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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

Egypt

Egyptian coworking space aims to teach Arabic-speaking developers how to protect their online data

A coworking space for Egypt’s online security professionals is set to launch in August, and is aiming to make the Arabic-speaking d...

Egypt

NASA hackathon sheds light on Egypt’s growing interest in outer space

The growth of scientific minds in Egypt. (Images via Nasa Space Apps Cairo) With so many problems on the ground, why would we want to...

PSC-BA CubeSat Space Apps Challenge NASA

Egypt

After taking Jeeran to Egypt, cofounder discusses failure and success

Jeeran's Egypt team at their launch party. (Image via Jeeran Blog) Jeeran, the MENA based review platform, expanded its network to Egypt...

Jeeran Romouz Sadeq Omar Koudsi

Egypt

Sun shines on Egypt's solar startups

Sarah Mousa eyed the small boys, vigorously hacking at each other with sticks in the narrow backstreet of Cairo’s Al Darb Al Ahmar...

MEMakers Roundup solar energy

Egypt

More options for Cairo startups as coworking spaces multiply

Two years ago the number of coworking spaces in Cairo could be counted on one hand, but as their numbers have multiplied they’re now b...

Egypt

2 Egyptian startups heading to Germany’s Pirate Summit

Winners of the event, Germany bound. Two Egyptian startups are heading off to Germany. Crowd Analyzer, a platform analyzing social...

Coterique Crowd Analyzer Greek Campus

Egypt

Panel of high-profile guests at Your Middle East startup in Cairo

The Your Middle East startup event will take place on April 28, 2015, in Cairo, Egypt, at the Zamalek Library. Attendance is free, but...

your middle east startups

Egypt

WE’Resilient, a competition for women solving urban risks of the MENA

WE’Resilient is a startup competition organized by the World Bank in partnership with IE Business group. The competition encourages the c...

WE'Resilient IE Business Group world bank

Egypt

The Egyptian ElRe7la camp opens its doors to entrepreneurs

ElRe7la is a community driven organization that brings together entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs by offering an out-of-office experience in...

El Mashrou3 AlMaqarr Coworking Space ElRe7la

Egypt

Egypt’s North African Summit discusses regional media challenges

The North African Media Summit will be held from June 8 to 10, 2015, at the Movenpick Hotel, Cairo, Egypt. A panel of speakers will be...

North African Media Summit

Egypt

Jumia Egypt has two new CEOs, here's what one has to say

Egypt is a major market for Jumia, Rocket Internet’s market place in Africa and they’re betting big on it. In December, they hired not jus...

Q&A Jumia

Egypt

Egypreneur Forum: The Pioneers

Started in 2008, Egypreneur is a network of Egyptian entrepreneurs that empowers startups to start and grow their business. Acting as a...

Egypt

Fadi Ghandour: entrepreneurship is a tool for social inclusion

Middle East governments and private sectors must both take action to increase social inclusion in the region if they want to build...

aramex Fadi Ghandour

Egypt

Egypt’s entrepreneurial youth and the battle for credibility

Entrepreneurial activities are not just the prerogative of those over 21 in hoodies. We’ve spoken before on Wamda about the ‘age’ question w...

Rocking Solutions Arabiaweb Awraq

Egypt

Egyptian news startup aims to change the media landscape

Students from Deshna, Egypt, pull sugarcane from tractors on Egypt’s Aswan Agriculture Road, which usually puts students’ lives in danger (...

Egypt

Mini Maker Faire Cairo

Maker Faire is a global showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement. It’s a place where ...

cairo Maker space

Egypt

'Shut up and build something': reflections and how tos from Startup AddVenture Cairo

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...

Startup addventure Mix N'Mentor Cairo rise up summit

Egypt

AUC Venture Lab Demo Day in Cairo

The AUC Venture Lab, AUC’s startup incubator based at AUC New Cairo, announced the details of its “Demo Day” to be organized on Thursday, M...

AUC V-Lab cairo

Egypt

Experts and entrepreneurs tackle ecosystem's needs at Mix N' Mentor Cairo

Cairo’s Mohamed Mahmoud Street seemed like many other streets in Egypt’s bustling capital Saturday morning. It was cold and...

Mix N'Mentor Cairo fundraising Pitch

Egypt

Solar energy to light up Egypt's poorest villages

No longer just the remit of entrepreneurs, social issues affecting a nation have also been taken up by corporations, and PepsiCo Egypt has...

liter of light Pepsico Egypt

Egypt

Leaving multinationals behind: how Creative Lab Group's Randa Abdou forged her own path

If you live in Egypt, you’re probably familiar with the Rotato potato chips brand and its growth in popularity over the years. Despite its ...

Pepsico women entrepreneurs Egypt

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