Lebanon Darwazah Startup Accelerate 2019 With a focus on achieving and sustaining globally recognized thought leadership in the areas of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship... Wamda • 07 April, 2019
Lebanon In conversation with Audrey Nakad of Lebanon's Synkers Synkers is an online peer-to-peer education platform connecting private tutors with students. Founded in Lebanon by Audrey Nakad, Zeina... Triska Hamid • 12 March, 2019 EdTech ceo entrepreneurship
Jordan Little Thinking Minds raises $1.26 million in Series A Jordan-based Little Thinking Minds has raised $1.26 million in a Series A round led by Egypt’s Algebra Ventures with participation... Triska Hamid • 09 December, 2018 EdTech Education Series A
U.A.E From rubbish to robot When Abdus Samad was a child, he would prise open electrical items at home to see the components inside and then put them back together. It... Triska Hamid • 20 November, 2018 robots robotics DIY
Lebanon Lebanon’s Kamkalima raises $1.5 million Series A Source: MENAbytes Lebanese EdTech startup Kamkalima has raised $1.5 million in Series A funding from Beirut-based Phoenician... News • 08 November, 2018 Series A financing
Saudi Arabia Coding and conservatism: Saudi women learn online Saudi Arabia’s conservative expectations of women have been a boon for the online education sector in the country. While recent... Triska Hamid • 24 October, 2018 Coding Women Women empowerment
Regional Today’s edtech for tomorrow’s innovators Educational technology (edtech) is filling a gap where traditional models have become obsolete. As innovation becomes a key pillar in... Annie Bricker • 21 October, 2018 Education EdTech
Egypt Egyptian e-learning platform raises over $800,000 from UK and US angel investors Knowledge Officer, an e-learning platform, raised £600,000 (US$ 833,500) from UK and US angel investors Ian Hurlock from Fox and... Rana Freifer • 13 March, 2018 Egypt uk Knowledge Officer
Global Today’s toys, tomorrow’s school books The hundreds of toys kids used to receive on their special occasions (many of which remain unused) might get replaced one day with... Reine Farhat • 21 January, 2018 robotics Education online education
Regional Teaching coding to young refugees will generate job opportunities to thousands There are almost 5.5 million registered Syrian refugees in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon, according to figures published by the United... Rana Freifer • 09 January, 2018 Coding teaching ngos
Global The rise of the Arab MOOCs. Will education in the Arab world ever be the same? In the past 10 years alone, tech invaded classrooms and played a crucial role in disrupting the way knowledge is consumed worldwide.... Reine Farhat • 11 December, 2017 EdTech MOOC AI
Lebanon Lebanese private tutoring app Synkers raises seed funding from Phoenician Funds Synkers, a peer-to-peer private tutoring app, announced that it has recently closed its first seed funding with Phoenician Funds, following... Staff writer • 17 November, 2017 Synkers seed fund lebanon
Egypt First edtech CVC launched in Egypt Nahdet Misr Publishing Group launched EdVentures, Egypt’s first Corporate Venture Capital specializing in edtech. EdVentures... Staff writer • 15 November, 2017 Egypt EdVentures Nahdet Misr Publishing House
U.A.E This after school activities marketplace is using bitcoins to go global Unlike loaded school days, which fall heavy and stressful on little ones’ shoulders, extracurricular activities, will help them... Rana Freifer • 03 October, 2017 Afterschool.ae Kids activities Bitcoin
Global Online media platforms are facilitating the production of Arabic science We’ve all struggled with the tedious task of memorizing the functions of the brain and the heart to pass our science exams. Egyptian... Tala El Issa • 20 September, 2017 Science E-Learning EdTech
Egypt This Egyptian startup plans on regulating private tutoring In the Arab world, including Egypt, many students at both public and private schools pay teachers extras for after-class private... Menna Farouk • 19 September, 2017 Egypt Tyro EdTech
U.A.E How technology is transforming MENA youth’s education As back-to-school season is approaching, now is the ideal time to reflect on the latest innovations in technology and how they might... Elias Jabbe • 07 September, 2017 EdTech E-Learning uae
Global New startups on the block: September Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to watch. Blink Egypt Development... Reine Farhat • 04 September, 2017 Startup List news AI
Saudi Arabia A Saudi teaching platform attracts a million students One year following the failure of an ecommerce platform they had launched due to the lack of market readiness, Saudi entrepreneurs Mohammed... Maya Rahal • 22 August, 2017 ksa Saudi Arabia Noun
Saudi Arabia Big opportunities for startups in KSA [Report] The number of entrepreneurship support organizations in the KSA, including funds, coworking spaces, incubators and accelerators, has nearly... Maya Rahal • 13 June, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa Wamda Research Lab
U.A.E Minds on a Mission gets Emirati students thinking “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn” were the wise words from Benjamin Franklin that inspired the win... Lucy Knight • 12 March, 2017 minds on a mission uae MBZFutureGen
Egypt Education startups begin to break through in Egypt Conservative dress codes hid a highly progressive approach to education during a meeting in Giza during November last year, which was... Menan Khater • 05 January, 2017 self-directed education Egyptian Network for Self-Directed Education Tyro
Turkey Kiron, educational hope for refugees The UN refugee agency says that as of 2015 there are 65.3 million individuals that have been forcibly displaced worldwide, most with little... Joud Charafeddine • 08 January, 2017 Kiron higher education refugees
U.A.E Education + tech = a whole new world Education and technology are often a contested pairing because of the latter’s potential to either serve as an aid or, undesirably, a... Archana Menon • 26 October, 2016 GITEX EdTech minecraft