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Active Citizens Program in Cairo

In collaboration with the British Council, Waseela for training and development is organizing an Active Citizens Program in Egypt from...

Leadership Egypt Education

How a young women's rights activist launched Egypt's 'Best Hostel'

In an old building in downtown Cairo, Dina’s Hostel was founded over three years ago by Egyptian entrepreneur Dina Abou El Soud, b...

hospitality Egypt

Women social entrepreneurs in Upper Egypt get a boost from World Bank competition

To support young women social entrepreneurs in Egypt who are promoting job creation, encouraging rural development, and alleviating...

Egypt Social Entrepreneurship

Leading Egyptian content portal switches to horizontal navigation: a model to follow?

Websites adopting designs originally made for desktop screens often look cluttered on tablets and mobile. As smartphone and tablet use...

Egypt User Experience Design

Meet the siblings building the Alibaba of Egypt to support the textile industry

Before political turmoil was making headlines, Egypt was well-known for its cotton. Yet these days, the industry that set a global...

Egypt Digital Media

Cairo's Startup Cup put on hold; what's next for its semifinalists?

Where can you find a team of 20-year-old Space Studies graduates working on an organic waste processing plant to improve a...

Egypt Competitions

Egyptian startups stranded by HSBC account closures

As if Egypt’s current political situation hasn’t done enough to disrupt business as usual for the country’s growing Small and Medium Enter...

Banks Financial systems Egypt

Entrepreneur launches magazine, radio show for Egypt's startups

As Egypt’s startup community continues to grow, coverage of entrepreneurship here has remained the domain of Western or more regional A...

Egypt Media Digital Media

Egypt's green startups get a boost from mentor meet-up

While the startup industry is booming in the Middle East, it’s a nascent sector that still needs plenty of babysitting. Sometimes this g...

Training Egypt Mentorship

AUC launches new incubator for startups across Egypt

“In Egypt, we need to create 800,000 jobs every year, but you have to start somewhere,” says Dr. Sherif Kamel, Dean of the American Uni...

Incubator Egypt Accelerators

Will free VoIP apps disappear from the Middle East? A look at Saudi Arabia's Viber ban

While VOIP (Voice over IP) applications facilitate over represent more than 34% of the total time spent on international...

Skype VOIP Saudi Arabia

Is the Nile river the solution to Cairo's traffic problems?

If you’re currently visiting Egypt, you may be a bit overwhelmed by the heat and congested traffic. But there’s a new was to tra...

Transportation Egypt

Meet the Egyptian entrepreneur trying to build a digital brain

Coauthored with Mazen Aly, Egyptian Artificial Intelligence Ph.D. student at Max Planck Computer Research Institute in Germany. "In order...

Data Egypt Technology

A look at the IFC's new $400m fund for SMEs in the Arab world

Support for small businesses continues to pour into the Arab world. Last month, the International Finance Corporation...

Funding models Financial management Jordan

Who's investing in Egypt? A look at economic trends following the revolution [Report]

While Egypt's economy has struggled ever since the revolution, its technological revolution is proceeding, according to a recent...

Telecommunication Egypt Government

Egypt's Weladna launches an e-commerce portal for educational kids' games

“When you do not know your roots you get lost,” says Fatima Azmy, an Egyptian entrepreneur who became frustrated with the lack of cultural ...

kids Egypt Design

Which Countries Have the Lowest Costs for Startups? [Infographic]

Entrepreneurs in the Arab world who may be self-funding, are bootstrapping, or are just looking for an inexpensive place to start their...

Jordan Egypt Ecosystem

Government-backed investment in Egypt: Does it benefit entrepreneurs?

For many entrepreneurs in the Arab world, funding is the main obstacle standing between them and their dreams. The majority of young...

Egypt Investment

Developing Low Cost, High Quality Education in Egypt

Every year, Egyptian parents face the dilemma of choosing a school to enroll their children in, often debating between a range of...

Egypt Education

AUC Venture Lab Challenge Deadline - Cairo, Egypt

The Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program (EIP) at the American University of Cairo School of Business, in cooperation with Intel, has...

Incubator Egypt Education

A Look at Egypt's ICT Sector: Growth, Strategy, and Impact on Startups

Note: this piece has been adapted from the Arabic original. To help the Egyptian economy recover from the revolution, the Egyptian...

Advertising Egypt Mobile

Egypt's National ICT Strategy [Report]

The Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (ICT) has just launched a new National ICT Strategy to revamp and boost t...

Egypt

Information and Communications Technology Indicators in Egypt [Report]

Given the role social media and technology played in the Egyptian revolution, it should come as no surprise that Egypt's mobile internet...

Egypt

How the Internet Affects the Egyptian Economy [Report]

With the Egyptian government scrambling to revive the nation's economy, this Boston Consulting Group report, discusses the impact of in...

Egypt

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