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
Egypt Shahbander weaves online network for Egyptian textile makers Less than a year after graduating from the AUC Venture Labs accelerator, Egyptian startup Shahbander is looking to take on the... Sara Aggour • 05 August, 2015 digitize textiles shahbander
Egypt Building Egypt’s biogas market Startups offering biogas or waste treatment solutions are slowly gearing up in the Middle East, but only Taqa Solutions had a reality... Rachel Williamson • 03 August, 2015 Taqa Solutions Biogas MEMakers
Egypt Printing money: Spear Ink’s e-waste ambitions E-waste is a mushrooming scourge of the technology revolution with up to 50 million tons of electronic rubbish generated annually -... Rachel Williamson • 30 July, 2015 printer cartridge spear ink MEMakers
Egypt Intel's INARA initiative to engage Egyptian youth A group of attendees with Egypt’s former minister of communications and information technology, Atef Helmy. (Image via Intel) Amidst the f... Ahmed Gabr • 26 July, 2015 INARA Intel Innovation Hub edraak
Egypt Egypt's ecommerce entrepreneurs break new ground Egypt has an alarmingly high population density which is a major cause of social and economic problems. But if you look at an ecommerce map... Eman Mostafa • 23 July, 2015 DealGamed Saboba edfa3ly
Egypt Getting kids into science? Egyptian entrepreneur uses solar energy cars [Video] Teaching science to children can be a very challenging job. Not only do you need their full attention, but lessons need to be fun in order... Reine Farhat • 23 July, 2015 DIY Solar panels solar energy
Egypt Child-focused ventures tickle young intellect While most entrepreneurial ventures focus on social issues, other ventures have dedicated their efforts to raising intellectually... Eman Mostafa • 22 July, 2015 Danat Media Media Juniors Ihyaa Academy
Egypt Meet the online tool helping Egyptians reduce their electricity consumption Entrepreneurs often get inspiration from the crises their countries are going through, and Egypt is no exception. The country’s power o... Eman Mostafa • 08 July, 2015 electricity consumption El Nour Geh
Egypt How these Egyptians are building a digital community for pet lovers Ideas and ventures often spring from a common problem that entrepreneurs and their communities face. This was true with Sarah Zohdi and... Eman Mostafa • 06 July, 2015 dog lovers pet lovers The Dogs Network