Egypt Solar energy to light up Egypt's poorest villages No longer just the remit of entrepreneurs, social issues affecting a nation have also been taken up by corporations, and PepsiCo Egypt has... Eman Mostafa • 22 February, 2015 liter of light Pepsico Egypt
Egypt Egyptian entrepreneurs push forward long-awaited e-government measures The Mugamma, Egypt's central bureaucracy building, stands sentinel over Tahrir Square and is a monument to a government legacy of... Rachel Williamson • 23 January, 2015 egovernment fawry hope
Egypt Egypt's Bey2ollak app adds bomb alert hashtag Egyptian traffic app Bey2ollak has created a bomb scare hashtag to better inform Egyptians of urban threats after a spate of bombings... Rachel Williamson • 05 February, 2015 alert bomb bey2ollak
Regional 4 tips for budget-conscious startups The successful management of a budget can give a startup a big push forward and help it achieve unexpected results, however, finance and... Mohamed Kamal • 04 March, 2015 Dollars Budgets Egypt
Egypt New crowdfunding platform takes aim at Egypt's entrepreneurs Egypt’s latest crowdfunding platform Tennra for entrepreneurs launched this week with a proposition to make giving away money... Rachel Williamson • 02 February, 2015 Tennra zoomal Egypt
Global Women for Success - Global Partnership for Women SME's Conference The “Business Women of Egypt 21” association announced the "Women for Success - Global Partnership for Women SME's" conference, which will ... Wamda • 04 February, 2015 Egypt Women
Egypt Proposed Egypt technology park facing bureaucratic delays Big plans to create a technology and entrepreneurial hub in the southern Cairo suburb of Maadi could be stalling, for which some are... Rachel Williamson • 28 January, 2015 maadi technology park Hardware Egypt
Egypt The pros and cons of being a foreign founder in Egypt UK citizen and former financial analyst Emily Renny is a cofounder of the gamified crowdfunding platform Tennra, and has lived in... Rachel Williamson • 14 January, 2015 Tennra law uk
Egypt Palestinian startup seeks to bridge Egypt’s digital divide Jacob Korenblum, CEO of Palestinian startup Souktel, says there is a a huge potential in Egypt for audio mobile services and low-data... Rachel Williamson • 22 January, 2015 Bayt Iqraaly Zambaleeta
Egypt AUC Venture Lab Challenge Cycle 4, Deadline January 25 The Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program (EIP) at the American University of Cairo School of Business has announced that the... Wamda • 23 January, 2015 AUC V-Lab Egypt
Egypt First stop for Mix N’ Mentor 2015: Cairo “There is progress… not at a Silicon Valley pace but you can see clear milestones,” Ideavelopers Managing Partner Tarek Assaad told Wamda i... Wamda • 21 January, 2015 wamda mix n mentor cairo Mix N'Mentor Cairo wamda mix n mentor
U.A.E UAE's price comparison website Pricena steps into Saudi Arabia [Update: Two years after its launch in 2013, Middle East-focused shopping comparison site Pricena.com has generated 1 million leads to its... Reine Farhat • 19 January, 2015 internet prices Pricena Saudi Arabia
Egypt InnovEgypt program: 4th round The Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC) announced the opening of round four of the InnovEgypt program that will be... Wamda • 15 January, 2015 Egypt Innovation
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
Egypt Egypt is in urgent need of smaller business All big businesses were once small. Super billionaire Bill Gates was once a young guy in a garage. His giant, Microsoft, didn’t become a g... Iris Boutros • 08 December, 2014 smes event Egypt
Egypt 'Egypt is back' thanks to ICT, says minister Egypt's slow broadband speeds and rickety IT infrastructure are major issues throttling growth in the internet-based 'startup... Rachel Williamson • 07 December, 2014 ict Egypt Government
Regional Experiential Learning Summit in Egypt, Deadline January 3rd The Global Business School Network (GBSN), in collaboration with the American University in Cairo School of Business and Tuck School of... Wamda • 09 December, 2014 Egypt
Egypt Egypt's agritech entrepreneurs bring the farm to the boardroom For eight millennia the thin strip of land along the Nile, and the green fan of the Delta, supported Egypt's growing... Rachel Williamson • 30 November, 2014 agritech farming Egypt
Egypt GEW in Cairo seeks to connect scientists with investors and mentors At a time when Egypt is in dire need of support for its innovation and technology sector, a necessary part of the economy’s revival, Global ... Eman Mostafa • 06 December, 2014 cairo Egypt Innovation
Egypt Startups are filling gaps left by Egypt's banking behemoths Mohamed Sameh Fouad, MENA and Pakistan sales director of banking SunGard Financial Systems, Abeer Khadr, National Bank of... Rachel Williamson • 16 November, 2014 mobile finance bank tech finance
Egypt Disrupt!/Graphics!/ Competition in Egypt, Deadline November 22 Hivos, in collaboration with Innoventures, is organizing a competition for Egyptian startups in the creative industry, entitled... Wamda • 14 November, 2014 disrupt Egypt
Egypt Hope for the best, prepare for the worst: how to close down a business in Egypt During the excitement of setting up a company, usually the last thing on an entrepreneur's mind is shutting it down. But for many... Rachel Williamson • 12 November, 2014 levari law Levari law
Egypt Cairo Innovates: Cairo International Exhibition of Innovation The Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (ASRT) is organizing in cooperation with Nahdet El Mahrousa the 1st Cairo... Wamda • 12 November, 2014 Egypt Technology
Egypt Egypt's ecommerce potential drives startups to push past challenges Startups Yaoota and Kickin both launched in June with a goal of exploiting the massive potential of Egyptian ecommerce, but both... Rachel Williamson • 29 October, 2014 yaoota kickin Egypt
