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IFC to expand its activities in Egypt’s transportation, renewable energy, entrepreneurship
WBG’s new president praises country’s economic reforms
Empowering Egyptian women to be at forefront of entrepreneurship
SHECAN, the women’s entrepreneurship event in the MENA region, founded by Entrepenelle, hosted its 3rd edition at the Greek Campus days ago, under the headline theme ‘Successful Failures.’ The event saw a diverse range of talks, workshops, and panel discussions on women’s experiences in the entrepreneurship ecosystem, and invited a number of successful women entrepreneurs …
Entrepreneurship, innovation to make Egypt part of Fourth Industrial Revolution
‘Women are key for this to happen,’ says Swedish ambassador
AmCham, AUC to organise entrepreneurship event titled ‘Egyptian Dream’
The AmCham Entrepreneurship and Innovation Committee (EIC), in cooperation with the American University in Cairo (AUC), School of Business, Entrepreneurs’ Organisation (EO), Endeavor Egypt and Mindsalike are organising a one-day event titled, the ‘Egyptian Dream’ on Monday, March 11 at the AUC Tahrir Campus. The event promotes Egyptian entrepreneurship and will provide attendees with the …
Banque du Caire participates in Nile Pioneers initiative to support entrepreneurship
We participate in all important events supporting state plans for sustainable development: Fayed
Accepting failure necessary for boosting entrepreneurship: Kurtenbach
The Egyptian finalist of ATX + EGY will attend SXSW in March 2020
Resilience is core of entrepreneurship: Moustapha Sarhank
Entrepreneur’s journey from ‘tuna can year’ to sound leadership, ethics in business
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Government pursues its plan to create supportive business setting for entrepreneurship
MIIC, MCIT agree on presence of Your Idea, Your Company initiative at University innovation technology hubs to reach higher number of youth
MoU signed between MSMEDA, Azhar University to encourage entrepreneurship
We choose university students, grads with innovative feasible ideas: Gamea
USAID provides Egypt’s entrepreneurship with $42.8m
American government committed to supporting startups, says embassy’s deputy of mission
British Middle East Minister Alistair Burt visits Egypt to support education reforms, entrepreneurship
Minister to meet Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, says embassy
MIIC, MCIT sign protocol to promote Egypt’s regional position in entrepreneurship, investment
Agreement includes promotion of investment in field of entrepreneurship, establishment of investment zones for emerging companies
Entreprenelle holds ‘SHE CAN’18’ event for women entrepreneurship in Cairo on 2,3 March
Prominent issue causing gap in entrepreneurship field is women unaware of available resources in market, says Entreprenelle founder
Egypt agrees with UN setting up first innovation, entrepreneurship centre in Africa
Africa qualified to lead creativity in the world: El Kady
Where does Egypt rank in entrepreneurship, emerging companies globally?
Botswana tops Africa, UAE ahead of Arab countries
Top reasons startups fail
Entrepreneurship is one of the leading industries in the international market and the Egyptian market in particular, but a large percentage of startup companies fall before they reach advanced stages of growth. According to some international reports, only 10% of the emerging companies succeed. CB Insights Foundation says that the main reasons why startups fail …
“Egypt” entrepreneurship company to be established with aim of helping small investors
The joint contribution will include the Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation, the SFD, and NI Capital, with EGP 451mn of investments
Entrepreneurship and start-ups sector highly likely to grow in 2017
Global Entrepreneurship Index ranks Egypt 81st in terms of entrepreneurship
Algebra closes largest venture capital fund in Egypt with $40m
The fund will invest in up to 25 technology and technology-enabled start-ups
RiseUp Summit 2016 kicks off on Friday
Start-ups still lack access to funding, talent, know-how, markets, and exposure, says founder
A15 invests in 2 startups in fields of healthy food, e-commerce
Company investment portfolio has value of $3m, of which $800,000 has been invested, says Azer
MENA startups must offer more incentives to attract talent
According to a report published by the International Financial Corporation, entrepreneurs are having difficulty finding qualified labour and must provide more benefits in order to attract prospective employees
Brexit: Up to seven years to renegotiate EU-UK relations, says Tusk
The president of the European Council has warned of the lengthy process that would ensue if the UK left the bloc. Tensions have risen across the UK and EU ahead of a historic vote on the country’s future in the bloc.
Egypt, Bahrain sign 11 MOU in various fields
Egypt presents its mega-development projects to attract Bahraini investments
Entrepreneurship trounces economic crises, draws attention of foreign investors in 2015
Fawry’s acquisition deal is the biggest; Yaoota, Wuzzuf give hope to startups
$400m investments expected for entrepreneurship sector in 2016
Capital is intelligent, said CEO of KI Angel venture capital fund Khaled Ismail, as it always goes to the opportunities that will achieve rapid growth. He added that in 2011, many entrepreneurs and creative thinkers emerged, and, in turn, capital began to be made available to pump investments in these companies. “Capital always turns up …
Entrepreneurship suffers neglect of local media marketing
CEO and Co-Founder of Drbridge, Amir Barsoum, believes the field of entrepreneurship is one of the most critical sectors for investment, since they give chances for ideas with potential success. He said there aren’t any large investments in this sector in Egypt since there must be many success stories to attract foreign investment. For …
Entrepreneurship crucial for Egypt’s advancement: Business Sweden
The challenges facing entrepreneurs in Egypt include education, access to finance, legal regulatory framework
Not enough capital in Egypt for start-ups: Flat6Labs Cairo CEO
Instead of investing in traditional sectors, businessmen could invest in start-ups, says Ramez Mohamed
Arabian Cement launches start-up programme
First phase of programme is from 24 May to 4 July, applicants to submit initial proposals