By Valentina Pasquali, for Arabian Gulf Business Insight (AGBI). Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. ZainCash CEO: Iraq is 5 years behind in digital payments A burgeoning youth market is driving adoption of digital payments in Iraq, but deep-rooted reliance on […]
By John Lee. On-demand food and Q-commerce app talabat has announced a new partnership with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), becoming an Official Regional Partner of the AFC club competitions. Under the partnership, talabat will deliver prizes and other benefits for football fans in Iraq, the UAE, Qatar and Jordan. A spokesperson for talabat told […]
By John Lee. Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi has announced that the talabat app will now come preloaded on Xiaomi phones in United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt and Iraq. Talabat, a food and grocery delivery app, was founded in Kuwait in 2004, and entered the Iraqi market in 2021. It was acquired in 2015 by German-based […]
By Timothy Motte, for The Realistic Optimist. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The timid but ambitious Iraqi startup scene Battered by decades of conflict and pervasive reliance on oil, Iraqi founders are trying to break the status quo. Click here to […]
By Hassan Jivraj for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq's tech ecosystem offers bright spot for private sector Despite numerous regional and country-specific challenges, Iraqi start-ups had a good year. Click here to read the full article.
By John Lee. Kuwait-based food and grocery delivery app Talabat has announced the expansion of its services into Iraq. The app, which operates in eight markets throughout the MENA region, will initially launch operations in Erbil in early 2021, before expanding into Federal Iraq in 2021. Founded in Kuwait in 2004, talabat continues to revolutionise […]
