Social Entrepreneurship: Climate Heroes
Karm Solar, a startup let by American University of Cairo alumni Ahmed Zahran is signing new deals to grow its services. Karm Solar provides solar-powered water pumping solutions designed to enable agriculture and new communities in remote desert locations. Read more
Motivation - Collaboration – Leadership
Several Egyptian entrepreneurs participated and spoke at the recent Global Entrepreneurship summit in Nairobi, Kenya.
President Obama was there and encouraged entrepreneurs who are the key to positive change and economic growth in the whole African continent. Read more
Tech Success
It is rumoured that Fawry, an Egyptian payment solution provider, has been bought by a European VC fund for a sum in excess of $100 million.
You can learn more about entrepreneurship in the MENA region by visiting the wamda website (a platform of programs and networks aiming to accelerate entrepreneurship ecosystems) and consulting the various GEM country profiles:
- Algeria
- Egypt
- Iran
- Israel
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Morocco
- Palestinian Territories
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen