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Exclusive: Uber Egypt arrives today

Uber, the app that connects smartphone-weilding passengers with freelance drivers, has arrived in Egypt. The local operations will...

Egypt

YouTube, the ultimate tool for Arab startups?

Despite being around for more than a decade now, the video sharing network YouTube seems to have become a popular model for startups...

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Egypt

Startups are filling gaps left by Egypt's banking behemoths

Mohamed Sameh Fouad, MENA and Pakistan sales director of banking SunGard Financial Systems, Abeer Khadr, National Bank of...

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Egypt

Disrupt!/Graphics!/ Competition in Egypt, Deadline November 22

Hivos, in collaboration with Innoventures, is organizing a competition for Egyptian startups in the creative industry, entitled...

disrupt Egypt

Egypt

Cairo Innovates: Cairo International Exhibition of Innovation

The Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (ASRT) is organizing in cooperation with Nahdet El Mahrousa the 1st Cairo...

Egypt Technology

Egypt

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst: how to close down a business in Egypt

During the excitement of setting up a company, usually the last thing on an entrepreneur's mind is shutting it down. But for many...

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Egypt

Banking Technology Summit, Egypt

IQPC Middle East, in partnership with National Bank of Egypt Al-Ahli, is organizing the 3rd Annual Banking Technology Summit Egypt taking...

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Egypt

Upper Egypt Media Mandara Forum

Mandara Media Foundation, in partnership with the Euro-Mediterranean Academy for Young Journalists and the support of the Swedish...

Citizen Journalism Egypt

Egypt

Flat6Labs to launch an investment fund for startups

Three years is probably enough for an accelerator to get to know the ins and the outs of a regional ecosystem, and conclude which services...

cairo Investment

Egypt

Egypt's ecommerce potential drives startups to push past challenges

Startups Yaoota and Kickin both launched in June with a goal of exploiting the massive potential of Egyptian ecommerce, but both...

yaoota kickin Egypt

Egypt

Saving the world, one game at a time

Last month, at a two-day workshop organized by the United Nations Development Program, lucky Cairo youngsters got a look at how to...

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Egypt

Rise Up Cairo empowers Egyptians while looking abroad

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

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Egypt

Egyptian law firm helping entrepreneurs find their legal footing

The legal procedures necessary for establishing a startup are considered the first and most important steps entrepreneurs have to...

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Egypt

Egypt's wearables developers hopeful in the face of hardship

The global wearable technology sector is already a multi-billion dollar industry. Yet Egypt is lagging behind in the race to create an...

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Egypt

Egyptian function beats Chinese fashion in scanner app battle

Abdelhalim presenting Smart Document Scanner at CES in Las Vegas. It’s plain old function over fashion, but that’s why...

softxpert smart document scanner scanner

Egypt

Cairo's streets get a makeover, beginning with sponsored kiosks

While the Egyptian government might be spending the most effort (and EGP) to beautify the streets of Cairo, private entities are also...

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Egypt

Offline P2P messenger hacks Apple technology to win Startup Weekend Cairo

Startup Weekend novices Voiceless have won the latest competition in Cairo with a potentially game-changing app, based on peer-to-peer...

p2p Egypt Startup Weekend

Egypt

RiseUp Summit Egypt

In less than a month from now, Cairo will host the "the MENA's most significant event", Rise Up Egypt, which will be held on October 12th,...

Egypt

Will Sharquity succeed in reproducing the Eureeca model in Egypt?

According to many entrepreneurs, the main problem currently facing business development is funding. As a solution, many...

Sharquity eureeca Egypt

Egypt

Will this be the year of Egypt's $100M deal?

Confidence is rising amongst Egypt’s early-stage investors as both venture capitalists and angel investors begin to leverage the...

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Egypt

Can this app streamline medical care in the MENA?

When ill or recovering from an illness or operation, a patient often finds themselves tied to the hospital where they have received their...

Egypt Health nabda care

Egypt

Bus Pooling enters the race to ease Cairo traffic

Cairo and traffic. Whenever you hear the mention of Egypt’s capital you will likely hear some complaint about its traffic...

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Egypt

Egypt's energy crisis forces increased interest in clean tech

A year ago, Karim Mostafa, CEO of solar energy solutions provider Gaia, was struggling to get anyone to listen to his...

solar green tech Egypt

Egypt

Egyptian job search site Cantalop uses algorithm to fight unemployment

Unemployment is one of the biggest crises currently facing both the government and the public in Egypt, especially...

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