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
Egypt Egyptian financial services app takes steady path towards growth Lack of funding is one of many obstacles that startups face. Many try to develop their goods and services as economically as possible... Eman Mostafa • 30 June, 2015 mohamed hamada financial services
Egypt CORD's robot fights teach old physics in a new way My Reaper Robot vs. your Crazy Minion: who will win? It depends, says Mohammed ElRaffie, founder of educational science startup CORD, on... Rachel Williamson • 28 June, 2015 robots cord
Egypt Lost in the City? LocName wants to find you Egyptian start-up 'LocName' did not emerge from Cairo’s bustling streets, but in the Spanish city of Barcelona. Two years ago, young E... Louise Sarant • 25 June, 2015 Locname Souq.com Jumia
Egypt KarmSolar signs first on-grid solar deal KarmSolar is stepping into Egypt’s challenging grid-connected electricity market after signing a 27-year deal with Egypt’s... Rachel Williamson • 24 June, 2015 PV KarmSolar solar energy
Egypt When being a game developer just isn’t enough Kareem Abdullatif andHani El-Akel have a passion for gaming and in 2010 the Egyptian entrepreneurs decided to take a risk and found their... Safar Ayad • 22 June, 2015 Appsinnovate gaming industry Egypt
Egypt Egyptian startup aims to offer entrepreneurs a change of pace An innovative idea coupled with a business plan, a profit model, solid execution, all followed by a growth phase - these are the... Eman Mostafa • 15 June, 2015
Egypt Data-driven medicine in MENA: a startup’s long wait In 2010, four men began preparing for what they thought would be the exciting, and imminent, future of genetic analysis in the Middle... Rachel Williamson • 10 June, 2015 Mohamed Aboueldhoda Illumina Genomics
Egypt Nahdet el Mahrousa, a focus on the supporter of social enterprises [Report] Aramex has published a report, in collaboration with Wamda and the American University in Cairo (AUC), on Nahdet El Mahrousa (NM), an... Raed Khalil • 10 June, 2015 Yahoo! Maktoob Nahdet el Mahrousa american university of cairo
Egypt Zee3 Mawhbtak: Egypt’s new way to scout talent During the recording one of the first episodes of Zee3 Mawhbtak An Egyptian online talent show is plucking undiscovered entertainers from... Eman Mostafa • 09 June, 2015 online media new media Citizen Journalism
Egypt Nahdet El Mahrousa launches 8th round of incubation Nahdet El Mahrousa (NM) is launching its 8th round of incubation for aspiring entrepreneurs entitled “Khaleeha Suessi”. This... Wamda • 08 June, 2015 Arabian Cement Company Khaleeha Suessi Egypt
Egypt Egypt’s Banana Kingdom to ripen in California Egyptian social startup Banana Kingdom could be leaving its sleepy Nile-side home for a faster pace of life in Silicon Valley, after... Eman Mostafa • 08 June, 2015 Tahrir Academy IrlenEgypt Banana Kingdom
Egypt Meet the Egyptian startup working to green the Middle East's oil industry Fifteen years ago fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, irrevocably changed the global oil and gas sector. Today, technology developed in the... Rachel Williamson • 07 June, 2015 oil & gas Tanmia Petroleum Company Green Energy
Egypt How this Egyptian startup is supercharging the worldwide Maker community Meet Amr Saleh, the Egyptian entrepreneur who launched Integreight. The company designed and built a product called 1Sheeld which turns sm... Maya Rahal • 04 June, 2015 MEMakers Amr Saleh arduino
Egypt Egyptian power cuts fuel an ecommerce solution For the majority of Egypt’s 82 million residents, 2014 will no doubt go down in history as the year of the power cut. It didn’t matter whi... Rachel McArthur • 02 June, 2015 Green Scene Egypt clean tech Green Energy
Egypt AUC Ventures Lab Holds its Fourth Demo Day The AUC Venture Lab, AUC’s startup incubator based at AUC New Cairo, will be holding its fourth Demo Day on Thurday June 4th, 2015 at AUC N... Wamda • 29 May, 2015
Egypt How nanotechnology can push Egypt through its energy crisis Nanotechnology has been used in the oil and gas sector for decades, but in the last 15 years companies have been investing bigger sums... Rachel Williamson • 21 May, 2015 EOR nanotechnology Future University Cairo
Egypt Egyptian coworking space aims to teach Arabic-speaking developers how to protect their online data A coworking space for Egypt’s online security professionals is set to launch in August, and is aiming to make the Arabic-speaking d... Eman Mostafa • 19 May, 2015
Egypt NASA hackathon sheds light on Egypt’s growing interest in outer space The growth of scientific minds in Egypt. (Images via Nasa Space Apps Cairo) With so many problems on the ground, why would we want to... Hanan Solayman • 12 May, 2015 PSC-BA CubeSat Space Apps Challenge NASA
Egypt After taking Jeeran to Egypt, cofounder discusses failure and success Jeeran's Egypt team at their launch party. (Image via Jeeran Blog) Jeeran, the MENA based review platform, expanded its network to Egypt... Raed Khalil • 06 May, 2015 Jeeran Romouz Sadeq Omar Koudsi
Egypt Sun shines on Egypt's solar startups Sarah Mousa eyed the small boys, vigorously hacking at each other with sticks in the narrow backstreet of Cairo’s Al Darb Al Ahmar... Rachel Williamson • 30 April, 2015 MEMakers Roundup solar energy
Egypt More options for Cairo startups as coworking spaces multiply Two years ago the number of coworking spaces in Cairo could be counted on one hand, but as their numbers have multiplied they’re now b... Eman Mostafa • 28 April, 2015
Egypt 2 Egyptian startups heading to Germany’s Pirate Summit Winners of the event, Germany bound. Two Egyptian startups are heading off to Germany. Crowd Analyzer, a platform analyzing social... Eman Mostafa • 23 April, 2015 Coterique Crowd Analyzer Greek Campus
Egypt Panel of high-profile guests at Your Middle East startup in Cairo The Your Middle East startup event will take place on April 28, 2015, in Cairo, Egypt, at the Zamalek Library. Attendance is free, but... Wamda • 20 April, 2015 your middle east startups