Wamda

Global

Edtech and its roadmap to new realities

Wamda hosted an online panel discussion in collaboration with Columbia Global Centers Amman, to address the future of education in the...

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Oman

OTF invests in Sana e-learning platform

Source: Times of Oman Oman Technology Fund announced investment in the Distance Learning Centre smart educational platform called...

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Egypt

OTO Courses raises six-figure investment

Source: Afrikanheroes Egypt’s edtech OTO Courses, has raised a six-figure (USD) investment in the form of a bridge round from AUC...

OTO Courses EdTech

Bahrain

Unipal raises seed investment

Bahrain-based Unipal has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from angel investor network Tenmou, as part of the fundraising round...

EdTech

Kuwait

Baims secures first edtech funding in Kuwait

Kuwait-based Baims has secured a seed round funding, the first education technology (edtech) investment in Kuwait. The round was led by...

EdTech Education

Global

Edtech startups: From perk to necessity

Schools and universities were among the first institutions that shuttered their doors around the world in the face of the Coronavirus...

Education online learning E-Learning

Saudi Arabia

In conversation with Mounira Jamjoom of Aanaab

Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia-based teacher training platform Aanaab secured a $1.5 million investment round led by Wamda and Nour...

EdTech Aanaab jeddah

Saudi Arabia

Wamda invests in Arabic teacher training platform Aanaab

Wamda has invested in Jeddah-based Aanaab, an education technology (edtech) platform that has raised $1.5 million in its seed round. The...

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U.A.E

The UAE is the perfect launchpad for edtech solutions

Katia Al-Kaisi is the founder and chief executive officer of Education House Finland which focuses on introducing Finnish education...

Education EdTech

Egypt

Career 180 raises $100,000 in seed funding

Egypt-based Career 180, a career advising platform, has raised $100,000 in a seed funding round from EdVentures. The startup will...

EdTech seed Egypt

U.A.E

Shorooq Partners invests in Teacherly

Shorooq Partners has invested in UK-based, education technology (edtech) platform Teacherly in seed funding for an undisclosed...

EdTech seed fund

Egypt

COLNN raises $100,000 in seed round

Egypt-based education technology (edtech) startup, COLNN has received $100,000 in seed funding from EdVentures which focuses its...

EdTech seed fund Investment

Saudi Arabia

Noon Academy raises $8.6 million

Source: MenaBytes Riyadh-based online learning platform Noon Academy has raised $8.6 million Series A co-led by Raed Ventures and Saudi...

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Jordan

Jordanian edtech startup Little Thinking Minds raises $500,000 to close its Series A with ~$1.8 million

Source: MenaBytes Amman-based edtech startup Little Thinking Minds has raised another $500,000 to close its Series A with $1.765...

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Lebanon

In conversation with Audrey Nakad of Lebanon's Synkers

Synkers is an online peer-to-peer education platform connecting private tutors with students. Founded in Lebanon by Audrey Nakad, Zeina...

EdTech ceo entrepreneurship

Jordan

Amman based Oasis500 announces partial exit from Little Thinking Minds

Source: Menabytes Amman-based accelerator and seed investor Oasis500 has announced partial exit from Jordanian edtech startup Little...

EdTech Jordan Exit

Jordan

Little Thinking Minds raises $1.26 million in Series A

Jordan-based Little Thinking Minds has raised $1.26 million in a Series A round led by Egypt’s Algebra Ventures with participation...

EdTech Education Series A

Regional

Today’s edtech for tomorrow’s innovators

Educational technology (edtech) is filling a gap where traditional models have become obsolete. As innovation becomes a key pillar in...

Education EdTech

Egypt

Egyptian e-learning platform raises over $800,000 from UK and US angel investors

Knowledge Officer, an e-learning platform, raised £600,000 (US$ 833,500) from UK and US angel investors Ian Hurlock from Fox and...

Egypt uk Knowledge Officer

Global

The rise of the Arab MOOCs. Will education in the Arab world ever be the same?

In the past 10 years alone, tech invaded classrooms and played a crucial role in disrupting the way knowledge is consumed worldwide....

EdTech MOOC AI

Global

Online media platforms are facilitating the production of Arabic science

We’ve all struggled with the tedious task of memorizing the functions of the brain and the heart to pass our science exams. Egyptian...

Science E-Learning EdTech

Egypt

This Egyptian startup plans on regulating private tutoring

In the Arab world, including Egypt, many students at both public and private schools pay teachers extras for after-class private...

Egypt Tyro EdTech

U.A.E

How technology is transforming MENA youth’s education

As back-to-school season is approaching, now is the ideal time to reflect on the latest innovations in technology and how they might...

EdTech E-Learning uae

Saudi Arabia

A Saudi teaching platform attracts a million students

One year following the failure of an ecommerce platform they had launched due to the lack of market readiness, Saudi entrepreneurs Mohammed...

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