Egypt Mix N’ Mentor Cairo “There is progress… not at a Silicon Valley pace but you can see clear milestones,” Ideavelopers Managing Partner Tarek Assaad told Wamda i... Wamda • 10 February, 2015 Mix N'Mentor Cairo
Egypt What the restaurant sector of Egypt needs to know [Infographic] Ask any entrepreneur in Egypt and they will tell you right away that one of the biggest challenges faced when starting up is finding solid... Amir Allam • 10 February, 2015 Amir Allam restaurants ElMenus
Egypt Egypt's Bey2ollak app adds bomb alert hashtag Egyptian traffic app Bey2ollak has created a bomb scare hashtag to better inform Egyptians of urban threats after a spate of bombings... Rachel Williamson • 05 February, 2015 alert bomb bey2ollak
Egypt New crowdfunding platform takes aim at Egypt's entrepreneurs Egypt’s latest crowdfunding platform Tennra for entrepreneurs launched this week with a proposition to make giving away money... Rachel Williamson • 02 February, 2015 Tennra zoomal Egypt
Egypt STEP Warm Up Tour: Cairo STEP Warm Ups are designed to gather techies before the annual STEP Conference. This year, STEP Conference 2015 is happening in Dubai, UAE... Wamda • 30 January, 2015 STEP cairo
Egypt Can this Egyptian entrepreneur follow her passion to success? This piece has been crossposted with Firnas. Entrepreneurs don’t necessarily have to create a new product or come up with a new service to ... Ahmed Gabr • 29 January, 2015 deena fadel joud
Egypt Proposed Egypt technology park facing bureaucratic delays Big plans to create a technology and entrepreneurial hub in the southern Cairo suburb of Maadi could be stalling, for which some are... Rachel Williamson • 28 January, 2015 maadi technology park Hardware Egypt
Egypt AUC V-Lab launches 10 new startups in its third round As part of its ongoing efforts to support startups and entrepreneurs in Egypt, the AUC Venture Lab has announced the 10 startups that... Eman Mostafa • 26 January, 2015 AUC V-Lab AUC auc venture lab
Egypt AUC Venture Lab Challenge Cycle 4, Deadline January 25 The Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program (EIP) at the American University of Cairo School of Business has announced that the... Wamda • 23 January, 2015 AUC V-Lab Egypt
Egypt Egyptian entrepreneurs push forward long-awaited e-government measures The Mugamma, Egypt's central bureaucracy building, stands sentinel over Tahrir Square and is a monument to a government legacy of... Rachel Williamson • 23 January, 2015 egovernment fawry hope
Egypt Palestinian startup seeks to bridge Egypt’s digital divide Jacob Korenblum, CEO of Palestinian startup Souktel, says there is a a huge potential in Egypt for audio mobile services and low-data... Rachel Williamson • 22 January, 2015 Bayt Iqraaly Zambaleeta
Egypt First stop for Mix N’ Mentor 2015: Cairo “There is progress… not at a Silicon Valley pace but you can see clear milestones,” Ideavelopers Managing Partner Tarek Assaad told Wamda i... Wamda • 21 January, 2015 wamda mix n mentor cairo Mix N'Mentor Cairo wamda mix n mentor
Egypt 3 Cairo coworking spaces offering a new approach to education A reduction in rent costs is no longer the only reason for coworking spaces to trend in Egypt, rather, the expansion is looking to include... Eman Mostafa • 18 January, 2015 Designopia alexandria qafeer labs
Egypt InnovEgypt program: 4th round The Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC) announced the opening of round four of the InnovEgypt program that will be... Wamda • 15 January, 2015 Egypt Innovation
Egypt The pros and cons of being a foreign founder in Egypt UK citizen and former financial analyst Emily Renny is a cofounder of the gamified crowdfunding platform Tennra, and has lived in... Rachel Williamson • 14 January, 2015 Tennra law uk
Egypt Disrupt!/Graphic! Ideathon awards 4 new Egypt startups No longer the prerogative of the technology field entrepreneurs can now be found in many sectors and events such as the Disrupt!/Graphic!... Eman Mostafa • 24 December, 2014 disrupt design
Egypt Egypt ed-tech firm eyes home turf for expansion [Wamda TV] One of Egypt’s earliest technology companies is beginning to venture into its local education market, having already conquered the... Rachel Williamson • 18 December, 2014 itworx microsoft EdTech
Egypt Egypt startups need a big business leg up During an International Development Research Centre (IDRC) roundtable on Tuesday, co-hosted by the Egyptian Centre... Rachel Williamson • 10 December, 2014 smes world bank Bazaar in Egypt
Egypt Egypt is in urgent need of smaller business All big businesses were once small. Super billionaire Bill Gates was once a young guy in a garage. His giant, Microsoft, didn’t become a g... Iris Boutros • 08 December, 2014 smes event Egypt
Egypt 'Egypt is back' thanks to ICT, says minister Egypt's slow broadband speeds and rickety IT infrastructure are major issues throttling growth in the internet-based 'startup... Rachel Williamson • 07 December, 2014 ict Egypt Government
Egypt GEW in Cairo seeks to connect scientists with investors and mentors At a time when Egypt is in dire need of support for its innovation and technology sector, a necessary part of the economy’s revival, Global ... Eman Mostafa • 06 December, 2014 cairo Egypt Innovation
Egypt 5 startups to watch in Egypt's exciting agritech sector Following last week's agritech overview, we profile five up-and-coming businesses from the startups seeking to revolutionize the way... Rachel Williamson • 03 December, 2014 Schaduf Agrimatic Farms CUBII
Egypt Egypt's agritech entrepreneurs bring the farm to the boardroom For eight millennia the thin strip of land along the Nile, and the green fan of the Delta, supported Egypt's growing... Rachel Williamson • 30 November, 2014 agritech farming Egypt
Egypt Exclusive: Uber Egypt arrives today Uber, the app that connects smartphone-weilding passengers with freelance drivers, has arrived in Egypt. The local operations will... Rachel Williamson • 20 November, 2014