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Cairo’s Startups without Borders brings 200 refugee entrepreneurs to learn, share, and give back

Late March, Startups without Borders, a newly-established project that supports refugees in Egypt, gathered around 200 women...

Greek Campus cairo Startups Without Borders

Egypt

Blockchain-focused incubator to launch in Egypt this April

NU TechSpace is the first tech-focused incubator specialized in cognitive technologies in Egypt. It will be officially launching on April...

NU TechSpace Nile University Blockchain incubator

Egypt

Egyptian e-learning platform raises over $800,000 from UK and US angel investors

Knowledge Officer, an e-learning platform, raised £600,000 (US$ 833,500) from UK and US angel investors Ian Hurlock from Fox and...

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Egypt

Region’s first science park to open in Egypt this May

The British University in Egypt, in cooperation with TusPark Holdings, China’s largest science park, will be launching the Science...

SIP British University in Egypt TusPark Holdings

Egypt

Cairo Angels and EG Bank launch MINT Incubator

Cairo Angels, Egypt’s first formal network of angel investors, announced the launch of MINT Incubator, an intensive, highly...

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Egypt

Egypt’s fintech startups are growing in number, value, and specialization

“The wave of innovation sweeping through the world of financial technology promises nothing short of revolution … It will...

Egypt Fintech startups

Egypt

RiseUp reveals ecosystem maturity and readiness for larger capital

Last weekend’s RiseUp Summit in Cairo was ‘massive’. The old campus at The American University of Cairo hosted local and...

RiseUp 2017 RiseUp Summit Mentorship

Egypt

Announcing Launch of Udacity Connect and AUC Campus #RiseUp2017

Udacity is proud to partner with the American University in Cairo to launch Udacity Connect @ AUC Campus. This partnership is...

Udacity RiseUp 2017

Egypt

Launching PepsiCo Snacks Innovation Challenge at #RiseUp2017

PepsiCo is committed to encouraging healthy lifestyle, improving the availability of affordable nutrition and enhancing sustainable...

RiseUp 2017 Pepsico

Egypt

Nahdet Misr launches investment fund dedicated for edtech

Nahdet Misr Group, a publishing firm serving the education ecosystem since 1938, announces at #RiseUp2017 launching an...

Nahdet Misr Publishing House RiseUp 2017

Egypt

Elves closes $2mil seed round

Elves App, Inc. the 'Human First Siri’ that's swept the region by storm this year, announced the successful close of its...

Elvesapp RiseUp 2017

Egypt

Launching the Legal Clinic at #RiseUp2017

Levari law firm was established in 2012 specialising in corporate, commercial, banking and finance. Today Levari boosts a team of...

Levari RiseUp 2017

Egypt

FunRock officially launches Etihad Al Abtal, first mobile strategy game made for MENA

During the RiseUp Summit, FunRock, a Swedish-based mobile strategy games development company, has officially announced the global release...

RiseUp 2017 FunRock

Egypt

MAGNiTT research reveals that the top 200 funded startups across MENA together raised over $2.1BN

During RiseUp Summit, the region’s leading event bringing MENA region entrepreneurs together at the heart of downtown Cairo,...

RiseUp 2017 MAGNiTT

Egypt

RiseUp summit gathers the region’s HIPOs in Cairo

For the 4th year in a row RiseUp Summit is happening. Held on December 1, 2, 3 at the Greek Campus and AUC Tahrir Square Campus, this...

RiseUp Summit RiseUp 2017

Egypt

First edtech CVC launched in Egypt

Nahdet Misr Publishing Group launched EdVentures, Egypt’s first Corporate Venture Capital specializing in edtech. EdVentures...

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Egypt

RiseUp Summit 2017

RiseUp Summit is one of the largest entrepreneurship and innovation events in MENA, and it will be taking place on December 1-3 in...

Egypt startup RiseUp

Egypt

Egyptian home services platform Filkhedma closed second investment round

Filkhedma, an Egyptian home services marketplace, has just closed its second investment round led by Algebra Ventures and Glint...

FilKhedma Algebra Ventures Glint

Egypt

11 Egyptian startups to participate in Innoventures Egypt's third Startup Reactor stage

Innoventures, an innovation platform launched in 2011 to bring Egyptian ideas to market, announced the top 11 startups chosen to...

Innoventures Startup Reactor

Egypt

Techne Summit Alexandria Competitions

Technology startups now have the opportunity to showcase in Techne Summit 2017 on Sep 30- Oct 1. The summit will allow...

Egypt Techne Summit alexandria

Egypt

Techne Summit Alexandria

Techne Summit is a two-day international technology event that acts as a platform including the main global players in the technology...

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Egypt

This Egyptian startup plans on regulating private tutoring

In the Arab world, including Egypt, many students at both public and private schools pay teachers extras for after-class private...

Egypt Tyro EdTech

Egypt

Seedstars Alexandria

Seedstars World is on a mission to identify the best seed-stage entrepreneurs and provide them with an opportunity to win up to USD 1...

Egypt alexandria seedstars

Egypt

Mobile billing consolidated in Egypt following TPay’s acquisition of DCBEgypt

There are over 95 million SIM cards registered with Egypt’s three mobile networks: Etisalat Misr, Orange (Mobinil previously), and...

Egypt TPay DCBEgypt

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