{"id":2711,"date":"2019-01-13T00:22:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T23:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monkey.ma\/emerge\/?p=2711"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:18:19","slug":"naspers-acquisition-de-49-de-dubbizle-eau-pour-192m-usd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groupe-emerge.com\/en\/naspers-acquisition-de-49-de-dubbizle-eau-pour-192m-usd\/","title":{"rendered":"Naspers: Acquisition of 49% of Dubizzle (UAE) for $192M USD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now that Dubizzle has been fully acquired by Naspers, a South African investor through its subsidiary OLX Group, for $190 million, the UAE-based e-commerce platform has been valued at $400 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naspers held a 51% controlling stake since 2013, according to The National. However, Dubizzle states that its independence will not be affected following this acquisition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is part of a market growth campaign run by OLX Group, which already holds stakes in at least 16 other startups, including another one in the UAE, Shedd, and Egypt's Storia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2013, Dubizzle's co-founders stepped down from running daily operations after selling the 51% to Naspers for $120 million. Ever since, Dubizzle has acquired UAE-based startups Expat Wheels, Masterkey, Airlist and Wecashanycar and expanded operations in eight countries across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Article source:<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.startupsceneme.com\/INVESTMENTS\/Naspers-Fully-Acquires-Emirati-Dubizzle-for-190-Million\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Startup Scene<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maintenant que Dubizzle a \u00e9t\u00e9 enti\u00e8rement acquis par Naspers, un investisseur sud-africain via sa filiale OLX Group, pour 190 millions de dollars, la plateforme de commerce \u00e9lectronique bas\u00e9e aux \u00c9mirats arabes unis a \u00e9t\u00e9 valoris\u00e9e \u00e0 400 millions de dollars. Naspers d\u00e9tenait une participation majoritaire de 51 % depuis 2013, selon The National. Cependant, Dubizzle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-emerge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-emerge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-emerge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-emerge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-emerge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-emerge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-emerge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-emerge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-emerge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-emerge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}