Wamda

Egypt

Egypt is building the region's first GEN hub

Egypt will host the region’s first Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) hub, a physical space designed for the exchange of knowledge...

Innovation Coworking Spaces

Egypt

Fakahany raises $700,000 seed

Source: MENAbytes Fakahany, a Cairo based farm-to-door fresh produce e-commerce platform has raised $700,000 in seed funding, the...

seed fund E-commerce

Egypt

Africa 2018 Forum

Africa 2018 is a unique business-to-business and government-to-business platform, bringing together policymakers, financiers, leading...

Egypt

The Middle East Angel Investment Network (MAIN)

The purpose of MAIN is to foster the cooperation among new, aspiring and experienced business angels from across the MENA region to...

Egypt

The Next 100 African Start-ups initiative

The Next 100 African Start-ups initiative, organized jointly by IFC and MIIC, will select up to 100 promising entrepreneurs based in...

Egypt

Currency devaluation slows down Egyptian startups

Egypt’s economic woes and subsequent currency devaluation have had a knock-on effect on the country’s startup ecosystem....

Egypt Ecosystem

Egypt

Techne Summit: The Mediterranean Prime Technology Conference

The annual international entrepreneurship and technologyevent that creates a platform for global players in the tech industry will take...

Egypt

Mix N’ Mentor roadshow heads to Egypt.

Wamda continues its roadshow for 2018, landing in Egypt on September 27. Held in partnership with Ahead of the Curve, Rise Up, Endeavor...

Mix N' Mentor cairo

Egypt

E-Commerce Summit 2018

The ultimate destination for every retailer and brand on the quest for getting to know all about E-Commerce.WHAT IS E-COMMERCE SUMMIT?A...

Egypt

Egyptian startup Aqarmap raises a round from Wamda Capital, KISP and Raed Ventures

Aqarmap.com, an online real estate marketplace in Egypt, closed a funding round from UAE-based Wamda Capital, Kuwait-based KISP Ventures,...

Aqarmap Raed Ventures Wamda Capital

Egypt

Jordan's POSRocket raises $1.5 million in a round led by Algebra Ventures

POSRocket, a cloud-based POS Jordanian startup, has announced $1.5 million in a funding round led by $50 million Cairo-based venture...

Algebra Ventures KISP Ventures Arzan VC

Egypt

Is Egypt becoming a hotbed for local and regional VCs? [Opinion]

The year 2018 has been a landmark year for Egyptian startups, securing bigger and later stage investment rounds and giving a dash of...

fundraising Investment

Egypt

Egyptian software company raised $300K from Saudi investors

Entlaqa, a software company, raised a $300,000 funding from Salem ben Saleh Ba Wazier and Mohamed ben Saleh Ba Wazier, two KSA-based...

Egypt ksa SAAS

Egypt

Seedstars announces the opening of their first hub in Egypt

Seedstars, a swiss-based company that brings together key stakeholders focused on driving technological change in emerging markets, opend...

seedstars cairo

Egypt

Egyptian online fashion rental platform raises $1M from Algebra Ventures and 500 Startups

La Reina, an Egyptian online platform for rental couture, announced receiving $1 million in a Series A funding round led by Egypt’s...

Egypt La Reina Algebra Ventures

Egypt

Cairo’s Startups without Borders brings 200 refugee entrepreneurs to learn, share, and give back

Late March, Startups without Borders, a newly-established project that supports refugees in Egypt, gathered around 200 women...

Greek Campus cairo Startups Without Borders

Egypt

Blockchain-focused incubator to launch in Egypt this April

NU TechSpace is the first tech-focused incubator specialized in cognitive technologies in Egypt. It will be officially launching on April...

NU TechSpace Nile University Blockchain incubator

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...

Egypt uk Knowledge Officer

Egypt

Region’s first science park to open in Egypt this May

The British University in Egypt, in cooperation with TusPark Holdings, China’s largest science park, will be launching the Science...

SIP British University in Egypt TusPark Holdings

Egypt

Cairo Angels and EG Bank launch MINT Incubator

Cairo Angels, Egypt’s first formal network of angel investors, announced the launch of MINT Incubator, an intensive, highly...

MINT Incubator Egypt cairo angels

Egypt

Egypt’s fintech startups are growing in number, value, and specialization

“The wave of innovation sweeping through the world of financial technology promises nothing short of revolution … It will...

Egypt Fintech startups

Egypt

RiseUp reveals ecosystem maturity and readiness for larger capital

Last weekend’s RiseUp Summit in Cairo was ‘massive’. The old campus at The American University of Cairo hosted local and...

RiseUp 2017 RiseUp Summit Mentorship

Egypt

Announcing Launch of Udacity Connect and AUC Campus #RiseUp2017

Udacity is proud to partner with the American University in Cairo to launch Udacity Connect @ AUC Campus. This partnership is...

Udacity RiseUp 2017

Egypt

Launching PepsiCo Snacks Innovation Challenge at #RiseUp2017

PepsiCo is committed to encouraging healthy lifestyle, improving the availability of affordable nutrition and enhancing sustainable...

RiseUp 2017 Pepsico

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