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Mahatat Initiative Promotes Egypt’s Contemporary Art Scene

Since the 2011 revolution, Egyptian society has been transforming demographically, culturally, and politcally, inspiring several new...

Art Egypt Women

How 3 Women Entrepreneurs are Creating Opportunities in Morocco, Egypt, and Jordan

We often hear that it's difficult for women entrepreneurs to found companies- they face social stigma as founders, or they have difficulty...

Egypt Social Entrepreneurship Women

How the Middle East Tweets: Egypt's Most Connected [Report]

In summer 2012, Portland and Tweetminster conducted a study into the use of Twitter in the Middle East. Using data collected between July...

Egypt Social Networks

Egypt's Revolutionaries Take to the Streets, To Improve Neighborhoods

“Change starts in the streets," was a slogan coined during the Egyptian revolution, as demonstrators took pride in cleaning the streets i...

Egypt Social Change Social Entrepreneurship

First Book Exchange Social Network Launches in Egypt

On December 27, 2012, Badl Kitabk officially launched the first book exchange social network in Egypt, offering their service for...

Book Reviews Egypt

Could an Egyptian Crowdsourced Review Site Be the Next Big Middle East Success Story?

I may have seen the "next big thing," i.e. the next startup with the potential to be a Twitter or an Instagram. To be regionally precise I...

Egypt Invention Ratings Sites

How Unfair Competition Caused an Egyptian Startup to Fail

Sometimes a lack of money is the reason behind the failure of a certain project; other times a moment of cultural disconnect might be a...

Egypt Failure

Egypt's Startup Reactor Powers Up its First Acceleration Cycle

The Innoventures’ Startup Reactor (SR) accelerator launched recently, with a pitching session at the luxury Kempinski hotel by the Nile. O...

Accelerators Angel Investment Ecosystem

Egypt's Angels Get Serious: Behind the Scenes at a Cairo Angels Pitch Event

The Cairo Angels (CA) business angel group has been going for about a year now, and I was happy to attend their latest regular pitch...

Angel Investment Egypt

TEDxCairo 2012 Reveals Optimism Despite Political Turmoil in Egypt

Depsite Egypt's recent angst, TEDxCairo went ahead with its 2012 showcase event “Collisions” at the AUC’s New Cairo campus. Altho...

Egypt TEDx

Entej Works to Connect Egypt's Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

What do you do when you come up with a great project idea? Of course, you start looking for partners and team members, probably through...

Ecosystem Egypt Job Recruitment

AskNative Looks to Boost Tourism in Egypt with Local Know-How

Who’s the best person to ask for advice about a destination? A native local resident, of course. This straightforward concept is the b...

Egypt Mobile Travel

Entrepreneur of the Week: Sara Galal and Mohammad Badrah of Sweety Heaven [Wamda TV]

This week’s entrepreneurs of the week are Sara Galal and Mohammad Badrah, the co-founders of Sweety Heaven, an online portal in Egypt for r...

E-commerce Egypt Entrepreneur of the Week

TEDxHelwanU

On December 12, 2012, TEDxHelwanU is taking place in Helwan University. The event's theme is "Leave Your Legacy" and is open to the...

Egypt TEDx

Mashaweer Pioneers Personal Assistance Services in Egypt

Should you happen to get stuck in traffic and not be able to pull off some chores during a hard working day, don’t hesitate to rely on y...

Egypt

BorsaLink: Bringing the Social Media Paradigm to MENA Financial Markets [Wamda TV]

Ahmad Helal, CEO of Omnivoyance, a software services company dedicated to building financial tools for investors, speaks to Wamda...

Acquisitions Egypt

Planting an Eco-Friendly Coworking Space in Cairo

New coworking space icecairo launched this month as the third installation of icehubs, an international coworking space brand...

Coworking Spaces Egypt Environment

Social Media to the Rescue: Egypt's Splinter Makes Résumés Obsolete

“A year and a half ago my brother asked me to design and update his CV and I remember telling him, this is the social era man, I'm sure we w...

Digital Marketing Egypt Innovation

Weekly Wrap-Up: November 04-08

This week, we set off with the first of our three Mix N' Mentor events. We're really excited as ALL events have completely sold out - and...

Aureos CoE Cards Conferences

Founder Institute to Open Startup Accelerator in Alexandria, Egypt

Interested in bringing a startup acceleration program to Alexandria, Egypt? The Founder Institute is currently testing demand for opening a...

Accelerators Ecosystem Egypt

Entrepreneur of the Week: Hind And Nadia Wassef of Diwan Bookstore [Wamda TV]

The Entrepreneurs of the Week today are Nadia and Hind Wassef, co-founders of Diwan Bookstore in Egypt, and Endeavor Egypt...

Egypt Endeavor Entrepreneur of the Week

Cycling: The Sustainable Solution to Egypt's Congestion Epidemic

Ever thought about using a bike for your routine travel in Egypt? This distinctly lo-tech solution to the country’s traffic problems w...

Education Egypt Environment

Souq in Egypt: Not Relinquishing its Crown Anytime Soon

I visited the new challenger recently, so it was only fair I also visit the undisputed champion. The two companies I’m talking about a...

Daily Deals Demystifying E-Commerce Ecosystem

Workspace Mesaha Supports Community Initiatives in Egypt

These days, Cairo’s coffee places are busy with groups of young men and women gathered around tables, not to eat nor to chatter for fun, b...

Coworking Spaces Egypt

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