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Saudi Arabian Fintech Hakbah Partners With Tawuniya Insurance
The duo plans to revolutionize financial savings in the Kingdom while revealing an extensive life insurance coverage plan for Hakbah members.
Saudi fintech savings platform Hakbah has announced a revolutionary partnership with national insurance company Tawuniya at 24Fintech in Riyadh.
The strategic alliance will shake up the financial savings landscape in Saudi Arabia and address a significant gap in the market by offering Hakbah customers comprehensive life insurance during their Jameya time.
Key benefits will include:
- Extensive insurance coverage, including Death of Any Cause (DAC) to Passive War Risk (PWR).
- Enhanced financial security that lets customers focus on saving without worry.
- Alignment with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 to support the government’s goal of boosting savings rates and promoting financial inclusion.
Hakbah founder Naif AbuSaida has expressed his enthusiasm for the collaboration, stating:
“We are thrilled to partner with Tawuniya to provide our customers with unparalleled financial security through life insurance coverage for all Hakbah’s members during the Jameya duration. Hakbah prides itself on its unyielding commitment to savings, driven by cutting-edge savings-engine technology. We look forward to exploring more collaboration with Tawuniya to benefit our customers and unleash the full potential of increased financial savings”.
Mohammed Bin Salma, Senior Executive Director for Life Sector of Tawuniya, added:
“The new partnership with Hakbah builds on Tawuniya’s commitment to promoting a culture of financial savings in the Kingdom, especially among the youth segment that constitutes the majority of the country’s population. Tawuniya […] will expand its reach to new horizons and cater to a broader customer base. By offering insured products, Tawuniya empowers individuals across every segment to embrace a positive savings culture”.
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With around 70% of Saudi citizens requiring more emergency savings and household savings rates averaging just 1.6%, Hakbah hopes to make a lasting impact on this $20.5 billion market. The company is growing rapidly and has already exceeded its total revenue for 2023 in the first half of 2024. With a user base of 750,000+ and strategic partnerships with Riyad Bank, Fransi Bank, ANB, flynas, and Tawuniya, Hakbah is now extremely well-positioned to continue its impressive growth.
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Abu Dhabi’s Robot Kitchen Is Serving Up Biryani, Not Burgers
Circus SE wants to put a tiny automated factory inside the buildings where Gulf residents live and work, bypassing part of last-mile delivery.
The most telling thing about a new autonomous kitchen now running in Abu Dhabi’s Marina Square is what it won’t cook:
“We don’t do fast food,” says Nikolas Bullwinkel, Founder and CEO of Circus SE. “We’ve actively decided not to build a machine that can only do burgers”.
Instead, the CA-1 system is built around pot-based cooking: curries, pastas, soups and rice dishes. After experimenting with highly personalized recipes, Circus deliberately leaned back toward recognizable food. “We’re going with a chicken biryani because you know it,” Bullwinkel says of the AED 40 dish.
The Germany-based robotics and food technology company operates across eight countries, and Abu Dhabi is its first deployment outside Europe. More locations are expected there and in Dubai.
In Germany, its units can be placed in supermarkets, gas stations, airports and hospitals. In the Gulf, Bullwinkel wants them inside residential and office buildings, replacing some of the complexity of last-mile delivery. “We’re basically bringing a very tiny factory a few square meters into your building,” he says. Catering company Royal Prestige supplies the ingredients and knowledge of local tastes.
The CA-1 manages up to 36 refrigerated ingredient silos alongside automated induction cooking, robotic plating and a self-cleaning dishwasher. Two robotic arms move ingredients through the system with minimal human intervention. It can produce up to 120 hot meals an hour, and a meal such as rice and curry can take around three to four minutes.
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Five cameras and multiple sensors monitor heat, temperature and consistency, an attempt to approximate what a chef perceives. “You can hear something gets burned, you can smell it, you can see it at some point,” Bullwinkel says. CircusOS, the company’s operating system, adjusts recipes in real time.
You might think of the platform as a threat to kitchen staff, but Bullwinkel frames Circus as a way for chefs to develop recipes and distribute them at scale. With that being said, rising labor costs and shortages are also part of his case for automation.
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