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Egypt's growing interest in Africa

Toward the end of last year, billboards adorned Egypt’s capital city of Cairo with adverts for Africa-focused conferences and...

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Egypt

Trella raises more than $600,000 in pre-seed investment

Source: Menabytes Cairo-based trucking marketplace Trella has raised over $600,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Algebra Ventures...

pre-Seed trucking Shipping

Egypt

E-commerce venture Noon expands operations to Egypt

Source: Arabian Business Noon, the e-commerce venture operating in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday announced its expansion into...

E-commerce Expansion

Egypt

Uber agrees to pay VAT in Egypt

Source: Reuters Uber has agreed to pay value-added tax on its services in Egypt, Egyptian officials said on Monday, a move that may help...

Uber Egypt VAT

Egypt

GoodsMart secures funding from Algebra Ventures in pre-Series B

Egypt-based e-grocery company GoodsMart announced that it has secured funding in a pre-Series B round from Algebra Ventures. This...

Funding Pre-Series B E-commerce

Egypt

MINT Incubator

MINT Incubator is an EG Bank programme that is managed by Cairo Angels, offering mentorship, workshops, operational perks as well as a...

Incubator Fintech

Egypt

In conversation with Mounir Nakhla of Egypt's Halan

Beyond Cairo’s colonial boulevards, the streets in the outskirts of the city tend to be too narrow for cars to pass through. These...

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Egypt

Cairo: the world's test-bed for transportation

Last week, Dubai-based ride-hailing app Careem launched an on-demand tuk tuk service in Cairo without any fanfare. The move marked the...

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Egypt

The Egyptian startups tackling wastage

Environmental pollution in Egypt is undeniably a complicated problem. Waste disposal is inadequate and pollution is a significant...

Recycling Climate change Environment

Egypt

Egyptian pet-care startup VetCode raises 450,000 in seed funding

Source: Startup Scene Egypt's pet-care startup, VetCode, raises seed funding at $450,000 pre-money valuation from Pmaestro on...

#investment #Egypt

Egypt

In conversation with Abdallah Hussein of Fyonka

Egypt’s first all-female ride hailing service will officially launch soon to provide a safe method of transportation and employment...

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Egypt

Egypt’s Commercial International Bank launches CVentures

Source: MENAbytes Commercial International Bank, the biggest private bank of Egypt, that is commonly known as CIB, has announced the...

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Egypt

Wasla raises $180,000 pre-seed

Source: Menabytes Cairo-based Wasla has raised $180,000 in pre-seed funding from a group of angel investors led by a Cairo-based...

#mobile #tech #wasla

Egypt

Egypt is fast becoming a hub for entrepreneurship

As the RiseUp Summit drew to a close in a packed Greek Campus, Egypt's interest in entrepreneurship was evident. The country is fast...

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Egypt

From Transport to Fintech: RiseUp Concludes its Sixth Edition

The sixth edition of the RiseUp Summit in Cairo closed with several announcements, engaging discussions and the inevitable bustle of the...

#entrepreneurship #RiseUp #AimHigh

Egypt

Competition heats up for Cairo's ride-hailing apps

The first announcement at this year’s RiseUp Summit in Cairo came from Halan, a motorcycle and tuk-tuk-hailing app. Following on from...

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Egypt

Saudi’s Vision Ventures invests in Cairo-based bus booking startup Buseet

Source: MENAbytes Khobar-based Vision Ventures has invested in Egyptian bus booking startup, the firm announced today, without...

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Egypt

RiseUp Summit 2018

RiseUp Summit is a three-day, one-stop-shop, entrepreneurship marathon. Thought leaders, media mavens, tech-legends and power player...

Egypt

Careem launches bus service in Cairo

Careem has launched a new service, Careem Bus, with an initial launch in Cairo in a separate application from its ride-hailing...

careem travel tech ride hailing

Egypt

Egypt’s Halan raises multi-million Series A

Source: MENAbytes Cairo-based Halan has raised a multi-million Series A round from international investor Battery Road Digital Holdings...

Series A Investment

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...

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