Wamda

Egypt

Building Egypt’s biogas market

Startups offering biogas or waste treatment solutions are slowly gearing up in the Middle East, but only Taqa Solutions had a reality...

Taqa Solutions Biogas MEMakers

Egypt

Printing money: Spear Ink’s e-waste ambitions

E-waste is a mushrooming scourge of the technology revolution with up to 50 million tons of electronic rubbish generated annually -...

printer cartridge spear ink MEMakers

Egypt

Intel's INARA initiative to engage Egyptian youth

A group of attendees with Egypt’s former minister of communications and information technology, Atef Helmy. (Image via Intel) Amidst the f...

INARA Intel Innovation Hub edraak

Egypt

Egypt's ecommerce entrepreneurs break new ground

Egypt has an alarmingly high population density which is a major cause of social and economic problems. But if you look at an ecommerce map...

DealGamed Saboba edfa3ly

Egypt

Getting kids into science? Egyptian entrepreneur uses solar energy cars [Video]

Teaching science to children can be a very challenging job. Not only do you need their full attention, but lessons need to be fun in order...

DIY Solar panels solar energy

Egypt

Child-focused ventures tickle young intellect

While most entrepreneurial ventures focus on social issues, other ventures have dedicated their efforts to raising intellectually...

Danat Media Media Juniors Ihyaa Academy

Egypt

Meet the online tool helping Egyptians reduce their electricity consumption

Entrepreneurs often get inspiration from the crises their countries are going through, and Egypt is no exception. The country’s power o...

electricity consumption El Nour Geh

Egypt

How these Egyptians are building a digital community for pet lovers

Ideas and ventures often spring from a common problem that entrepreneurs and their communities face. This was true with Sarah Zohdi and...

dog lovers pet lovers The Dogs Network

Egypt

Egyptian financial services app takes steady path towards growth

Lack of funding is one of many obstacles that startups face. Many try to develop their goods and services as economically as possible...

mohamed hamada financial services

Egypt

CORD's robot fights teach old physics in a new way

My Reaper Robot vs. your Crazy Minion: who will win? It depends, says Mohammed ElRaffie, founder of educational science startup CORD, on...

robots cord

Egypt

Lost in the City? LocName wants to find you

Egyptian start-up 'LocName' did not emerge from Cairo’s bustling streets, but in the Spanish city of Barcelona. Two years ago, young E...

Locname Souq.com Jumia

Egypt

KarmSolar signs first on-grid solar deal

KarmSolar is stepping into Egypt’s challenging grid-connected electricity market after signing a 27-year deal with Egypt’s...

PV KarmSolar solar energy

Egypt

When being a game developer just isn’t enough

Kareem Abdullatif andHani El-Akel have a passion for gaming and in 2010 the Egyptian entrepreneurs decided to take a risk and found their...

Appsinnovate gaming industry Egypt

Egypt

Egyptian startup aims to offer entrepreneurs a change of pace

An innovative idea coupled with a business plan, a profit model, solid execution, all followed by a growth phase - these are the...

Egypt

Data-driven medicine in MENA: a startup’s long wait

In 2010, four men began preparing for what they thought would be the exciting, and imminent, future of genetic analysis in the Middle...

Mohamed Aboueldhoda Illumina Genomics

Egypt

Nahdet el Mahrousa, a focus on the supporter of social enterprises [Report]

Aramex has published a report, in collaboration with Wamda and the American University in Cairo (AUC), on Nahdet El Mahrousa (NM), an...

Yahoo! Maktoob Nahdet el Mahrousa american university of cairo

Egypt

Zee3 Mawhbtak: Egypt’s new way to scout talent

During the recording one of the first episodes of Zee3 Mawhbtak An Egyptian online talent show is plucking undiscovered entertainers from...

online media new media Citizen Journalism

Egypt

Nahdet El Mahrousa launches 8th round of incubation

Nahdet El Mahrousa (NM) is launching its 8th round of incubation for aspiring entrepreneurs entitled “Khaleeha Suessi”. This...

Arabian Cement Company Khaleeha Suessi Egypt

Egypt

Egypt’s Banana Kingdom to ripen in California

Egyptian social startup Banana Kingdom could be leaving its sleepy Nile-side home for a faster pace of life in Silicon Valley, after...

Tahrir Academy IrlenEgypt Banana Kingdom

Egypt

Meet the Egyptian startup working to green the Middle East's oil industry

Fifteen years ago fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, irrevocably changed the global oil and gas sector. Today, technology developed in the...

oil & gas Tanmia Petroleum Company Green Energy

Egypt

How this Egyptian startup is supercharging the worldwide Maker community

Meet Amr Saleh, the Egyptian entrepreneur who launched Integreight. The company designed and built a product called 1Sheeld which turns sm...

MEMakers Amr Saleh arduino

Egypt

Egyptian power cuts fuel an ecommerce solution

For the majority of Egypt’s 82 million residents, 2014 will no doubt go down in history as the year of the power cut. It didn’t matter whi...

Green Scene Egypt clean tech Green Energy

Egypt

AUC Ventures Lab Holds its Fourth Demo Day

The AUC Venture Lab, AUC’s startup incubator based at AUC New Cairo, will be holding its fourth Demo Day on Thurday June 4th, 2015 at AUC N...

Egypt

How nanotechnology can push Egypt through its energy crisis

Nanotechnology has been used in the oil and gas sector for decades, but in the last 15 years companies have been investing bigger sums...

EOR nanotechnology Future University Cairo

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