COVID-19 has indeed exposed the existing vulnerabilities of the world, but it also shed light on models [...]
COVID-19
[Video] Egypt’s entrepreneurial environment in the age of COVID-19: Experts share their thoughts
On December 14, three experts from Egypt and abroad came together at Business Forward’s annual event –the [...]
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Hope: One mother’s long and arduous journey to provide care to hundreds of children with disabilities
Six years ago, Amal Tolba was in Egypt and went into labor with her third child. It [...]
Entrepreneurship
Op-ed: Entrepreneurship education to reap the potential harvest of a young population
With the second wave of COVID-19 soaring in the background, Global Entrepreneurship Week took place from 16-22 [...]
FinTech startups
6 emerging startups making a strong debut in the Egyptian Fintech scene
Financial technologies (Fintech) have played a key role in the Egyptian startup scene's growth spurt of the [...]
Plastic Recycling
How a public-private collaboration boosted recycling in Manshiet Nasser
A little over a year ago, a famous bottled water brand ventured with the Egyptian market introducing [...]
Gender diversity
Women empowerment in the workplace: the example of CEMEX making it happen
Challenging and changing the gender discourse requires commitment on the individual and leadership level in all contexts, [...]
Youth unemployment
How a small labor scheme helped hundreds of poor women in Minya achieve self-employment
With the help of small amounts of funding and training, hundreds of young women in the Upper [...]
Sustainability & the circular economy
[Sustainability & the circular economy]: An emerging pre-owned clothes market in Egypt?
A quick browse through Cairo’s middle to high end clothes shops across its high streets and shopping [...]
Research and informal communities
Covid-19 and the need for new approaches to capture informality in Egypt
COVID-19 became a reality in Egypt last March, and like elsewhere, it fiercely attacked the country’s vulnerable [...]
