Egypt Nahdet Misr launches investment fund dedicated for edtech Nahdet Misr Group, a publishing firm serving the education ecosystem since 1938, announces at #RiseUp2017 launching an... Staff writer • 03 December, 2017 Nahdet Misr Publishing House RiseUp 2017
Egypt Elves closes $2mil seed round Elves App, Inc. the 'Human First Siri’ that's swept the region by storm this year, announced the successful close of its... Staff writer • 03 December, 2017 Elvesapp RiseUp 2017
Egypt Launching the Legal Clinic at #RiseUp2017 Levari law firm was established in 2012 specialising in corporate, commercial, banking and finance. Today Levari boosts a team of... Staff writer • 03 December, 2017 Levari RiseUp 2017
Egypt FunRock officially launches Etihad Al Abtal, first mobile strategy game made for MENA During the RiseUp Summit, FunRock, a Swedish-based mobile strategy games development company, has officially announced the global release... Staff writer • 03 December, 2017 RiseUp 2017 FunRock
Egypt MAGNiTT research reveals that the top 200 funded startups across MENA together raised over $2.1BN During RiseUp Summit, the region’s leading event bringing MENA region entrepreneurs together at the heart of downtown Cairo,... Staff writer • 03 December, 2017 RiseUp 2017 MAGNiTT
Egypt RiseUp summit gathers the region’s HIPOs in Cairo For the 4th year in a row RiseUp Summit is happening. Held on December 1, 2, 3 at the Greek Campus and AUC Tahrir Square Campus, this... Maya Rahal • 27 November, 2017 RiseUp Summit RiseUp 2017
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
Egypt RiseUp Summit 2017 RiseUp Summit is one of the largest entrepreneurship and innovation events in MENA, and it will be taking place on December 1-3 in... Wamda • 27 October, 2017 Egypt startup RiseUp
Egypt Egyptian home services platform Filkhedma closed second investment round Filkhedma, an Egyptian home services marketplace, has just closed its second investment round led by Algebra Ventures and Glint... Staff writer • 28 September, 2017 FilKhedma Algebra Ventures Glint
Egypt 11 Egyptian startups to participate in Innoventures Egypt's third Startup Reactor stage Innoventures, an innovation platform launched in 2011 to bring Egyptian ideas to market, announced the top 11 startups chosen to... Staff writer • 20 September, 2017 Innoventures Startup Reactor
Egypt Techne Summit Alexandria Competitions Technology startups now have the opportunity to showcase in Techne Summit 2017 on Sep 30- Oct 1. The summit will allow... Wamda • 19 September, 2017 Egypt Techne Summit alexandria
Egypt Techne Summit Alexandria Techne Summit is a two-day international technology event that acts as a platform including the main global players in the technology... Wamda • 19 September, 2017 Egypt alexandria summit
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
Egypt Seedstars Alexandria Seedstars World is on a mission to identify the best seed-stage entrepreneurs and provide them with an opportunity to win up to USD 1... Wamda • 28 August, 2017 Egypt alexandria seedstars
Egypt Mobile billing consolidated in Egypt following TPay’s acquisition of DCBEgypt There are over 95 million SIM cards registered with Egypt’s three mobile networks: Etisalat Misr, Orange (Mobinil previously), and... Radwa Rashad • 22 August, 2017 Egypt TPay DCBEgypt
Egypt When online groceries delivery reaches new edges in Egypt Segway and similar transportation options for delivering groceries are increasingly being used in countries such as the US, where one in 10... Radwa Rashad • 15 August, 2017 Egypt goodsmart Fakahany
Egypt Egyptian food delivery platform secures $200K investment from 500 Startups Cairo-based homemade food delivery startup Mumm received a $200,000 investment from 500 Startups. The startup empowers Egyptian women to... Staff writer • 26 July, 2017 Food delivery work from home Women
Egypt Building Communities in Virtual Reality Alexandria Augmented Reality/ Virtual Reality Meetup is a meetup for virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality... Wamda • 18 July, 2017 VR ar Meetup
Egypt Cairo Angels invests in a local logistics company Cairo Angels, a network of angel investors focused on supporting startup opportunities in Egypt and the Middle East, announced its... Staff writer • 17 July, 2017 on-demand delivery Logistics cairo angels
Egypt Careem announces $500K investment in public transportation startup Swvl This news was updated to include an exclusive interview with Mudassir Sheikha, the cofounder and managing director of... Lily Catherine Jabbour • 17 July, 2017 careem public transport Bus Pooling
Egypt Egyptian ecommerce platform acquires two phone comparison portals Egypt-based ecommerce platform Yaoota acquired Mobihall and Mobilesgate, two of the largest phone comparison portals in the Arab world. The... Rana Freifer • 04 July, 2017 yaoota Mobihall Mobilesgate
Egypt She Can Entreprenelle will be holding their event ‘She Can’ which revolves around women in entrepreneurship, who will be sharing their... Wamda • 28 June, 2017 Egypt Women entrepreneurship startup
Egypt Digital services for cash strapped Egyptian SMEs Starting a business in Egypt is not easy, in large part because of the hassle involved in registering a new establishment and obtaining the... Doaa Farid • 27 June, 2017 Training Cloud Telecommunication
Egypt Government and private sector team up to support startups in Egypt In recent years, the Egyptian government has taken on a new, more proactive role by partnering with the private sector to boost... Priya Vithani • 21 June, 2017 Egypt Government