During one of December’s cold days in Cairo, youths gathered on the shore of the River Nile [...]
The DNA of Egypt’s entrepreneurship ecosystem: Do the GEM Egypt Report and Startup Manifesto see eye-to-eye?
Data and overviews of Egypt’s entrepreneurship ecosystem are scarce - but in December 2018, two comprehensive documents [...]
The strategy behind the numbers: How Egypt’s Halan facilitated 3 million tuktuk- and motorcycle-rides in a year
“While everybody is trying to bring ride-hailing services to 1 billion people in the world, Halan is [...]
2 minutes with Jan Lachenmayer: Why VC money is crazy and why Cairo is the focus of the Startup Guide
In the sidelines of the RiseUp Summit 2018, German non-profit association enpact announced the kick-off of the Startup [...]
Looking to serve the underserved: Startupbootcamp and Pride Capital set up fintech shop in Egypt
In recent years, Egypt has put financial inclusion and the fintech sector at the forefront of its [...]
It’s that time of the year again: The 9 startups to watch this season
Every six months, the American University in Cairo’s (AUC) accelerator Venture Lab (V-Lab) and accelerator Flat6Labs Cairo [...]
2 minutes with Patrick McGinnis: What it means to be a 10-percent entrepreneur
There are different approaches to entrepreneurial careers: either the entrepreneur quits their 9-5 job to fully focus [...]
2 minutes with Jonathan Ortmans: What is GEN trying to fix in Egypt’s startup ecosystem?
Ahead of the inauguration of the Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), eyes of the entrepreneurial community were on [...]
Khaleeha Suessi’s pride and joy: The top seven startups from Suez
With Cairo and Alexandria being the key focal points of entrepreneurship stakeholders, startups in other governorates have [...]
Succession in family businesses: How SASCO Group went from one generation to the next
Established in 1975, SASCO Group is a family business currently run by second-generation brothers and Endeavor Entrepreneurs [...]