Maghreb

Science club to startup: Coursella targets Algerian education

On the 2012 International Day of Pi, four Algerian computer science students launched a geeky science club they wanted to use to change...

Rachel Williamson • 12 October, 2015

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Jordan

Do employers still care about your college degree?

Just how important is a university degree? It depends on the field of study and who you ask. Wamda posed this question to employers,...

Maya Rahal • 14 September, 2015

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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...

Aline Mayard • 27 July, 2015

online education algeria EdTech

Maghreb

Moroccan video project puts Arab success front and center

Arab Excellenceis turning the spotlight on successful Arabs. (Images via Arab Excellence) As a teenager, were you inspired by an Arab...

Aline Mayard • 06 July, 2015

young arabs Success Stories Education

Egypt

Child-focused ventures tickle young intellect

While most entrepreneurial ventures focus on social issues, other ventures have dedicated their efforts to raising intellectually...

Eman Mostafa • 22 July, 2015

Danat Media Media Juniors Ihyaa Academy

Lebanon

A day in the life: Rana El Chemaitelly, the woman behind The Little Engineer

While working part time at the American University of Beirut (AUB), mechanical engineer Rana El Chemaitelly noticed that many of her...

Lucy Knight • 20 May, 2015

UAE Space Agency Airbus The Little Engineer

Regional

Beyond Oil: Tech and Future of Work in MENA

Moving from traditional to knowledge economies is a prickly problem for any country, but especially so for oil-bound Middle Eastern...

Pamela Kesrouani • 10 May, 2015

Diversification FOW Future of Work

Saudi Arabia

Saudi startup Meshlytics uses data to help universities keep in touch with alumni

In the age of e-classrooms and e-schools, traditional universities have begun to compete with the free tools and flexibility of the...

Ahmed Gabr • 16 April, 2015

Meshlytics Saudi Arabia Data

Regional

C3 Starter Program in UAE

Social enterprise C3, Consult and Coach for a Cause, is organizing their Starter Program on Saturday, March 7th, 2015, in Knowledge...

Wamda • 27 February, 2015

Dubai Education

U.A.E

Can live online tutoring shake up the Arab region's education sector?

Update: Teach Me Now announced moving to Azure, Microsoft's Cloud Computing Platform, and becoming part of Microsoft BizSpark. This...

Pamela Kesrouani • 16 June, 2015

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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...

Eman Mostafa • 24 February, 2015

FOA Academy palestine EdTech

Maghreb

Morocco's Education Media Company raises $280,000 on the strength of an unusual story

The 9rayti team. Adam Bouhadma is only 24, and has just raised 2.5 million Moroccan dirhams ($280,000) for his company Education...

Aline Mayard • 21 December, 2014

MNF Education Maroc Numeric Fund

Regional

The Tabadol Week 2014 by Cambridge University

The University of Cambridge in partnership with Arab Innovation Network is hosting its first Tabadol Week from December 7th till 11th 2014...

Wamda • 19 November, 2014

amman Education

U.A.E

Language game app to take the pain out of learning

The growth of online learning products has created a huge range of ways to learn a foreign language, from the comprehensive-but-pricey...

Alexander Hawkes • 20 October, 2014

erly stage studios Education

Global

A university instructor's take on how to foster entrepreneurship in the classroom

The author with one of her classes at Lebanese International University. They say that entrepreneurship can’t be taught, however, my e...

Esraa Haidar • 14 October, 2014

Education

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...

Nafez Dakkak • 12 October, 2014

Wamda Research Lab EdTech Education

Improving early education in Saudi: two women's stories

This article has been crossposted with Knowledge@Wharton. Education today clearly ranks as a top priority for Saudi Arabia. The annual...

Knowledge @Wharton • 29 July, 2014

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Twofour54 and Lamsa: a partnership to support Arabic content for children

Lamsa, the interactive children’s “edu-tainment” Arabic platform, has signed a long-term strategic partnership with twofour54, the comme...

Maya Rahal • 27 July, 2014

early education Lamsa TwoFour54

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...

Hayden Pirkle • 15 June, 2014

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Online Arabic music school i3zif kicks off the year with 3 ambitious new goals

Just over a year after launch, the team at i3zif, the online Arabic music school, has kicked off 2014 with three ambitious new goals, says...

Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 24 February, 2014

oud Music Jordan

TechGirls summer program to host 27 girls from the Arab region to study in the US

US Embassies across the Arab region are now accepting applications for 2014’s TechGirls exchange program, which for two years now have s...

Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 02 February, 2014

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Pakistani entrepreneur launches social network for learning

"We are the first social network that parents want their kids to use," says Hassan Siddiq, the CEO of DailyThem.es, a writing and review ...

Ahmed Gabr • 19 January, 2014

E-Learning Technology Education

What role should social media play in classrooms in the Middle East?

Facebook, Twitter, and Google have become indispensible tools in our professional as well as social lives; this is fast becoming as true in...

Stephanie d'Arc Taylor • 17 November, 2013

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3 education initiatives help Syrians find jobs and scholarships

Among the many tragedies resulting from Syria’s war, thousands of schools have been destroyed and many universities and educational i...

Muhanad Sabha • 14 November, 2013

Training Education Social Entrepreneurship