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Wamda’s best stories of 2016

2016 was the year of trying new things and testing some ideas on you, our readers. We brought in a weekly series we called Startup...

Egypt

The Egyptian cleantech ecosystem is a few years behind its cousin, pure tech, but the sector is beginning to show signs of consolidation....

Egypt

There are a handful of giant tech events in MENA every year and they’re often packed with people you want to meet (and some you...

Egypt

Two days after this article was published, on November 3 the Central Bank of Egypt has floated the pound, allowing it to move to 13...

Egypt

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

Regional

WePress founder Mohamed Parham Al Awadhi and his moustache. (Image via Eduard Cousin) “Nice moustache!” one of the visitors at the Rise Up ...

Regional

Ecommerce in MENA is a hot industry as it becomes ever easier to launch an online shop, and with speculation growing that it could be the...

Egypt

A closing keynote: how does entrepreneurship impact on the economy? Well, it depends who you ask. (Images via Rachel...

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Investment activity is slowly heating up in Egypt and as a result entrepreneurs, especially those looking to raise funding, need to start...

Egypt

Pharaoes scaling the walls of the GrEEK Campus Last weekend was a busy one for the GrEEK Campus, a tech hub located at the old...

Egypt

The second full day of this year’s Rise Up Summit just off Cairo’s Tahrir Square started slowly; participants trickled into...