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Abu Dhabi Announces First YouthTech Competition, Powered by NYU Accelerator

13 Jul 2020

Organised by Abu Dhabi’s Department of Education and Knowledge and startAD, the [...]

The Best Webinars to Fill Up Your Quaran-time This Week: July 12th - 18th

The Best Webinars to Fill Up Your Quaran-time This Week: July 12th - 18th

12 Jul 2020

Fill your planner with our weekly roundup of online sessions and webinars from [...]

RiseUp & Facebook Ramp Up Joint-Effort to Help Egyptian SMEs Through Economic Downturn

RiseUp & Facebook Ramp Up Joint-Effort to Help Egyptian SMEs Through Economic Downturn

06 Jul 2020

The programme has so far supported 400 Egyptian startups, and is now expanding its [...]

The Best Webinars to Fill Up Your Quaran-time This Week: July 5th - 11th

The Best Webinars to Fill Up Your Quaran-time This Week: July 5th - 11th

05 Jul 2020

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Seedstars Launches Entrepreneurship Summer School for MENA and Africa Students

Seedstars Launches Entrepreneurship Summer School for MENA and Africa Students

05 Jul 2020

‘The After Grad’ is a summer training programme designed to prepare high school [...]

GIZ Teams Up With MINT & HIMAngel for New CouchPitch Initiative

GIZ Teams Up With MINT & HIMAngel for New CouchPitch Initiative

29 Jun 2020

As Coronavirus keeps us locked in, GIZ, MINT by EGBANK and HIMangel partner up to [...]

The Best Webinars to Fill Up Your Quaran-time This Week: June 28th - July 4th

The Best Webinars to Fill Up Your Quaran-time This Week: June 28th - July 4th

28 Jun 2020

Fill your planner with our weekly roundup of online sessions and webinars from [...]

UAE-Based Gulftainer Launches Global Startup Port Logistics Challenge

UAE-Based Gulftainer Launches Global Startup Port Logistics Challenge

27 Jun 2020

The challenge is led by Gulftainer and US-based global accelerator program Global [...]

You Can Now Apply to StartEgypt’s Cycle-5 Incubator Programme

You Can Now Apply to StartEgypt’s Cycle-5 Incubator Programme

25 Jun 2020

The programme led by StartEgypt will be open to Egyptian entrepreneurs in Cairo, [...]

MINT Incubator Opens Applications for Its Fall 2020 Cycle

MINT Incubator Opens Applications for Its Fall 2020 Cycle

24 Jun 2020

The incubator is introducing two new tracks: fintech and sector-agnostic. [...]

The Best Webinars to Fill Up Your Quaran-time This Week: June 21st - 27th

The Best Webinars to Fill Up Your Quaran-time This Week: June 21st - 27th

21 Jun 2020

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AstroLabs and Google for Startups Announce Support Programmes for MENA Startups

AstroLabs and Google for Startups Announce Support Programmes for MENA Startups

17 Jun 2020

The initiatives include grants totalling up to AED 240,000 and scholarship [...]

The Best Webinars to Fill Up Your Quaran-time This Week: June 14th - 20th

The Best Webinars to Fill Up Your Quaran-time This Week: June 14th - 20th

14 Jun 2020

Fill your planner with our weekly roundup of online sessions and webinars from [...]

8 Speakers You Don’t Want to Miss at Techila Con This Weekend

8 Speakers You Don’t Want to Miss at Techila Con This Weekend

11 Jun 2020

From Microsoft to GoDaddy, Instabug to Facebook, Techila Con’s epic lineup of [...]

Egypt’s Ministry of Communications Partners with Amazon for Youth Training

Egypt’s Ministry of Communications Partners with Amazon for Youth Training

10 Jun 2020

The training programme with Amazon Web Services comes as part of a nationwide [...]

Meet the Expert Lineup of Mentors for Seedspace Cairo’s ‘It’s Easier Online’ Hackathon

Meet the Expert Lineup of Mentors for Seedspace Cairo’s ‘It’s Easier Online’ Hackathon

09 Jun 2020

In addition to having one-on-one mentorship sessions with key players from the [...]

