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The challenges of launching a startup in Doha

Entrepreneurs are hard to come by in Qatar; small and medium-size enterprises make up only 15% of the economy and only about 2% of Qataris...

Consulting Training Ecosystem

YouTube and CairoDar Launch education portal for Egyptian high school students

Students studying for tawjihi in Egypt now have a new online resource: YouTube and CairoDar's new education portal, which will provide...

Students EdTech Education

Why every child in the Middle East should be taught to code

Coauthored by Carine Abi Akar and Nafez Dakkak. Ever since the successful launch of Facebook in 2004, and perhaps as early as the first...

Coding EdTech Education

10 ways to be a lifelong learner and make it count at your job

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write; but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn,” said wri...

E-Learning Tips Mentorship

Dubai startups bond at Astrolabs' first Scaling Online Startups workshop

New platform Astrolabs isn’t just another mentorship network. Sprung from the minds of ex-Namshi founders Louis Lebbos and Muhammed Mekki, ...

Dubai Astrolabs Namshi

Entertaining and educating Palestine's children: Anoud Games

After the First Intifada in Palestine, there weren't that many educational games for kids in Arabic. At least that's Palestinian...

Education Gaming

Egypt's Eduudle makes it easier to find the right Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

Bassem Fayek is a man on a mission to "make MOOCs more popular.” A former consultant in the process of getting his MBA, Fayek launched E...

MOOC Education

Why the Arab world needs an education system that creates entrepreneurs [Report]

By 2020, between 80 and 100 million jobs need to be created in the Middle East and North Africa just to maintain current unemployment...

Social Entrepreneurship Education Social Change

What are MOOCs, and how can you benefit from them?

One of the hallmarks of an established education system is its glacial pace of change. For all of the recent advances in technology, we...

MOOC Education

Lebanese Government and Intel overhaul education by putting tablets in the hands of students

Intel and the Lebanese Ministries of Telecom and Education are hoping to make students' backpacks lighter this year, by offering them new...

Public-Private Partnerships Government Education

Developing Low Cost, High Quality Education in Egypt

Every year, Egyptian parents face the dilemma of choosing a school to enroll their children in, often debating between a range of...

Egypt Education

AUC Venture Lab Challenge Deadline - Cairo, Egypt

The Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program (EIP) at the American University of Cairo School of Business, in cooperation with Intel, has...

Incubator Egypt Education

STC Announces First Investment in Saudi-Based Education Platform Acadox

STC Ventures, the venture capital arm of Saudi Telecom Company (STC), has announced investment in Acadox, a Saudi Arabia-based...

STC Ventures E-Learning Investment

Should You Get an MBA or Start a Business?

A few years ago, I completed my MBA at HKUST in Hong Kong, which is currently ranked 8th worldwide by the Financial Times. I’m now running ...

MBA Advice Education

Born of the Revolution, Culture Corner Challenges Egypt's Intellect

The day after the Egyptian revolution, six youths decided to start rebuilding the country their way, by creating a Culture Corner. The idea...

Social Change Education Social Entrepreneurship

Meet the First Arabic Music Teaching Platform

Correction: We received an update that I3zif may not be launching an e-store. After struggling to learn how to play the guitar in Jordan,...

Education E-commerce

Could France's Innovative New Coding School Be Replicated in the Arab World?

“I’ve been working in the Internet industry for 20 years. And for 20 years, I've been facing the same issue: How can I recruit good talent ...

EdTech Technology Education

Palestinian Platform Helps Arab Students Find International Scholarships

Improving education is the goal of every government in the Arab world today. Yet rather than wait for governments and political situations...

Education

Wamda Launches EdTech Mapping Project - Register Here

Education in the Middle East and North Africa is in crisis. Employers lament low skilled job seekers, unemployment is at an all time high,...

Mapping EdTech Education

EduKitten Helps Expats Teach their Children Arabic

Capitalizing on the increasing use of mobile phones and tablets among kids, Egyptian startup EduKitten was created by a...

Education

Tahrir Academy Looks to Revolutionize Education in Egypt

Capitalizing on the momentum for social change in post-revolution Egypt, one new online initiative has launched a “revolution against the t...

Education Animation

Microsoft Announces Initiative to Empower African Tech Ecosystem

This week, Microsoft announced a new initiative to support development and global competitiveness in Africa.The Microsoft 4Afrika...

Advice Education Mobile

A Review of the Economic Factors that Led to the Arab Spring [Report]

The International Labour Organization, along with UNDP, has released a new report detailing the economic conditions that led up to the Arab...

Ecosystem Education Government

How the Middle East Can Reclaim its Creative Work Culture

“8-5 shifts”, “lunch breaks”, “weekends”, and “vacations” are part of the not-so-wonderful jargon we have inherited from the Industrial Revo...

Advice Ecosystem Education

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