Egypt Sun rises on Egypt's Silicon Valley The Middle East has long been searching for its own Silicon Valley, but it’s been searching for the wrong ecosystem under the wrong... Rachel Williamson • 19 November, 2015 MEMS semiconductor Sun City
Egypt Lessons from the Tahrir Academy shutdown Tahrir Academy first announced their closure earlier this summer. News that Egyptian online learning center Tahrir Academy was... Eman Mostafa • 17 November, 2015 nafham legislations close down
Egypt Egypt pill reminder app sets sights on Germany Despite having perfect health, Ahmad ElKaragy always dreaded having colds for one reason: he often forgot to take his medication... Ahmed Gabr • 16 November, 2015 MEMakers Healthcare Egypt
Egypt Fawry sells major stake for $100M A consortium of international investors has taken an 85 percent stake in Egyptian electronic bill presentment and payment platform Fawry... Eman Mostafa • 12 November, 2015 fawry Egypt Investment
Egypt Incubators prompt entrepreneurship in Upper Egypt Hemma encouraged students at Assiut University to apply with innovative ideas. (Images via Hemma) Cairo often takes all the attention of... Sara Aggour • 10 November, 2015 Holol Techno-Falah Upper Egypt
Egypt This Egyptian fashion startup has its eyes on Europe Online luxury sales are projected to grow by an unprecedented 20 to 25 percent over the next five years, according to a Boston Consulting... Eman Mostafa • 08 November, 2015 maria munoz slickr Clothing
Egypt Renac Oasis Renewable Energy offers PV Off-grid Course The Renac Oasis Solar Academy in Egypt is offering a PV Off-grid course. The course is tailored for engineers, consultants, and... Wamda • 05 November, 2015 course solar academy Renac Oasis
Egypt How to make social entrepreneurship work in MENA JP Morgan's Ali Idrissi, Droomzaken's Martijn Blom and Accion Venture... Sara Aggour • 01 November, 2015 Misr El Kheir Social Entrepreneurship Egypt
Egypt Egypt's Otlob sold for a bargain to Rocket Internet Egyptian food-ordering website Otlob has been snapped up by Rocket Internet, but at an almost firesale price. The acquisition by... Rachel Williamson • 26 October, 2015 online food ordering otlob Rocket Internet
Egypt Egypt’s El Noor Geh takes part in GE’s first Minds+Machines event in the region As Egypt suffers from frequent power cuts, programmers, makers and builders keep trying to find ways to prevent their work from being... Maya Rahal • 20 October, 2015 El Noor Geh Minds+Machines MEMakers
Egypt Egypt's VoIP block to make the startup life harder At the start of October news broke on social media websites that Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications such as Skype, WhatsApp... Sara Aggour • 18 October, 2015 voice over internet protocol Mobinil Viber
Egypt KarmSolar, first Egyptian company to get license for off-grid solar power plant Update: This article has been updated to include KarmSolar's largest deal to date, announced on October 18. Solar energy... Lucy Knight • 14 October, 2015 solar power MEMakers KarmSolar
Egypt Egyptian social entrepreneurship incubator aims to help the neediest A year ago the Misr El Kheir foundation launched GESR, an Egyptian incubator for social entrepreneurship, with the... Eman Mostafa • 14 October, 2015 Gesr Egypt Social Entrepreneurship
Egypt TechWadi MENA Roadshow: Cairo The TechWadi Roadshow, a ten-day traveling roadshow powered by Google for Entrepreneurs, is coming to Cairo on October 22 -23. The Roa... Wamda • 08 October, 2015 Roadshow MENA techwadi
Egypt Yaoota raises $2.7M Series A from UAE's KBBO Yaoota cofounders Sherif ElRakabawy and Mohamed Ewis (Image via Rachel Williamson) Egyptian startup Yaoota has landed a $2.7 million... Rachel Williamson • 01 October, 2015 yaoota Series A Egypt
Egypt The Egypt teen cracking the fuel crisis Azza Faiad’s passion for science started in a taxi ride late in 2010, a ride which sparked a potentially multibillion dollar idea to create ... Sara Aggour • 30 September, 2015 pyrolysis EPRI alternative energy
Egypt What Egypt's local investors want Egypt has made headlines lately for attracting a series of high-level venture investments from foreign players, but local investors are... Sara Aggour • 29 September, 2015 KI angels Tennra ideavelopers
Egypt e-health and Egypt: the who's who [Infographic] Egypt’s health sector is in dire need of an overhaul, but it has yet to attract much attention from the country’s tech... Rachel Williamson • 15 September, 2015 Nano Ebers D-Kimia Diagnostics Vound
Egypt Dubai classifieds platform dubizzle acquired by OLX [Update: September 17th - Dubizzle has invested $1 million in fashion marketplace app Shedd] Dubai’s classified ads website dubizzle has b... Eman Mostafa • 13 September, 2015 OLX acquisition Dubizzle
Egypt Egypt startups attract wave of foreign VCs Egyptian entrepreneurs are finally beginning to attract foreign investors, with jobs site Wuzzuf the latest to close a major Series A... Rachel Williamson • 27 August, 2015 piton capital vostok new ventures instabug
Egypt InfoMed digitizes Egypt's family doctors A spate of high-profile deaths in Egypt from medical misdiagnosis has highlighted the need for better all-round medical care in... Eman Mostafa • 19 August, 2015 family medicine ehealth InfoMed
Egypt Dopay does banking for unbanked Egyptians Dopay, one of the early startups to get involved in Egypt's financial technology sector, is hoping to build a web of clients among the... Sara Aggour • 13 August, 2015 unbanked Dopay financial services
Egypt Egypt's makers mark out industry roadblocks [WamdaTV] Egypt's tech startup sector includes a surprisingly large number of 'makers': entrepreneurs such as Integreight CEO... Rachel Williamson • 09 August, 2015 MiniMakerFair Hardware
Egypt Alex Agenda aims to develop Egypt’s media [Q&A] Egypt’s media has dramatically shifted since the January 25 revolution four years ago. Citizen journalists spread through the streets and l... Eman Mostafa • 06 August, 2015 Media training Alex Agenda alexandria