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Egypt's who's who of fintech startups

Financial technology has been a slow burn in Egypt as banks swear they understand the need but decline to deliver on basic services such as...

Egypt Dopay PayMe

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Egypt ride hailing startup Ousta lands $1.25M bridge investment

Egyptian ride hailing startup Ousta has raised a $1.25 million investment, five months after its launch. The bridge round was funded by...

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Egyptian superhero startup wants to save comics

Koshk Comics has a plan to take over the world, but unlike the nefarious comic villains who normally wield that line they’re aiming...

Koshk Comics Egypt Lamis

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Egypt fintech startups prepare for lift off

In a country where only 14 percent of people have bank accounts, fintech startups servicing Egyptians’ unmet needs are playing on a...

Fintech Egypt Dopay

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The startups mapping Cairo's in between spaces

Informality is the rule in Cairo, be it the sprawling extra-legal settlements that form a moat around the city center, forgotten alleys...

Cluster Egypt CUIP

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App Lab kills cash at Egypt festivals

Festivals, be they music or other, are bedevilled by two problems: ticketing fraud and cash. Early last year the founders of a new music...

App Lab Sandbox Oshtoora

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1864 Accelerator Cairo FinTech 2016 Hackathon

Coders, designers, and entrepreneurs are invited to take part in the first hackathon organized by the 1864 Accelerator, aimed at...

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1864 Accelerator, open for applications

The 1864 Accelerator constitutes the first local financial technology focused (FinTech) startup accelerator program of its kind in...

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12 apps, six winners, and one big Egyptian competition

Competitions can sometimes stint on the cash, but not the one held on Wednesday in the lush environs of the downtown American...

Udacity Mobile App Launchpad Egypt

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Karmsolar gives solar power to the people

In Karmsolar’s office on the posh Cairene island of Zamalek the company’s mission statement, to become the most innovative...

KarmSolar solar energy Juhayna

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Cairo Sitters signs Kamelizer as angel investor

Cairo Sitters has announced an investment from Egyptian angel fund Kamelizer at the Berlin Tech Open Air Conference today. CEO Hossam...

Cairo Sitters Orcas Kamelizer

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Ramadan trends: what was the Middle East Googling this year?

Ramadan television series were the top Google searches in the Middle East during the holy month, but the trends show that Arabs are also...

Google Trends Ramadan Egypt

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12 coworking spaces for startups in Egypt [Wamda TV]

By 2012 the coworking space scene in Cairo and Alexandria was vibrant. Four years on, some have disappeared, some have expanded,...

302Labs AlMaqarr Coworking Space Business Yard

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Ramadan a flash point for Egypt food startups

Egyptians’ food spending over Ramadan hit an average of 35 billion Egyptian pounds (US$3.5 billion), or about 15 percent of their...

Agrimatic Akla Baity Yumamia

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Is Ousta Egypt's fastest growing startup ever? [Q&A]

[Update July 27: five months after launching Ousta is negotiating a $5.6 million investment round.] Ride hailing app...

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How the Arab Spring planted seeds of innovation in Egypt [Podcast]

This podcast is a crosspost with Knowledge@Wharton. The 2011 uprising in Egypt that saw the overthrow of longtime President Hosni...

philanthropy Ahead of the Curve Egypt

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Egypt's Smart Care secures $1.2M from major foreign donor

A major foreign donor has invested $1.2 million in Smart Care Medical Services, a digital healthcare management startup. The deal,...

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Egyptian selfie drone wins $26K Swiss investment

Egyptian drone startup Drofie has attracted the attention of the Swiss, securing a 25,000 Swiss francs (US$26,000) investment and a spell...

Fame monster Latvia Kickstart Accelerator

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Rubber a hot commodity for Egypt startup Retyres

Driving Cairo’s ring road or through one of its many poorer outskirts, one often encounters the distinct smell of burned rubber:...

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15 Egyptian fashion startups for your sartorial radar

Ecommerce is a driving force for economic growth in the Middle East. And with this growth of ecommerce has come a slew of ...

Maison Saedi ZAAM UpFuse

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Building a biogas empire in Upper Egypt

Mona El Khodairy receiving the Ecotaqa award at The Impact bootcamp in Dubai. (Images via Ecotaqa) In 2014 Mona El Khodairy, an...

Sustaincubator Eco Taqa Mona ElKhodairy

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Instabug and the ecosystem

Instabug has Egypt's tight-knit ecosystem to thank for much of its success. (Image via Instabug) This is an edited crosspost from Rise...

AgileBm Go Ejaza Accel Venture Partners

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Instabug raises $1.7M from US investors

Instabug's cofounder Omar Gabr (Image via Instabug) Instabug has raised a $1.7 million seed round after completing Y...

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Integreight launches IOT home automation kit

Integreight at the Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo, California: CTO Islam Mustafa, embedded software engineer Eslam...

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