | Pharmacy Marts | Acasia Ventures | Ahmed Kadous | Wesam Sarhan | Mousa Salem | Christine Sedky | Tiye Angels - Egypt's first Women's Angel Investor Network | Clusterlab | Karim Beguir | InstaDeep | Haithem kchaou | Chehir Dhaouadi

Ramadan is a good reminder to amplify the good deeds and start making more conscious decisions. It's great that App Store is shedding the light on solutions that tackle food waste during this month encouraging sustainable living. Proud to see Barakah featured on the App Store's Ramadan theme for this year: "Go Green - Strive for sustainability this Ramadan." 🌙🌟 #ramadan #appstore #sustainability