Flat6Labs Cairo to Host ‘Pitchathon’ Local Startup Competition in June

Flat6Labs Cairo to Host ‘Pitchathon’ Local Startup Competition in June

08 Jun 2020

Winning startups will have the chance to join Flat6Labs’ exclusive roster of [...]

The Best Webinars and Online Talks to Fill Up Your Quaran-time This Week

The Best Webinars and Online Talks to Fill Up Your Quaran-time This Week

07 Jun 2020

Fill your planner with our weekly roundup of online sessions and webinars from [...]

Standard Chartered Bahrain Launches 54-Hour Challenge for Women in Tech

Standard Chartered Bahrain Launches 54-Hour Challenge for Women in Tech

05 Jun 2020

‘Women in Tech Bahrain’ is part of the bank’s global initiative, designed to [...]

Become One of ‘Africa’s Business Heroes’ and Win from a $1.5 million Prize Pool

Become One of ‘Africa’s Business Heroes’ and Win from a $1.5 million Prize Pool

03 Jun 2020

Startups from across Africa can now apply for a chance to pitch to Aliababa’s Jack [...]

Egypt's NilePreneurs Launches Initiative to Help SMEs Go Digital During COVID-19 Crisis

Egypt's NilePreneurs Launches Initiative to Help SMEs Go Digital During COVID-19 Crisis

02 Jun 2020

Sponsored by the Central Bank of Egypt and several local and international [...]

AUC Launches COVID-19 Online Hackathon for MENA University Students

AUC Launches COVID-19 Online Hackathon for MENA University Students

02 Jun 2020

You can still put a team together and apply for the three-day HACK-19. [...]

It’s Easier Online: Seedspace Cairo Launches Digital Financial Inclusion Hackathon

It’s Easier Online: Seedspace Cairo Launches Digital Financial Inclusion Hackathon

01 Jun 2020

Posing two unique challenges based on the realities of Egypt's informal sector and [...]

TiE Dubai Launches Women 2020 Initiative to Support Female Entrepreneurs in MENA

TiE Dubai Launches Women 2020 Initiative to Support Female Entrepreneurs in MENA

01 Jun 2020

The initiative will provide women founders and leaders in MENA with the chance to [...]

The Best Webinars to Fill Up Your Quaran-time This Week

The Best Webinars to Fill Up Your Quaran-time This Week

31 May 2020

Fill your planner with our weekly roundup of online sessions and webinars from [...]

ITIDA Launches Tech Scholarship for 100,000 Egyptians With Udacity

ITIDA Launches Tech Scholarship for 100,000 Egyptians With Udacity

31 May 2020

The programme aims to invest in the development of tech skills in the local [...]

EBRD Launches E-Learning Resources for MSMEs in Arabic

EBRD Launches E-Learning Resources for MSMEs in Arabic

31 May 2020

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises can access the European Bank for [...]

BECO Capital Launches New Initiative to Fund 10 MENA Founding Teams at $150,000 Each

BECO Capital Launches New Initiative to Fund 10 MENA Founding Teams at $150,000 Each

25 May 2020

The world-renowned UAE-based venture capital firm wants to support the region’s [...]

Tech Startup PyramidBits Launches Initiative to Support Startups During Pandemic

Tech Startup PyramidBits Launches Initiative to Support Startups During Pandemic

18 May 2020

From creative agencies to media production houses and fintech startups, all [...]

The Best Webinars and Online Talks to Fill Up Your Quaran-time This Week

The Best Webinars and Online Talks to Fill Up Your Quaran-time This Week

17 May 2020

Fill your planner with our weekly roundup of online sessions and webinars from [...]

UAE’s Arab Youth Center Launches Inaugural Arab Youth Hackathon to Help Tackle COVID-19 Challenges

UAE’s Arab Youth Center Launches Inaugural Arab Youth Hackathon to Help Tackle COVID-19 Challenges

14 May 2020

AYC brings together several regional and international institutions for the [...]

