Egypt Automating HR management in Egypt Focusing on developing a specialized product allowed Egyptian software company HITS Solutions to enter more than 40 countries, working with... Maya Rahal • 20 June, 2017 Egypt HITS Solutions HR
Egypt Algebra Ventures invests $1.5M in Egyptian food discovery platform Elmenus Elmenus, one of the largest Egyptian food discovery platforms, received a $1.5 million investment in a Series A funding round from Algebra... Staff writer • 08 June, 2017
Egypt Egyptian fintech startup digitizes the gameya ‘We can all go further together than we could all alone’, is the promise of the 2,000-year old practice of ‘jameya’... Elias Jabbe • 06 June, 2017 MoneyFellows Ahmed Wadi Egypt
Egypt Widebot: building Facebook chatbots gets easier With over 11 million users engaging chatbots currently functioning on Facebook Messenger, most notably Uber’s ride requesting... Radwa Rashad • 29 May, 2017 Facebook Messenger Arabnet Battles Cairo chatbot
Egypt Cairo Angels invests in Orcas Cairo Angels announced its investment in Orcas, an edtech startup for education, tutoring and caregiving services. Formerly Cairo... Staff writer • 24 May, 2017 cairo angels Orcas
Egypt GE Egypt Digital Innovation Challenge announced the winners Last week, the GE Egypt Digital Innovation Challenge announced three winners, on May 22nd, after reviewing more... Staff writer • 24 May, 2017 Egypt Egypt Innovate tiec
Egypt Egypt calls for financial inclusions The Egyptian online payment sector remains heavily hampered by a wide gap between available solutions and the needs of 91 million... Doaa Farid • 24 May, 2017 e-Finance fawry Mostafa Elnahhas
Egypt Minesweepers: Towards a Landmine-Free World Minesweepers: Towards a Landmine-Free World is an international robotics competition that will be held in October 2017 in Kuala Lumpur,... Wamda • 22 May, 2017 mines robots tech
Egypt Arabnet Dubai promotes investments in the MENA's emerging markets As Arabnet CEO Omar Christidis took his last strides on the Arabnet Digital Summit stage in Dubai and shared some telling numbers, the... Elias Jabbe • 22 May, 2017 Aqar Map Astrolabs Oman Technology Fund
Egypt Uber launches UberBoat in a partnership with Nile Taxi Uber is partnering with the luxury Nile transport company NileTaxi to introduce UberBoat to Cairo starting yesterday (Tuesday, May 16)... Staff writer • 17 May, 2017 UberBoat Uber Egypt
Egypt Endeavor Catalyst Fund closes first $500,000 investment in Egypt Endeavor Catalyst Fund, Endeavor’s co-investment vehicle, concluded its first investment in Egypt contributing 500,000 dollars to... Staff writer • 15 May, 2017 Investment fund statups
Egypt What I know about fab labs: Sherry Lassiter Despite two-decades in science journalism, Sherry Lassiter has become part of the technology story rather than a storyteller. After... Doaa Farid • 08 May, 2017 Fab Foundation Maker Faire Cairo Fab Lab Egypt
Egypt Egypt startup BSocial launches Quran VR app Marketing services company Bsocial has created a virtual reality (VR) app called Experience Quran for the Oculus store. It comes after... Wamda • 24 April, 2017 BSocial virtual reality Experience Quran
Egypt Car app fight club in Egypt The market for tech-enabled transport in Egypt is tight: 13 companies are offering some kind of online ride hailing product. All of... Rachel Williamson • 23 April, 2017 Transport Logistics taxi hailing app
Egypt Fustany's secret Egyptian fashion sauce The power of a female-led community is highly under-estimated, says Fustany founder Amira Azzouz. “Women have a power of... Radwa Rashad • 19 April, 2017 fustany Fashion Media
Egypt California calls for 8 ROV robot winners Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) skimmed underneath the surface of a swimming pool, surrounded by students with joysticks and controllers... Eduard Cousin • 12 April, 2017 ROV Arab Competition remotely operated vehicles Aquaphoton
Egypt Cairo’s Maker Faire enchants children, adults, and Minions Over 11,000 people attended the Maker Faire Cairo over the weekend, making it one of the biggest tech events in the region. The event... Doaa Farid • 11 April, 2017 Maker Faire Cairo Fab Lab Egypt makers
Egypt Rise Up Explore takes 6 startups to Silicon Valley Rise Up has taken six startups on a Rise Up Explore trip to Silicon Valley that started on April 4 and finishes on April 13. RiseUp... Wamda • 10 April, 2017 Rise Up Rise Up Explore
Egypt Is Egypt finally ready for ride-sharing? Uber and Careem fares have become unaffordable for many Egyptians, as fuel costs continue to rise following the floatation of the currency... Doaa Farid • 09 April, 2017 Buseet Kalax Swvl
Egypt Egypt launches new startup waste management program The Leeha 2eema waste management entrepreneurship program launched last month, to support 45 startups with local manufacturing and value... Wamda • 07 April, 2017 waste management cleantech Arabia Leeha 2eema
Egypt Voxera beats roaming bill and VOIP ban Voxera cofounder Amr El Gebaly arrived home after a holiday with his wife to a menu-like list of roaming charges on his phone bill. That... Radwa Rashad • 02 April, 2017 Voxera data roaming charge VOIP ban
Egypt Out of Africa: the Egyptians are coming Egyptian healthcare startup Vezeeta is expanding into the Levant, the latest of a series of companies from Egypt to start leaving... Rachel Williamson • 02 April, 2017 Vezeeta Performly Crowd Analyzer
Egypt Upper Egypt entrepreneurs demand more attention Luxor entrepreneurs hope they will be the lucky recipients of rising international, if not national, attention after the UN launched two... Doaa Farid • 28 March, 2017 UNIDO IMKAN creetova
Egypt Egypt startup Dr. Weee tackles e-waste with app Dr. Weee, an Egyptian e-waste business, has launched an app designed to make recycling easier for consumers. The app, launched this... Wamda • 24 March, 2017 spear ink Dr. Weee e-waste