Egypt 12 apps, six winners, and one big Egyptian competition Competitions can sometimes stint on the cash, but not the one held on Wednesday in the lush environs of the downtown American... Rachel Williamson • 28 July, 2016 Udacity Mobile App Launchpad Egypt
Egypt Karmsolar gives solar power to the people In Karmsolar’s office on the posh Cairene island of Zamalek the company’s mission statement, to become the most innovative... Eduard Cousin • 20 July, 2016 KarmSolar solar energy Juhayna
Egypt Cairo Sitters signs Kamelizer as angel investor Cairo Sitters has announced an investment from Egyptian angel fund Kamelizer at the Berlin Tech Open Air Conference today. CEO Hossam... Rachel Williamson • 13 July, 2016 Cairo Sitters Orcas Kamelizer
Egypt Ramadan trends: what was the Middle East Googling this year? Ramadan television series were the top Google searches in the Middle East during the holy month, but the trends show that Arabs are also... Rachel Williamson • 13 July, 2016 Google Trends Ramadan Egypt
Egypt 12 coworking spaces for startups in Egypt [Wamda TV] By 2012 the coworking space scene in Cairo and Alexandria was vibrant. Four years on, some have disappeared, some have expanded,... Aline Mayard • 10 July, 2016 302Labs AlMaqarr Coworking Space Business Yard
Egypt Ramadan a flash point for Egypt food startups Egyptians’ food spending over Ramadan hit an average of 35 billion Egyptian pounds (US$3.5 billion), or about 15 percent of their... Eman Mostafa • 03 July, 2016 Agrimatic Akla Baity Yumamia
Egypt Is Ousta Egypt's fastest growing startup ever? [Q&A] [Update July 27: five months after launching Ousta is negotiating a $5.6 million investment round.] Ride hailing app... Radwa Rashad • 29 June, 2016 ride hailing Ousta careem
Egypt How the Arab Spring planted seeds of innovation in Egypt [Podcast] This podcast is a crosspost with Knowledge@Wharton. The 2011 uprising in Egypt that saw the overthrow of longtime President Hosni... Knowledge @Wharton • 27 June, 2016 philanthropy Ahead of the Curve Egypt
Egypt Egypt's Smart Care secures $1.2M from major foreign donor A major foreign donor has invested $1.2 million in Smart Care Medical Services, a digital healthcare management startup. The deal,... Rachel Williamson • 21 June, 2016
Egypt Egyptian selfie drone wins $26K Swiss investment Egyptian drone startup Drofie has attracted the attention of the Swiss, securing a 25,000 Swiss francs (US$26,000) investment and a spell... Rachel Williamson • 19 June, 2016 Fame monster Latvia Kickstart Accelerator
Egypt Rubber a hot commodity for Egypt startup Retyres Driving Cairo’s ring road or through one of its many poorer outskirts, one often encounters the distinct smell of burned rubber:... Eduard Cousin • 19 June, 2016 tyres rubber Retyres
Egypt 15 Egyptian fashion startups for your sartorial radar Ecommerce is a driving force for economic growth in the Middle East. And with this growth of ecommerce has come a slew of ... Maysaa Ajjan • 13 June, 2016 Maison Saedi ZAAM UpFuse
Egypt Building a biogas empire in Upper Egypt Mona El Khodairy receiving the Ecotaqa award at The Impact bootcamp in Dubai. (Images via Ecotaqa) In 2014 Mona El Khodairy, an... Eman Mostafa • 12 June, 2016 Sustaincubator Eco Taqa Mona ElKhodairy
Egypt Instabug and the ecosystem Instabug has Egypt's tight-knit ecosystem to thank for much of its success. (Image via Instabug) This is an edited crosspost from Rise... Con O'Donnell • 09 June, 2016 AgileBm Go Ejaza Accel Venture Partners
Egypt Instabug raises $1.7M from US investors Instabug's cofounder Omar Gabr (Image via Instabug) Instabug has raised a $1.7 million seed round after completing Y... Rachel Williamson • 07 June, 2016 Accel Venture Partners seed round instabug
Egypt Integreight launches IOT home automation kit Integreight at the Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo, California: CTO Islam Mustafa, embedded software engineer Eslam... Eduard Cousin • 05 June, 2016 home automation Togglit MEMakersGE
Egypt Egypt VC launches new $50M fund Algebra Capital Cairo's startup ecosystem has been crying out for money for years. This year they've been inundated. (Image via Wikipedia) Egyptian... Eduard Cousin • 02 June, 2016 Ziad Mokhtar Algebra Fund EAEF
Egypt Innoventures Startup Reactor Innoventures LLC, in partnership with VC4Africa, have launched the third cycle of Startup Reactor for Egyptian startups.... Wamda • 01 June, 2016 Innoventures Startup Reactor cairo
Egypt Flat6Labs and Barclays launch a fintech accelerator in Egypt Ahmad Alfi speaking during the launch of Accelerator 1864. (Image via Flat6Labs) Yesterday Cairo-based Flat6labs announced the... Eman Mostafa • 31 May, 2016 Flat6LabsCairo fin-tech accelerator
Egypt Zombies in Egypt: Epic VR brings the undead to malls This was the reaction when students first tested Epic VR in an event at the American University in Cairo. (Images via Epic VR) Virtual... Eman Mostafa • 29 May, 2016 Zombies EpicVr MEMakersGE
Egypt US-based Affectiva raises $14M Series D Affectiva's software can differentiate between a smirk, a happy smile, and a polite smile. (Images via Affectiva) Emotion... Rachel Williamson • 27 May, 2016 emotion recognition Rana el Kaliouby Affectiva
Egypt Will this social network maintain your privacy? More social networks outside of Facebook? (Images via Begether) According to the US-based tech news site The Information Facebook users... Eman Mostafa • 26 May, 2016 Begether Chaino privacy
Egypt Cantalop signs on for $100,000 angel investment Egypt is brimming with job search sites on the cusp of expansion. (Image via Cantalop) Two years after its launch, Egyptian job search... Eman Mostafa • 24 May, 2016 youth unemployment Egypt unemployment rate job search
Egypt Cairo delivery sector heats up as Goodsmart seeks expansion Opening the fridge after a long day at work and realizing someone has taken the last cold drink, or coming home to find you’ve... Sara Aggour • 23 May, 2016 Awfar Markets Knock Mart Egypt