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Author: Raghda Arafa

  • T-Pay is Taking Part at Mobile World Congress 2016

    T-Pay is Taking Part at Mobile World Congress 2016

    “T-PAY participated in GSMA Mobile World Congress, from 22-28 February, held in Barcelona because T-PAY wanted to show that they are ready to for the international market, as they saw a clear appetite of international players expanding in the region and who are interested to monetize using direct billing technology – realizing its real potential to tap into our markets and access its huge growth potential,” said Sahar Salama, CEO of T-Pay Mobile.

    The congress covers the latest updates in the mobile industry around the world. T-Pay had progressed aggressively in the last year, “we grew 30 times and closed the year with 30 operators and 14 countries covered in MENA and key partners on- boarded in many digital sectors like Media and VOD, Gaming, Professional Services and Classifieds,” she said.

    It is worth mentioning that T-PAY current footprint covers fully the market of Arabian countries including UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, Palestine, Bahrain, Kuwait and majority of Tunis, Algeria, Iraq and Morroco markets.

    T-PAY launched back in January 2014, as the first and biggest Mobile Payment Platform in MENA powered by A15, that allows users to pay for their online digital services or goods through their mobile bill or mobile balance and without using a  credit card. It mainly gives the opportunity for all online businesses booming in the region and expanding to MENA to reach new consumers and new markets with a promise of 5—10 times higher conversion rates for paying users compared to all other online payment methods.

    To use T-Pay from inside apps, consumers are not required to enter their Personal Identification Number (PIN) for every transaction, only use a one-time registration process by your mobile number to pay for digital goods or services. The transaction will then be added to your monthly mobile telephone bill if you have a post-paid number, or will be deducted from your existing account if you have a pre-paid number. T-PAY supports payment flow for web sites, portals on one time and subscription basis

    Considering T-Pay’s next step, she said, “T-Pay has aggressive expansion plans in 2016 on operators’ side in new countries with many exciting launches on merchants’ side.”

  • DishDino the ultimate destination for homemade food

    DishDino the ultimate destination for homemade food

    DishDino is an online market place that gathers all the talented and professional chefs in one place to share their exquisite
    healthy homemade culinary food, delivered to the users’ door-step.

    The idea is to deliver fresh and tempting mouth-watering home-made food with the finest ingredients and optimum quality, to let its users witness an ultimate life-time food experience with the best value for money. 

    The cofounders are Anas Metwally and Sameh Gamal, a game developer and web developer with a remarkable passion and

    DishDino Cofounders, Anas Metwally and Sameh Gamal

    record in digital products, they came up with an innovative idea named “DishDino” to ease our lives by ensuring the delivery of exceptional home-made food with splendid taste and genius presentation.

    What does DishDino stand for? 

    “Dino” for dinosaur which refers to the homemade foodie who has passion for homemade meals and is considered as a part of the Dinos-foodies-community.

    DishDino helps talented home cooks who don’t have funds to open a restaurant, enable them to gain money and provide them with a stronger audience reach; moreover, they intend to help working mums who don’t have time to cook, order their preferred homemade food.

    How to order?

    The steps of ordering are simple, all you have to do is to register onto dishdino.com, select your desired food category from a list of heavenly home-made food, and place your order to be delivered to your location. You can place your order at any time during the day and receive your food within a reasonable timeframe to save your precious time and effort.

    What does the website offer?

    The website boasts a wide array of countless fine dining options, all this to let you indulge in a rich selection of spellbinding chickens and meats, divine pizzas and pastas, pleasant starters and seafood, mind-blowing mahshis, vegetables and tajins.

    How do they guarantee food safety?

    The website features rating and reviews to let the users assess the kitchens ratings before ordering as well as an online chat to contact their team if you have any inquiries. DishDino team overtakes an aggressive filtration in selecting the chefs with a reputable portfolio and record, they also conduct audits on kitchens to guarantee that they follow high standards of food quality and hygiene.

    Delivery

    DishDino are delivering to 2 main areas in Cairo, Nasr City and Heliopolis and are planning to expand in more areas in Cairo.

    Grab your 20% discount

    DishDino is granting 20% discount on all orders for one month done by Digital Boom readers, you can redeem your coupon through this code: DIGITALBOOM

  • TBS ‘s Om Ali Fuels Outrage on Social Media

    TBS ‘s Om Ali Fuels Outrage on Social Media

    Since TBS opened, it has vowed to offer the optimum ingredients to stand out successfully as one of the top bakeries in Egypt, presenting a variety of heavenly donuts, croissants, sandwiches, etc. Recently, TBS announced a partnership with the Four Fat Ladies, and the consequences were disastrous.

    They created their new Croissant Om Ali for Ramadan, which looked stunning, and they delivered samples to some celebrities as publicity for their new product.

    Suddenly, this week, there was a massive buzz on social media about food poisoning cases from TBS’ Om Ali. At first, we thought these were rumors attempting to spoil TBS’s reputation. However, the complaints increased insanely. A user even claimed that Om Ali smelled like rotten eggs.

    TBS’s Facebook page was loaded with complaints from frustrated customers who tried Om Ali, expressing their massive disappointment and severe suffering from food poisoning symptoms, including vomiting, diarrhea, and fever.

    TBS released an announcement yesterday on their Facebook page to officially announce ‘we are discontinuing the production of our Croissant Om Ali, and are taking action to investigate the problem. We apologize for any inconvenience we may have caused some of our loyal customers,’ said Sameh Sadat, TBS’s Chief Investment Officer.

    Later, they apologized, mentioning that they will ‘personally contact affected customers one by one, and will work on lab tests to determine the batch problem.’

    In addition, TBS made an initiative to solve the customers’ complaints by asking them to contact Tabibi on 16724, they can visit them at home to be given a medical remedy, and TBS would cover all the expenses.
    A Facebook user posted a remedy: ‘ Use gastrobiotic as an antibiotic, visceralgine for spasmolytic, eat fruits, and drink lots of water.

    We currently expect that TBS will declare the results from the lab tests, which are in process with the date and the ETA, so that people can receive the proper medications accordingly.

    UPDATE – July 12th
    TBS released the results from the lab tests.