Eddie Maroun and Elie Habib

Co-founders, Anghami

Anghami made global headlines when it became the first Arab technology company to list on Nasdaq in New York in early March, through an SPAC deal. For co-founders, Eddie Maroun and Elie Habib – who launched the music streaming platform in 2012 in Beirut following an idea formulated after a ski trip – it was a proud achievement. They have steadily overseen Anghami (My Tunes in Arabic) – now based in Abu Dhabi – grow to offer more than 57 million songs to over 70 million registered users with around one billion streams per month.