Wamda

Egypt

Egyptian businessmen launch $42 million NextEra to transform educational landscape

A coalition between EYouth and a list of Egyptian businessmen, including Mohamed Farouk, Ahmed Tarek, Mustafa Abd Ellatif and Mokhtar...

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Regional

The case for universities as a pathway to entrepreneurship

Professor Fiona Robson is the head of School of Social Sciences and Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University...

Education

Egypt

Edtech OTO receives $400,000 investment from EdVentures

Egypt-based edtech OTO has raised $400,000 in cash and in-kind services from corporate VC firm EdVentures to enhance distance...

OTO Education EdTech

Regional

The need for edtech in higher education

Brendan Vyner, is the director of marketing and student recruitment at the University of Wollongong in Dubai. Covid-19 has...

Education EdTech

Regional

Navigating a post-pandemic edtech market

The inescapable need for online learning last year provided a boom for the education technology (edtech) sector that many expect to be...

Education EdTech

Global

Is a university education crucial for founders?

Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg stand out as remarkably successful entrepreneurs who all dropped out of university. To them,...

Education

Regional

The audiobook opportunity in education

UAE-based audiobook platform Kitab Sawti was recently acquired by Storytel. In this exclusive piece for Wamda, Kitab Sawti's founder...

Kitab Sawti Audiobooks Education

Global

Edtech and its roadmap to new realities

Wamda hosted an online panel discussion in collaboration with Columbia Global Centers Amman, to address the future of education in the...

Education EdTech coronavirus

Regional

Beyond Incubation: Universities as agents of startup development

In the 1990s, professors Henry Etzkowitz and Loet Leydesdorff, put forward the idea of the Triple Helix framework, which highlighted...

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Kuwait

Baims secures first edtech funding in Kuwait

Kuwait-based Baims has secured a seed round funding, the first education technology (edtech) investment in Kuwait. The round was led by...

EdTech Education

Global

Edtech startups: From perk to necessity

Schools and universities were among the first institutions that shuttered their doors around the world in the face of the Coronavirus...

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Jordan

Abwaab raises $2.4 million pre-seed

Jordan-based education technology (edtech) startup Abwaab has closed a $2.4 million pre-seed funding round, led by Adam Tech Ventures and...

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Saudi Arabia

Wamda invests in Arabic teacher training platform Aanaab

Wamda has invested in Jeddah-based Aanaab, an education technology (edtech) platform that has raised $1.5 million in its seed round. The...

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U.A.E

The UAE is the perfect launchpad for edtech solutions

Katia Al-Kaisi is the founder and chief executive officer of Education House Finland which focuses on introducing Finnish education...

Education EdTech

U.A.E

QiDZ raises $1 million in seed round

Source: Gulf News QiDZ, a one-stop destination for kids-related fun, education and entertainment in the UAE, announced earlier today...

Education kids Entertainment

U.A.E

Coded Minds acquires US-based EdgeMakers

Source: Gulf Business Dubai-based education company, Coded Minds, acquired EdgeMakers STEM Learning Lab, a global education company, it...

Education STEM Acqusition

Regional

The Middle East’s snail-pace to the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Suzan Elsayed is a Google Policy Fellow at Wamda and an independent researcher focusing on the Fourth Industrial Revolution and future of...

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Regional

Can the digital era bridge the gender divide?

With International Women’s day approaching on 8 March, it is perhaps a timely reminder of the stark gender divide across the Middle...

Education STEM gender issues

Regional

Is your education limiting your career options?

Hisham Elaraby Regional Director at Udacity Mena There is an enormous gap between the size of the opportunity and the...

Education Learning upskill

Jordan

Little Thinking Minds raises $1.26 million in Series A

Jordan-based Little Thinking Minds has raised $1.26 million in a Series A round led by Egypt’s Algebra Ventures with participation...

EdTech Education Series A

Regional

Today’s edtech for tomorrow’s innovators

Educational technology (edtech) is filling a gap where traditional models have become obsolete. As innovation becomes a key pillar in...

Education EdTech

Iraq

New startup academy launches in Erbil

Re:Coded is a new tech entrepreneurship academy which launched in Erbil. Running throughout September 2018, the Academy will focus on...

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Global

Today’s toys, tomorrow’s school books

The hundreds of toys kids used to receive on their special occasions (many of which remain unused) might get replaced one day with...

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Global

The rise of the Arab MOOCs. Will education in the Arab world ever be the same?

In the past 10 years alone, tech invaded classrooms and played a crucial role in disrupting the way knowledge is consumed worldwide....

EdTech MOOC AI

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