In the continuously shifting world of business, the general rule is to “adapt or perish.” The wise leaders are the ones who live by this statement— to keep up with the changing times is simply not an option, it is the only way to survive. Adapting to change is certainly not an easy task as […]
Scale by AI, an Egyptian start-up, originally the brainchild of Computer Engineer and Marketeer, Nour Eldin Zoghly. In December 2023, Zoghly joined forces with his good friend, Electrical Engineer and Business Developer, Ahmed Fakhry. This is the story of how it sometimes could only take a team of two to bring an idea to life.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to play a significant role in influencing the content consumed by audiences and customers. Scale by AI, one of the Spring 2024 cohort graduates of AUC Venture Lab, an AI startup aiming to provide a fully functional Marketing team powered by AI. In this interview, co-founder, Nour Eldin Zoghly
The old proverb says, “it takes a village to raise a child,” but what does it take to raise an idea from the ground up? Ideas are worthwhile, but only when they leave the confines of the mind through execution. The birth of an idea to the outside world is no easy feat; it takes
In this insightful interview, Mohamed Amer, co-founder of LRNOVA, one of AUC Venture Lab Spring 2024 Startup Accelerator graduates, delves into the idea of repackaging educational material using generative AI through the lens of his own startup.
Viridi is a green tech start-up specialized in electric vehicles (EV) charging solutions and is one of the participants in AUC Venture Lab Spring 2024 Cohort. In this interview, Abdallah Kamel, co-founder of Viridi discusses the innovations, challenges and opportunities of running this eco-friendly start-up in the Egyptian market.
EFIKA, one of the participants of AUC Venture Lab Spring 2024 Cohort and solar energy developer start-up aiming to provide efficient solutions. In this insightful interview, Ramez George, co-founder of EFIKA explains the operations of the startup and what their team wants to change in the solar energy industry in Egypt.
Imagine bustling marketplaces overflowing with energy, family-owned businesses thriving for generations, and a new wave of tech startups taking root. This is the vibrant mosaic tiled across emerging markets like Egypt. Here, the spirit of entrepreneurship isn’t just alive; it’s engraved into the very fabric of the economy. This drive to innovate isn’t despite the
When we think of locally-designed and manufactured clothes in the 90s in Egypt, an image of a brick-and-mortar florescent-lit store comes to mind. At least that’s the prevalent image from early childhood (we hear you millennials). Older generations would probably remember the good times of ‘Bata’ when they hear ‘local fashion’; the popular, cheap locally-manufactured
According to recently published research compiled by Antler, a Singapore-based venture capital (VC) firm, out of all African universities the American University in Cairo produced the highest proportion of individuals who went on to found highly successfully startups. More specifically, the report referred to growth-stage startups (ones that raised more than $10 million), soonicorns (raised
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On December 14, three experts from Egypt and abroad came together at Business Forward’s annual event –the first ever to be held online- to discuss how Egypt’s SMEs community rode through the shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Offering a macroeconomic picture was Mohamed Youssef, chairman and chief executive officer of Dcode Economic and Financial Consulting (Dcode
In November 2020, Business Forward made a call for submissions from entrepreneurs and business leaders to tell us their stories of how they survived –and perhaps even thrived- through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. We asked our audience to vote for the stories they found the most compelling to be guests of honor at
