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... Samuel Wendel • 24 February, 2016 lms skoolizer edaura
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 ... Ahmed Gabr • 24 February, 2016 Alhodhud iRehab Masmoo3
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
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
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... Rachel Williamson • 18 December, 2014 itworx microsoft EdTech
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
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 edraak EdTech Education
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... Wamda • 15 July, 2013 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... Bassem Fayek • 02 July, 2013 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... Nina Curley • 27 May, 2013 Students EdTech Education
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... Nafez Dakkak • 21 May, 2013 Coding EdTech Education
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 ... Aline Mayard • 28 March, 2013 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,... Nafez Dakkak • 17 March, 2013 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... Antoine Abou-Diwan • 18 October, 2015 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... Nina Curley • 02 May, 2013 Coding Augmented Reality EdTech