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Leena ElDeeb
A Cairo-based business journalist, with an annoying passion for politics and theology. Leena has always wanted to become a war zone correspondent, reporting between bullets and missiles, but she graduated to find herself cornered in the business sector and has recently succumbed to this fact and fell in love with it.
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Egypt’s New Investment Law: What To Expect

05 Apr 2018
Egypt ratified the long-awaited investment law, providing more incentives and [...]

Meet the 8 Migrant Entrepreneurs Who Rocked at Cairo's "Women On The Move"

03 Apr 2018
Startups Without Borders has just launched "Women On The Move" at the Greek Campus, [...]

7 Unspoken Rules in MENA’s Business Etiquette

10 Apr 2018
Wondering why your business relationships are not going very well? You might find [...]

MENA’s Fintech To Receive $2.5 Billion by 2022, What Does That Mean To Blockchain-Banned Countries?

12 Apr 2018
The region’s blockchain technology just got a little more exciting, but what does [...]

5 Books Every Boss Lady Needs To Read

22 Apr 2018
Whether you’re a boss lady juggling responsibilities, or an employee eyeing a [...]

The Egyptian Team Behind the World's First Conscious Tech Summit

17 Apr 2018
“The longer I stayed in Silicon Valley, the longer it disappointed me,” says [...]

Why Algebra Ventures Is Joining Forces with Startup Scene for the First Startup Picnic in Egypt

23 Apr 2018
In the run up to the inaugural edition of Startup Scene's Startup Picnic, we sit [...]

Are Startups Really Creating More Jobs in the Arab World?

01 May 2018
Will innovative companies be able to solve an ageing crisis such as unemployment? [...]

Meet The Gaza Startups Competing Globally Despite the Siege

06 May 2018
“Whenever there’s hard work there’s always hope,” says Sara Al-Afifi, Mentorship [...]

How Close Are We To Dystopia? 5 MENA Startups Mirroring Netflix's "Black Mirror"

13 May 2018
From child-tracking devices to augmented reality game centres, we explore 5 [...]

How Can We Make AI Conscious? We Ask the Engineers of the Future

16 May 2018
Speaking at Vested Summit, which took over Egypt's Town of El Gouna last week, Hong [...]

What Happened To Qatari Startups After The Blockade?

15 Jul 2018
A year after the trade, air, and land blockade enforced by the Arab state’s [...]

A Day In The Life Of Egypt's 20-Year-Old Blockchain Entrepreneur

27 May 2018
We speak to Nour Haridy, the young founder who took on the mission to de-flaw the [...]

7 MENA Entrepreneurs Tell Us How They Stay Productive While Fasting in Ramadan

23 May 2018
Working in Ramadan can be a real challenge, especially for those addicted to [...]

This Egyptian Entrepreneur Is Using Augmented Reality and Machine Learning For Home Furnishing

03 Jun 2018
How many times have you bought a couch and found out it didn’t match your carpet [...]

He Set Off on A Mission to Hack "Digital Injustice" And Now Just Raised $100,000 in Oman 

07 Jun 2018
We speak to Amir El-Sherbiny, CEO and co-founder of WebVille, the content-focused [...]

What Happens in the Valley? The Middle Easterner's Guide to the World's Tech Hub

04 Jul 2018
From the best coffee and pizza places, to tips and advice from Middle Eastern [...]

If Business Cards Become Obsolete In The Digital Age, What Next?

21 Jun 2018
In the era of Bump, My Name Is E and JumpScan, we ask 5 Middle Eastern [...]

Egypt's Bitcoin Pioneer Raised $8 million for a Startup that Could Put Swiss Banks In Jeopardy  

12 Jun 2018
We speak to Rami Khalil, the Alexandrian blockchain geek who started Bitcoin Egypt [...]

How Can Fresh Faces Survive Egypt's Film Monopoly Imposed By Tycoons? We Ask Good People

03 Jul 2018
Hend Ghorab is one of the young minds competing against traditional giants in the [...]

How the Founder of Odiggo Managed to Garner 2,000 Customers in 7 Months

28 Jun 2018
We sit down with Ahmed Omar, the founder and CEO of Odiggo, the digital marketplace [...]

5 Middle Eastern Entrepreneurs Working With Blockchain To Reach The Future

10 Jul 2018
We speak with 5 of the region's fiercest entrepreneurs aiming to decentralise not [...]

3 Agritech Startups Creating a Farming Revolution in Egypt

29 Jul 2018
We speak to Egyptian Agritech startups, Agrimatic, Askova, and Wastilizer using [...]

Go Lean or Go Home? A Look at the MENA's First Lean Startup Night

18 Jul 2018
As the first Lean Startup Night took off in Cairo, we ask its MENA ambassador Hani [...]

CEO at 17: The Egyptian Entrepreneur that Could Kill PowerPoint

22 Jul 2018
"We noticed that people all over the world spend more than 140 million hours every [...]

How This Egyptian Entrepreneur is Putting Courier Data In Order

30 Jul 2018
Mediating between merchants and courier companies, VOO’s CEO Waleed Rashed walks [...]

The West Is Fighting For Net Neutrality, Will The Middle East Follow? We Ask Digital Grassroots

