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PieRide offers Egypt's commuters an Uber for carpooling

Traffic jams in Cairo, while infuriating, remain a source of inspiration to many entrepreneurs looking for new solutions to this daily...

Transport Transportation Egypt

Geeq Shop, the successful Egyptian all-in-one printing e-store, eyes regional expansion

Every entrepreneur wants to wear a t-shirt with her company’s logo, and leave messages on personalized sticky notes, right? But especially ...

Egypt Design E-commerce

El Mashrou3, Egypt's first competitive reality show for entrepreneurs

It seems that entrepreneurship has not only impacted the Middle East economically, but in pop culture as well. Egypt recently celebrated...

Egypt

Yes, we can (code)! Girls in Tech wants to build a girls tech community in Egypt

Many don’t believe that women can be as successful as men in fields related to math and science. Coding and computer programming have p...

Egypt Women

The Middle East's most-searched terms of 2013, from Google Zeitgeist

Never has watching an organization pat itself on the back been more fun than Google Zeitgeist. The search engine that has become a part of...

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Can AskNative save Egypt's tourism industry?

AskNative, a tourism service that works like a social network, is up against serious odds in Egypt, where both tourism and e-commerce are...

AskNative Tourism Egypt

10 amazing holiday gifts from innovators in the Middle East

Whatever your religious beliefs, we all worship at the altar of buying new things, especially at this time of year. We compiled a list of...

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ElSherka.com moves business management to the cloud

Rarely do entrepreneurs have all of the necessary skills to run all aspects of their own startups; often they excel in some...

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Personal skills are the focus of Mowgli's new entrepreneur mentorship program

Entrepreneurs are often advised to choose their partners carefully, as they may end up spending even more time with them than they do with...

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Egyptian daily deals site Waffarha confident amidst uncertainty

The recent shutdown of Dare’n’Deal, Egypt’s most popular website for daily deals and group buying, sparked much curiosity about whether the...

E-commerce Daily Deals Egypt

How an Egyptian traffic app partnered with the Kuwaiti government [Wamda TV]

If you ask a random big city resident about their city’s main problem, it’s very likely that their response will be the traffic. With more a...

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Digital music app Zambaleeta launches in Egypt, offering access via prepaid cards

New music app Zambaleeta intends to corner the mobile music market in an old-fashioned way: by taking the fight offline. As...

prepaid smartphone Egypt

Can Airbnb clone Agaztak boost tourism in Egypt?

Not every entrepreneur is comfortable admitting that his startup is a local clone of an internationally successful business idea. But...

Egypt Travel

Startup news ticker: eTobb out of beta; Feeditch launches English version

Welcome to Wamda's weekly startup news ticker, which will offer quick announcements and stories relevant to the region. If you have a quick...

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Egyptian startup Integreight looks to crowdfund its award-winning Arduino shield

In today’s unstable economic and political climate, in which Egyptian entrepreneurs struggle to achieve success, the founders of the ...

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Startup looks to ease traffic in Cairo

Cairo's traffic has long been one of the city's most intractable problems. Many Egyptian entrepreneurs have tried to address the issue...

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Egypt's most famous female carpenter is breaking the mold to build a global brand

"I love the texture of wood, and the random patterns within the grain," says Maha Shoukry, a half-Egyptian, half-Italian entrepreneur who...

Artist Entrepreneurs Creativity Egypt

New accelerator Juice Labs will offer in-depth, software-focused mentorship to Cairo's startups

Hanan Solayman contributed reporting to this article. Nearly everything Tarek Nasr has been involved in since January 25, 2011 has...

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12 tips for young entrepreneurs from an Egyptian startup founder

Amira Azzouz is the founder and editor-in-chief of Fustany.com, a fashion portal for the Middle East in both Arabic and English, which...

fustany amira azzouz Egypt

New Egyptian conference will support science R&D; applications open Saturday

Linking universities to local industry is becoming increasingly important for transforming scientific research into projects that can...

Research R&D Egypt

AUC launches its first spinoff startup, healthcare tech pioneer D-Kimia

Even though there is a law in Egypt that allows universities to build companies and invest in projects, many important academic inventions...

Egypt

Yellow Pages Egypt opens avenue for low-cost, high-quality marketing videos

Many television commercials and videos produced by startups are of low quality due to new entrepreneurs’ often-limited funds, o...

Egypt Digital Marketing

Interact Egypt offers affordable social media marketing courses for entrepreneurs

Egyptian entrepreneurs can finally attend professional training courses on key topics related to the marketing of their own startups at...

Egypt Workshops Digital Media

Egyptians discuss technology and social development at Social Good Summit

CAIRO, Egypt The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) hosted last week the Social Good Summit: a discussion about new media and...

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