Wamda

Lebanon

Inspired acquires Ostaz, formerly known as Synkers

Global private school provider Inspired Education Group, has acquired Ostaz, formerly known as Synkers, an online tutoring platform founded...

EdTech Synkers Ostaz

Jordan

Abwaab raises $5.1 million in Seed funding for expansion

Jordan-based edtech startup Abwaab has raised $5.1 million in Seed funding from 4DX Ventures, BECO Capital, EQ2 Ventures, Foundation...

abwaab EdTech

Kuwait

Al Rayan Holding Company invests in India's Eupheus Learning

Source: Digital Learning Eupheus Learning, a Delhi-based educational technology start-up, said on Monday that it had raised $ 4.1...

EdTech

Jordan

GasNas, Unihance raise $200,000

Jordan-based StartLabz, a pre-seed incubator and the venture arm of Startappz, has secured $200,000 seed funding for two of its startups:...

EdTech StartLabz pre-Seed

Global

Mubadala invests in UK-based MEL Science

Source: BusinessCloud MEL Science, a London-based, science-focused EdTech platform, today announces that it has secured $14m...

Mubadala Capital EdTech MEL Science

U.A.E

Why successful companies view learning as a boardroom priority

Anthony Tattersall is the vice president of Europe Middle East and Africa at Coursera Business in the UAE has traditionally been...

online learning

Lebanon

Online education in Lebanon: Cementing existing inequalities

Laura Jardine Paterson is the head of communications at Codi in Lebanon The challenges faced by Lebanon in the past year have been...

Codi EdTech remote working

Egypt

Fustany’s evolution: From eyeballs to subscribers

Amira Azzouz is one of the region’s long standing entrepreneurs. Back in 2009 she launched Fustany, an online publication focused on...

fustany amira azzouz Digital Media

Global

Library21 MEA acquires UK's Inspirational Development Group

Source: Arab News Library21 MEA Holdings Limited, a UAE-based education technology (edtech) company, has announced the acquisition of...

Library21 MEA Inspirational Development Group EdTech

Egypt

MARJ3 secures seed funding

Cairo-based education technology (edtech) platform MARJ3 has raised a seed investment round led by Expert DOJO, US-based investment firm,...

EdTech MARJ3 Seed funding

Tunisia

GOMYCODE raises $850,00 pre-Series A round with participation from Wamda

Wamda has participated in Tunisia-based edtech startup GoMyCode’s $850,000 in a pre-Series A investment round. The investment...

GoMyCode Tunis EdTech

U.A.E

Adopting a blended learning approach for the future

Jamal Al Jassmi is the general manager at Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies (EIBFS) As the world resets to...

EdTech

U.A.E

Spartech Ventures invests in UK-based Bibliu

UAE-based venture capital (VC) investor Spartech Ventures, has participated in UK-based educational technology (edtech) platform...

Spartech Ventures EdTech Bibliu

Saudi Arabia

Social learning crucial to edtech says Noon Academy founder

The coronavirus lockdown shifted attitudes towards education technology (edtech), accelerating its adoption across the Middle East and...

EdTech Noon Academy

Lebanon

Geek Express raises $520,000 in pre Series-A

Geek Express, an edtech startup based in Lebanon and the UAE, has secured $520,000 in a pre-Series A round from National Talents, IM...

Geek Express EdTech

Global

Foundation Holdings invests in India's Toppr

Source: Vccircle Toppr Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which runs an eponymous ed-tech startup, has raised Rs 350 crore ($46 million) in its...

EdTech Toppr

U.A.E

Periscope Media raises seed funding

Dubai-based edutainment startup Periscope Media has raised its initial seed round funding. Founded in early 2020, Periscope Media is...

edutainment Periscope Media

Global

Edtech and its roadmap to new realities

Wamda hosted an online panel discussion in collaboration with Columbia Global Centers Amman, to address the future of education in the...

Education EdTech coronavirus

Regional

Beyond Incubation: Universities as agents of startup development

In the 1990s, professors Henry Etzkowitz and Loet Leydesdorff, put forward the idea of the Triple Helix framework, which highlighted...

Education Taqadam startAD

Bahrain

Unipal raises seed investment

Bahrain-based Unipal has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from angel investor network Tenmou, as part of the fundraising round...

EdTech

Kuwait

Baims secures first edtech funding in Kuwait

Kuwait-based Baims has secured a seed round funding, the first education technology (edtech) investment in Kuwait. The round was led by...

EdTech Education

U.A.E

Sheraa awards Little Thinking Minds $100,000 grant

Source: Khaleej Times The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa), has awarded its first Access Sharjah winner, 'Little...

Sheraa little thinking minds

Global

Edtech startups: From perk to necessity

Schools and universities were among the first institutions that shuttered their doors around the world in the face of the Coronavirus...

Education online learning E-Learning

Regional

The Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the entrepreneurship ecosystem [Survey]

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to impact the way we live, work and operate, very few startups in the region have managed to escape...

Thought Leadership

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