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WAYA Media Secures Strategic Backing from Foras AI

WAYA Media Secures Strategic Backing from Foras AI

📰 Meet WAYA

  • Waya Media runs a digital news platform that covers business and tech across the Middle East and North Africa.

  • They've just secured a strategic investment from Abu Dhabi-based Foras.ai.


🌍 Bridging the Gap

  • Local founders often have a hard time finding reliable business data that works in both Arabic and English.

  • High-quality reporting is needed to keep up with the fast-moving startup scene in the MENA region.

  • WAYA Media uses a bilingual approach to make sure their stories connect with both local founders and global investors.


🚀 Fulfilling Regional Needs

  • The new funds will help scale their operations across the region and upgrade their tech and editing, delivering more content to their business readers in the MENA region.

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