• Wednesday, 13 May 2020

    Bridging the gap between low banking penetration and high mobile adoption

    Making It’s next guest bridged a gap between low banking penetration and high mobile adoption. Her business was built to offer the unbanked a mobile payment solution through an outlet they already use — mobile network operators. Six years later,...
  • Tuesday, 12 May 2020

    Brimore raises USD 3.5 mn in pre-series A investment

    STARTUP WATCH- Cairo-based social commerce platform Brimore has raised USD 3.5 mn in a pre-series A funding round led by Algebra Ventures, the company announced in a statement to Enterprise (pdf). Flat6Labs, Disruptech, Vision Ventures and 500 Startups also participated...
  • Thursday, 30 April 2020

    Egypt in the News on 30 April 2020

    We have been blessed with yet another relatively quiet morning for Egypt in the foreign press. …full of sound and fury, signifying nothing: Businessman Mohamed Bahgat got a boost from the Financial Times in his long-running dispute with the government...
  • Tuesday, 28 April 2020

    Healthtech: What a time to be alive

    There has never been a more pressing moment in modern times for companies working in health technology to step up to the plate and find solutions that will enable people across the world to access better, more affordable healthcare. Innovation...
  • Tuesday, 28 April 2020

    Podcasts we love: Recode Decode

    If you live and breathe tech, you probably already listen to Vox’s Recode Decode (or, at the very least, know its host: Prominent Silicon Valley journalist Kara Swisher). And if you’re not a tech aficionado, you should still be listening...
  • Tuesday, 21 April 2020

    ITIDA gears up to disburse export subsidies to IT firms

    ITIDA gears up to disburse export subsidies to IT firms: The CIT Ministry’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) began on Thursday the initial steps for disbursing more than EGP 5 mn in dues to 25 SMEs and micro-enterprises eligible...
  • Wednesday, 15 April 2020

    Can Africa imitate China’s rapid development?

    Can Africa imitate China’s rapid development? Africa could harness its manpower and natural resources to generate massive economic growth, the Economist reports (watch, runtime: 15:36). Among the options on the table: rapid industrialization (like China) or by investment in services...
  • Tuesday, 31 March 2020

    China is proposing a radical overhaul of the internet

    China is proposing a radical overhaul of the internet: China has proposed overhauling the architecture of the internet in a change it says will permit the expansion of the internet of things, the mainstreaming of self-driving cars and the roll-out...
  • Monday, 23 March 2020

    Your top 5 education stories of the week

    Your top 5 education stories of the week: School shut-down: Education Minister Tarek Shawky said the two-week shutdown of Egyptian schools and universities will likely be extended.Orange Egypt, Avaya cooperate on e-learning: Orange Egypt and Avaya are partnering to provide...

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