TOPIC start-ups
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entrepreneurship • 11 min read
From Fawry to Feloosy, FinTech is finally gaining a foothold
Robert Barron | As Egypt’s start-up scene continues to draw attention from global media, expect to hear more about
4 May 2016
co-working spaces • 6 min read
Co-working spaces spread, but lack resources
Rania Tarek | The walls of Al-Maqarr, a co-working space in Cairo’s eastern neighborhood of Heliopolis, are lined
12 January 2016
entrepreneurship • 7 min read
For start-ups, setting up offshore is the way to go
Isabel Esterman | This year’s Rise Up Summit, the second annual installment of a conference for Egyptian entrepreneurs,
15 October 2014
Ahmed El Alfi • 13 min read
The GrEEK Campus
Amira Salah-Ahmed | Ahmed al-Alfi is taking a leap of faith. He is personally financing a project to create a hub for
23 November 2013
business • 9 min read
Dysfunction or opportunity?
Jahd Khalil | When most people eyed the kilometer-long queues outside diesel stations early this summer, they saw dysfunction.
20 October 2013
 
Opinion
Ayman S. Ashour
Egyptian startups: the need to localize
My journey as a mentor for Egyptian and Arab startup companies began some four years ago when an American
30 December 2015
 
News
Cairo Climate Talks • 7 min read
Egypt’s ‘ecopreneurs’ find opportunity in dysfunction
17 March 2016
entrepreneurship • 6 min read
RiseUp Summit Day 1: Some good and bad news for entrepreneurs in Egypt
12 December 2015
entrepreneurship • 6 min read
Tech, social entrepreneurs take center stage at RiseUp 2014
23 October 2014
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