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Careem Launches Lebanon Aid Drive With WFP

Donations will be matched through in-app giving, food orders, olive oil, and remittances. However, the end date and matching cap have been left unstated.

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Careem launched a fundraising campaign with the World Food Program on April 30 to support emergency food assistance in Lebanon, the Dubai-based super app said.

The campaign, called Seeds for Lebanon, routes donations through several Careem services. Customers can give directly through an in-app Donate feature, with Careem stating that 100% of those contributions will go to WFP operations in Lebanon. Through Careem Food, AED 2 from every order at six participating restaurants — The Good Bowl, Wrapped, Sofret Beirut, Oventine by Al Safadi, Al Safadi, and Manoushe Street — will be directed to relief. Careem Quik will donate 100% of profits from Lebanese olive oil purchases, and Careem Pay will waive fees on transfers to Lebanon for the duration of the campaign. Careem also said it will match all donations made through the initiative.

Mudassir Sheikha, the company’s chief executive and co-founder, said the matching arrangement was meant to multiply the impact of every contribution made. Bashar Al Hammami, head of WFP partnerships in the UAE, said working with Careem allowed donations to be converted into food assistance for those in greatest need.

Careem described the launch as an extension of its relief activity beyond Gaza, citing previous donation drives that it said raised more than AED 2.2 million and were tied to nearly 47,500 food orders.

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Several operational details were left unspecified. The announcement did not state when the campaign ends, whether the donation match is capped, which Careem markets can participate, which corridors qualify for zero-fee Careem Pay transfers, or how quickly funds will be passed to WFP. It also did not clarify whether the 100% pledge applies after payment-processing or platform costs, or whether the matching commitment covers only direct in-app donations or extends to restaurant orders and olive oil contributions as well.

Careem, which describes itself as the “Everything App for the Middle East,” said the campaign is live across its platforms. The company says it operates in more than 70 cities across 10 countries, from Morocco to Pakistan.

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Can AI Save Your Relationship? This New “Wingman” App Thinks It Can

Built by wives and designed for husbands, Good Husband is a new Claude-powered AI communication coach aiming to help men navigate difficult relationship conversations, one text at a time.

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We’ve officially crossed the rubicon where artificial intelligence is no longer just optimizing our spreadsheets, fixing our code, or generating corporate slide decks. It’s moving into the most fragile, inherently messy sandbox of all: human relationships.

According to research from the Centre for the Governance of AI’s Global Dialogues study, a staggering 42.8% of people globally already lean on AI for emotional support or personal issues at least once a week. Now, a new consumer tech platform wants to institutionalize that habit for men who find themselves staring blankly at a text thread, totally at a loss for words.

Enter Good Husband, an AI-powered relationship communication wingman that has officially launched to help men navigate high-stakes, emotionally charged conversations with their partners.

Built by entrepreneurs and long-time business partners Zainab Imichi Alhassan and Sarah Curtis, the platform wasn’t designed to replace couples therapy. Instead, it acts as a real-time translator for the digitally tongue-tied. The premise is simple: many men care deeply about their partners but lock up when it comes to emotional articulation or resolving conflicts.

“Good Husband is for the man who already cares. He just needs the words,” co-founder Zainab Imichi Alhassan explained. “Often the issue is not a lack of care, it’s a lack of confidence in how to express what you’re trying to say in the moment”.

How It Works: Warm, Direct, Or “Your Voice”

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Operating entirely in a web browser without the need for partner participation or lengthy onboarding, the platform allows users to paste a text message, describe a tense situation, or explain an ongoing argument. The AI then spits back three distinct text response options: Warm, Direct, and Your Voice.

For those who actually want to learn from their communication missteps rather than just copying and pasting a quick fix, the platform features a coaching mode. This tool deconstructs the underlying emotional dynamics of the conversation, explaining why a partner might be upset and how to address the root issue.

While the baseline platform runs on Anthropic’s Claude AI to handle multilingual, global conversations, subscribers can unlock a hyper-personalized layer called Better Husband. By feeding the AI a localized relationship profile — including love languages, key dates, communication preferences, and recurring areas of tension — the tool moves away from generic advice and moves toward bespoke conflict resolution.

This pivot toward emotional utility marks a fascinating shift in consumer tech. As we see more platforms leverage advanced language models to solve hyper-specific human pain points, the intersection of tech and regional innovation continues to prove that AI’s most valuable feature might not be productivity, but empathy amplification.

“The opportunity is not to replace human connection but to strengthen it,” says co-founder Sarah Curtis. “Technology has changed how we work, learn and communicate. We believe it can also help people become more thoughtful partners”.

Pricing And Future Roadmap

Good Husband is launching with a tiered subscription model:

  • Free Plan: Includes 5 baseline conversations per month.
  • Good Husband ($9/month): Unlocks unlimited conversations, Coaching Mode, tone selection, and the Better Husband profile.
  • Great Husband ($19/month): Adds automated date reminders (birthdays, anniversaries), situation playbooks, and love language coaching.

The web-based launch is only phase one. The company is already building a WhatsApp-native experience — allowing men to pull their AI wingman directly into their daily chat flows — alongside a future mobile app featuring coaching streaks and proactive communication prompts.

Whether outsourcing your relationship articulation to a large language model sounds like the future of emotional intelligence or a dystopian shortcut, one thing is clear: the AI wingman era has arrived.

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