Gemini Enterprises Africa Launches Initiative to Support Startups Across the MEA Region

Gemini Enterprises Africa Launches Initiative to Support Startups Across the MEA Region

13 May 2020

From Orascom Investment, Cairo Angels, AUC, Seedstars, RiseUp and Flat6Labs, Gemini [...]

Gitex Future Stars Goes Online with Webinar Series on Issues Facing Tech Startups

Gitex Future Stars Goes Online with Webinar Series on Issues Facing Tech Startups

13 May 2020

Hosting industry titans and insiders to address a variety of issues that now plague [...]

AUC’s Venture Lab Hosts Business Legends Alex Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur in Exclusive Webinar

AUC’s Venture Lab Hosts Business Legends Alex Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur in Exclusive Webinar

13 May 2020

The mastermind business strategists who invented the Business Model Canvas, Value [...]

IBM and The GrEEK Campus Host Virtual Coder Boot Camp to Tackle COVID-19

IBM and The GrEEK Campus Host Virtual Coder Boot Camp to Tackle COVID-19

11 May 2020

As part of IBM’s global Call for Code challenge, Egypt’s The GrEEK Campus [...]

This Week in Webinars May 10th - 16th

This Week in Webinars May 10th - 16th

10 May 2020

Mark your Google calendars with our weekly curated list of online webinars and [...]

Yanfaa Offers Professional Development Courses in Arabic for Less Than $2

Yanfaa Offers Professional Development Courses in Arabic for Less Than $2

08 May 2020

The Egyptian e-learning platform taps experienced industry professionals to lead [...]

Learn the Craft of Content with These Free Online Digital Marketing Courses

Learn the Craft of Content with These Free Online Digital Marketing Courses

06 May 2020

Learn what makes content go viral, the importance of identity, and the ethics of [...]

Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre Launches $1 million Solidarity Fund for Startups

Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre Launches $1 million Solidarity Fund for Startups

05 May 2020

The fund will both benefit startups affected by the pandemic and support founders [...]

Webinars and Online Talks to Fill Up Your Quaran-Time This Week

Webinars and Online Talks to Fill Up Your Quaran-Time This Week

03 May 2020

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Egypt’s B2B E-Commerce Platform Fatura Raises USD 7-Figure Seed Round

The platform connects FMCG wholesalers to retailers and doubly serves as a digital lending platform for small merchants. [...]

Dubai-Based Proptech Startup Nomad Homes Raises $4 Million Investment

The digital real estate platform is vying to migrate property renting and buying in the EMEA region entirely online. [...]

Tunisian Entertainment Startup Galactech Raises Six-figure Pre-Series A Investment

The six-figure Pre-Series A round led by the Oman Technology Fund will enable Galactech to enter more international markets. [...]

GoDaddy Launches Arabic Website to Support SMEs in the MENA Region

Web hosting company GoDaddy has just launched an Arabic Beta version for their website to provide various digital tools to SMEs to help [...]

Swedish Audiobook Streamer Storytel Acquires UAE’s Kitab Sawti

The two platforms will combine their libraries to form one of biggest Arabic audio content libraries in the world. [...]

4 Egyptian Students Among Winners of Apple’s Swift Student Challenge

The four winners will be recognised for their innovative work during Apple’s virtual WWDC20. [...]

Egyptian Real Estate Platform Sakneen Announces Backing By Y Combinator

The startup aims to reinvent Egypt’s real estate market by marrying the needs of buyers, brokers, and developers. [...]

From Retail to Real Estate, The Sallam Family's Three Generations of Serial Entrepreneurs

Since 1939, the Sallam family has been a staple of Egyptian business. Three generations later, there’s no sign of stopping. [...]

Meet the Founders Behind Arabic Learning & Development Platform Zedny

Recently launched with an enormous library of 5,000+ hours of content ready for users to access, Zedny hopes to become the benchmark for [...]

Egyptian Fintech Startup MoneyFellows Raises $4 million in Series A Round

The digital era’s answer to traditional ‘gam’eyat’ and money circles is expanding across Africa. [...]

