Regional Africa Code Week aims to teach 20,000 children to code in one week Almost everybody has heard of Code.org, the American non-profit that aims to get kids to code. They’re hard to miss. In 2013, the o... Aline Mayard • 15 September, 2015 Africa code week Coding for Kids
Jordan Do employers still care about your college degree? Just how important is a university degree? It depends on the field of study and who you ask. Wamda posed this question to employers,... Maya Rahal • 14 September, 2015 degrees Akhtaboot Cares Initiative Job fair
Regional Get your code on in the MENA region The Coding Cirlce in action. (Image via The Coding Circle) We have covered in the past various coding camps and courses, for both adults... Lucy Knight • 12 August, 2015 Developing Algocode Le Wagon
Maghreb How will technology change education in Algeria? Crowded classrooms, teacher strikes - Algeria's education is not doing well. (Image via McIlwraith Education) Want a recipe for a perfect... Aline Mayard • 27 July, 2015 online education algeria EdTech
Egypt Getting kids into science? Egyptian entrepreneur uses solar energy cars [Video] Teaching science to children can be a very challenging job. Not only do you need their full attention, but lessons need to be fun in order... Reine Farhat • 23 July, 2015 DIY Solar panels solar energy
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
Regional MENA, birthplace for a digital health revolution? Imagine waking up in the morning and checking your watch to see how many hours of deep, restful sleep you obtained, your caloric intake... Natasha D'Souza • 24 May, 2015 Digital Health Live m-health Healthcare
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
U.A.E Dubai's Pixelbug launches highly anticipated edutainment app Colorbug The coloring is taken to a whole other level. Are you a child between 4 and 10? Do you want to meet Patrick the Horse, Pablo the... Pamela Kesrouani • 04 May, 2015 PixelBug Colorbug edutainment
Saudi Arabia Saudi startup Meshlytics uses data to help universities keep in touch with alumni In the age of e-classrooms and e-schools, traditional universities have begun to compete with the free tools and flexibility of the... Ahmed Gabr • 16 April, 2015 Meshlytics Saudi Arabia Data
Saudi Arabia Saudi’s Rwaq team hope to create community of educators This article has been crossposted from Firnas.org We are so close to an awakening in the Arab world. In the past three years there has been... Safar Ayad • 25 March, 2015 Maharah Rwaq ksa
U.A.E Can live online tutoring shake up the Arab region's education sector? Update: Teach Me Now announced moving to Azure, Microsoft's Cloud Computing Platform, and becoming part of Microsoft BizSpark. This... Pamela Kesrouani • 16 June, 2015 tutoring MOOCs Education
Regional Building the Arab region’s biggest B2B market place is not without its challenges Two years ago Syrian entrepreneur Salim Akil was poised to make his SearchinMena.com, a Yellow Pageseque search engine, the region’s l... Pamela Kesrouani • 17 February, 2015
U.A.E Ustad Mobile to scale mobile ed tech programs to the Middle East Access to technology has long been seen as key to developing education programs in low-income countries, but the availability... Alexander Hawkes • 12 January, 2015 Feature phones Afghanistan uae
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
Maghreb Morocco's Education Media Company raises $280,000 on the strength of an unusual story The 9rayti team. Adam Bouhadma is only 24, and has just raised 2.5 million Moroccan dirhams ($280,000) for his company Education... Aline Mayard • 21 December, 2014 MNF Education Maroc Numeric Fund
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
Kuwait Kuwait's myU shows promise in beta; can it scale? Social networking is seen in many schools and colleges as a distraction best avoided for students aiming for the top grades. But for Bader... Alexander Hawkes • 30 November, 2014 school university kuwait
Jordan For Arabic educational digital content turn to Jordan What Jordan lacks in natural resources it makes up for in human resources. Pioneering as a key entrepreneurial tech hub for the Arab world,... Tala El Issa • 30 November, 2014 royal family early education Jordan
U.A.E Language game app to take the pain out of learning The growth of online learning products has created a huge range of ways to learn a foreign language, from the comprehensive-but-pricey... Alexander Hawkes • 20 October, 2014 erly stage studios Education
Global A university instructor's take on how to foster entrepreneurship in the classroom The author with one of her classes at Lebanese International University. They say that entrepreneurship can’t be taught, however, my e... Esraa Haidar • 14 October, 2014 Education
Regional Lesson One: Mapping Education Technology Startups in the MENA Education is a powerful tool. Those of us privileged enough to get a good education often forget that for the majority of people around... Nafez Dakkak • 12 October, 2014 Wamda Research Lab EdTech Education
Entrepreneurial internship program launched in Ramallah Leaders Organization (LO), a Palestinian NGO providing skill development and services to young entrepreneurs and startups, has launched ... Wamda • 15 September, 2014
SEA Xchange Algeria, deadline August 23rd The Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator Exchange, SEA Xchange, is an intensive one-week learning program of social entrepreneurship that... Wamda • 20 August, 2014 Social Entrepreneurship algeria