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Saleha Riaz

Karachi

Reporter and Editor, Special Coverage at Business Recorder

Reporter and Editor, Special Coverage @brecordernews. Previously @YahooFinance, @WSJ, @mobileworldlive and @etribune

Articles

  • 4 days ago | brecorder.com | Saleha Riaz

    Having dipped its toes in the insurance sector last month, embedded finance platform Neem has now entered the logistics space, partnering with Leopards Courier Services, one of the country’s largest courier and logistics group.

  • 4 days ago | brecorder.com | Saleha Riaz

    Last week it was reported that Prypco Mint - the MENA’s first tokenised real estate investment platform backed by the Dubai Land Department (DLD) - saw its first property listing fully funded in one day, “setting a regional benchmark for speed, demand, and investor confidence.” The property attracted 224 investors from over 40 nationalities - 70% of whom entered Dubai’s real estate market for the first time - with an average investment amount of AED 10,714.

  • 2 weeks ago | brecorder.com | Saleha Riaz

    In a panel discussion titled ‘Building startups that last’ at Karachi Slush’d this past weekend, Maheen Adamjee, founder and CEO of Dot & Line, said that “as a founder, we need to recognize what part of your company is working well, and then to double down on that.”“I really wanted to say today, how important it is to say no,” she said. “I think very often we get pulled in by great ideas… we want to make our products very fancy.

  • 3 weeks ago | brecorder.com | Saleha Riaz

    Embedded finance platform Neem, which has raised over $4 million in seed funding from global and local investors, announced a strategic partnership with EFU Life, marking its entry into the insurance sector. According to a statement released Tuesday, EFU Life’s offerings will soon be integrated into Neem Paymenow, a Shariah-compliant earned wage access platform.

  • 1 month ago | brecorder.com | Saleha Riaz

    Pakistani-founded, Dubai-based Dubizzle Group - an online marketplace giant whose well-known brands include the property website Bayut and the buying and selling platform dubizzle - recently acquired Property Monitor. The move comes amid buzz of an initial public offering (IPO) in the UAE that could be valued between $500 million and $1 billion. The group was founded by Pakistani brothers Imran and Zeeshan Ali Khan.

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Saleha Riaz
Saleha Riaz @salehariaz
26 Mar 24

Thank you @mazenas1 of @BDSwissME for talking to us about #Dubai govt's #IPOs: "Dubai wants to diversify the economy. It wants to give people investment opportunities that not only focus on real estate but financial markets as well.” https://t.co/U003XLb5EI

Saleha Riaz
Saleha Riaz @salehariaz
9 Feb 24

RT @brecordernews: Voters appear to favour an ‘independent’ Pakistan as dynasties fall behind in the race to win National Assembly seats, a…

Saleha Riaz
Saleha Riaz @salehariaz
9 Feb 24

RT @Brainmasalaar: A bunch of ‘independents’ - with random vegetables and household items as their symbols - have put up one of the greates…