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Maghreb

What happens if someone steals your idea?

A month ago a story made the headlines in Algeria: in 2014 the well-known, deep-pocketed media entrepreneur Kamel Haddar allegedly stole...

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Egypt

Egypt startups try to halt education, tech skills slide

Tech education experts gather st the GrEEK Campus during the EduVation Summit. (Images via EduVation) Traditionally, countries have...

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Jordan

Jordan ed-tech startup secures deal with UNRWA

The EDaura team. Founder and CEO Nidal Khalifeh at far left, cofounder Muneer Saifi third from left, standing. (Image via Samuel...

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Saudi Arabia

Ed-tech to the rescue of Saudi Arabia's schools

Saudi Arabia’s education system has many problems. Despite the government allocating 25 percent of its $229 billion budget to education in ...

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Maghreb

How will technology change education in Algeria?

Crowded classrooms, teacher strikes - Algeria's education is not doing well. (Image via McIlwraith Education) Want a recipe for a perfect...

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Palestine

Palestinian FOA Academy joins the fleet of ed-tech startups

According to the Broadband Commission for Digital Development more than half of the world’s population will have access to the internet b...

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Egypt

Egypt ed-tech firm eyes home turf for expansion [Wamda TV]

One of Egypt’s earliest technology companies is beginning to venture into its local education market, having already conquered the...

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Regional

Lesson One: Mapping Education Technology Startups in the MENA

Education is a powerful tool. Those of us privileged enough to get a good education often forget that for the majority of people around...

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Arabic MOOC platform Edraak launches to bring quality education to the region

Massive Open Online Courses – MOOCs as they are more commonly known – are online courses that are offered to large amounts of par...

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Jordanian education leader pioneers online university, Arabic web encyclopedia

Amid recent buzz about higher education going online, one of Jordan’s leading education institutions has launched an online education p...

EdTech Education

10 tips for adopting the right entrepreneurial mindset

I genuinely believe that entrepreneurship is both a science and an art. The science will fast track your success but won’t get you there. T...

EdTech Tips Education

YouTube and CairoDar Launch education portal for Egyptian high school students

Students studying for tawjihi in Egypt now have a new online resource: YouTube and CairoDar's new education portal, which will provide...

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Why every child in the Middle East should be taught to code

Coauthored by Carine Abi Akar and Nafez Dakkak. Ever since the successful launch of Facebook in 2004, and perhaps as early as the first...

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Could France's Innovative New Coding School Be Replicated in the Arab World?

“I’ve been working in the Internet industry for 20 years. And for 20 years, I've been facing the same issue: How can I recruit good talent ...

EdTech Technology Education

Wamda Launches EdTech Mapping Project - Register Here

Education in the Middle East and North Africa is in crisis. Employers lament low skilled job seekers, unemployment is at an all time high,...

Mapping EdTech Education

Regional

EdTech in MENA: issues and recommendations [Infographic]

MENA public spending on education as a percentage of GDP exceeds the world average, yet it still badly needs reform. Youth...

MENA EdTech

Meet Palestine's pioneering female coder, who just won in an international gaming competition

Rasha Hussein is one of the Arab world's women entrepreneurs to watch. The first time I met her, she was leading a room full of tech geeks...

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