25 Under 25: The Entrepreneurs Reshaping Egypt's Startup Landscape for the New Decade

They're changing mindsets, challenging the status quo, fusing high-tech to the traditional, freshening up stale sectors and hustling their [...]

Kashat Is the First Egyptian Mobile App to Give Small Loans

Lending as little as EGP 100 to as much as EGP 1,500, Kashat is the first to be licensed for nano-finance. [...]

6 Signs your Startup Could Be Among the 90% that Fail

We speak to Farah Ehsan, Falak Startups’ programme manager about the mistakes she has seen startups make that foretell a misfortunate [...]

Good People and Kijamii Merge Into GP&K, Forming MENA’s Largest Independent Network

The newly formed network will operate under the name ‘GP&K’, with its companies providing their digitally-excellent services to [...]

Uber Shuts Down Uber Eats Operations in All Middle East Markets

Uber Eats will shut down in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, while UAE operations will transition to Uber subsidiary Careem. [...]

Egypt’s B2B E-Commerce Platform Fatura Raises USD 7-Figure Seed Round

The platform connects FMCG wholesalers to retailers and doubly serves as a digital lending platform for small merchants. [...]

Dubai-Based Proptech Startup Nomad Homes Raises $4 Million Investment

The digital real estate platform is vying to migrate property renting and buying in the EMEA region entirely online. [...]

Tunisian Entertainment Startup Galactech Raises Six-figure Pre-Series A Investment

The six-figure Pre-Series A round led by the Oman Technology Fund will enable Galactech to enter more international markets. [...]

GoDaddy Launches Arabic Website to Support SMEs in the MENA Region

Web hosting company GoDaddy has just launched an Arabic Beta version for their website to provide various digital tools to SMEs to help [...]

Swedish Audiobook Streamer Storytel Acquires UAE’s Kitab Sawti

The two platforms will combine their libraries to form one of biggest Arabic audio content libraries in the world. [...]

UAE Launches Space Science Training programme for Young Arab Inventors and Scientists

The programme coincides with the launch of the pioneering Hope Mars Mission, the first Arab interplanetary venture in history. [...]

Moroccan Fintech Startup OnePay Raises $400,000 Investment

The investment is the first of its kind by MITC Capital’s Maroc Numeric Fund II. [...]

Dubai Chamber Launches Online Marketplace for Personal Protective Equipment

Businesses can register to the marketplace, where they can potentially reduce costs, generate new leads and build long-term partnerships. [...]

Dubai’s Kidtech Startup Periscope Media Closes Seed Funding Round

The young startup was founded in 2020, and is developing innovative methods in kidtech and edutainment. [...]

Dubai’s ‘KidTech’ Startup Periscope Media Closes Seed Funding Round

The young startup was founded in 2020, and is developing innovative methods in edutainment. [...]

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Digitising Services for a More Productive MENA Region: An Interview with Careem CEO Mudassir Sheikha

Digitising Services for a More Productive MENA Region: An Interview with Careem CEO Mudassir Sheikha

30 Jun 2020

“We find local solutions to local problems. This is what we built Careem on,” says Careem’s co-founder and CEO, Mudassir Sheikha in this exclusive interview following the recent release of the company’s SuperApp. [...]

From Sales to CEO: An Interview with the Arab ‘Godmother’ of Fashion Retail Asil Attar

From Sales to CEO: An Interview with the Arab ‘Godmother’ of Fashion Retail Asil Attar

10 Jun 2020

Honoured on lists of top business leaders year after year, Iraqi-British retail veteran Asil Attar has had an illustrious career, working with some of the biggest names in fashion and becoming the first female CEO of multiple MENA powerhouses. [...]

Meet the Founders Behind Arabic Learning & Development Platform Zedny

Meet the Founders Behind Arabic Learning & Development Platform Zedny

28 Jun 2020

Recently launched with an enormous library of 5,000+ hours of content ready for users to access, Zedny hopes to become the benchmark for professional education in the region. [...]