Business Forward celebrated its first anniversary on December 3 under the umbrella theme of The DNA of Egypt’s real economy: A look forward. During the event, general manager of CairoAngels Zeina Mandour gave an overview of Egypt’s startup ecosystem, its different stakeholders and how the scene as a whole is contributing to the country’s economic […]
Data and overviews of Egypt’s entrepreneurship ecosystem are scarce – but in December 2018, two comprehensive documents entered the scene. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Egypt National Report provides an annual assessment of entrepreneurial activity, aspirations and attitudes. The report for 2017/2018 is based on a survey of over 2,520 Egyptian adults and a survey
“While everybody is trying to bring ride-hailing services to 1 billion people in the world, Halan is focusing on the remaining six.” When the founding CTO of Uber Oscar Salazar joins the Board of Directors of an Egyptian startup, invests in it and has that much credit to give, the bottom line must be significant.
In the sidelines of the RiseUp Summit 2018, German non-profit association enpact announced the kick-off of the Startup Guide Cairo, which is created by enpact’s partner organization Startup Guide and is set to be released during the next year. The guide aims to take an in-depth look at Cairo’s startup ecosystem to help entrepreneurs navigate the city’s
Every six months, the American University in Cairo’s (AUC) accelerator Venture Lab (V-Lab) and accelerator Flat6Labs Cairo graduate their respective startup cycles. As V-Lab brings two accelerator cycles to an end – one startup and one fintech-focused -, Business Forward showcases the nine startups to watch from a total of 21 startups from both entities.
The term “sharing economy” is mostly associated with models similar to Uber and Airbnb, which mainly operate in the services sector. But what if the concept of the sharing economy was embedded into scientific research technologies? Associate Professor of Operations Management at The American University in Cairo (AUC) Sherwat Elwan Ibrahim and founder of Scienup
A global company with an Egyptian team, serving 15,000 platforms including Dubsmash, Houseparty, Souq, Samsung, and Lyft – in a nutshell: Instabug. Instabug’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) helps detect and fix bugs – in a technical sense, of course – and has reached a billion users worldwide with a hundred million issues reported in regions like the