31 Jul 2018
We sit down with Noha Abdel-Baqy, Digital Grassroot's co-founder and ambassador in [...]

This Lebanese Engineer Is Bringing Beach Mattresses Into The 21st Century

06 Aug 2018
From a university project to the global market, Antoine Sayah tells us about how [...]

Inside The Lebanese STEM Academy Teaching Generation Z How To Code

16 Aug 2018
We speak with students, a little above the age of 10, who go to Geek Express every [...]

This Egyptian Startup Is Not Your Typical Web Development Company

15 Aug 2018
A decentralised tech commune at the outskirts of the capital, with a cat as the [...]

From Maktoob to Kambio, Jordan's Samih Toukan Walks Us Through His Entrepreneurial Journey

19 Aug 2018
"The current venture capital operating model is complicated and appears outdated - [...]

Meet The Egyptian Team That Won 2nd Place At Hajj Hackathon

02 Sep 2018
We sit down with the Alexandrian developers behind a virtual wallet that promises [...]

His Cat Died, So He Launched "Vetcode" A Pet-Care Startup That Reached 7 Million Users In 6 Weeks

04 Sep 2018
“We have more than 70,000 veterinarians in Egypt, in the meantime there is no [...]

From Cairo To Munich, With R&D: An Egyptian Engineer Working On Siemens’ Corporate Tech

23 Sep 2018
We bumped into Mohamed Khalil, a PhD student at Siemens Corporate Technology, as we [...]

Siemens' Entrepreneurial Vision: A Conversation With CTO Roland Busch

19 Sep 2018
"Entrepreneurship and ownership culture is an important milestone of our vision [...]

From Personal Loans To Travel Packages, This Startup Helps You Compare Services In Egypt

30 Sep 2018
Hazem Abdalla, CEO of fintech company Quadrant tells us about the company’s first [...]

The Lebanese Entrepreneur Who Jumped From Broker, to Poker, to DaddyFoody

11 Oct 2018
Serial Entrepreneur Brahms Chouity talks to Startup Scene’s editor Leena ElDeeb [...]

A15’s Fadi Antaki Tells Us What It’s Like Creating MENA’s First Dragon

23 Oct 2018
How does the first dragon change dynamics in the Middle East’s entrepreneurial [...]

From London to Art D’ Egypte: This British Startup Is Helping Egypt’s Local Artists Go Global

29 Oct 2018
We sit down with Smartify’s co-founder Anna Lowe, who’s working with Art D’Egypte [...]

On Halloween, We Ask 5 Entrepreneurs What Scares Them The Most About Egypt’s Startup Landscape

30 Oct 2018
For the ecosystem is dark and full of terrors. [...]

Answering To IBM’s Call To Code, These Egyptian Coders Want To Save Lives On The Blockchain

15 Nov 2018
While natural disasters have no bias towards or against particular places, many [...]

15 Things We Learned About The Startup Manifesto, Powered By RiseUp

22 Nov 2018
We spoke with some of the entrepreneurs and experts in the ecosystem who have been [...]

5 Common Mistakes Startups Make During Their Early Stages, According To Flat6Labs Cairo

05 Dec 2018
We take some words of advice from Flat6Labs Cairo, who has a lot planned for the [...]

A Deep Dive Into Egyptian Tech Startup Instabug's Recent Retreat To Nepal

05 Dec 2018
Omar Gabr, Instabug’s CEO, tells us how the startup’s annual retreats have helped [...]

A Peek Inside The Lebanese Ecosystem Through The Eyes Of The Lebanese League For Women In Business

27 Dec 2018
We sit down with Asmahan Zein, the president of the Lebanese League For Women In [...]

Must An Investor Be An Entrepreneur First? We Ask 3 Entrepreneurs-Turned-Investors

03 Jan 2019
There’s a lot of entrepreneurs and investors in the sea of the ecosystem… But only [...]

This Duo Is Building The World’s First AI-Powered Kuttab: “Tarteel”

16 Jan 2019
“Having a companion devoted to listen to your recitations, marking your mistakes, [...]

Through The Eyes Of The Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund, Amal Enan Sees Potential

29 Jan 2019
We speak to the executive director of the United States' investment arm in Egypt, [...]

CEO at 17: The Egyptian Entrepreneur that Could Kill PowerPoint

22 Jul 2018
"We noticed that people all over the world spend more than 140 million hours every [...]

Egypt's Bitcoin Pioneer Raised $8 million for a Startup that Could Put Swiss Banks In Jeopardy  

12 Jun 2018
We speak to Rami Khalil, the Alexandrian blockchain geek who started Bitcoin Egypt [...]

He Set Off on A Mission to Hack "Digital Injustice" And Now Just Raised $100,000 in Oman 

07 Jun 2018
We speak to Amir El-Sherbiny, CEO and co-founder of WebVille, the content-focused [...]

How Can Fresh Faces Survive Egypt's Film Monopoly Imposed By Tycoons? We Ask Good People

03 Jul 2018
Hend Ghorab is one of the young minds competing against traditional giants in the [...]

3 Agritech Startups Creating a Farming Revolution in Egypt

29 Jul 2018
We speak to Egyptian Agritech startups, Agrimatic, Askova, and Wastilizer using [...]

This Egyptian Entrepreneur Is Using Augmented Reality and Machine Learning For Home Furnishing

03 Jun 2018
How many times have you bought a couch and found out it didn’t match your carpet [...]

How the Founder of Odiggo Managed to Garner 2,000 Customers in 7 Months

28 Jun 2018
We sit down with Ahmed Omar, the founder and CEO of Odiggo, the digital marketplace [...]

This Egyptian Startup Is Not Your Typical Web Development Company

15 Aug 2018
A decentralised tech commune at the outskirts of the capital, with a cat as the [...]

A Day In The Life Of Egypt's 20-Year-Old Blockchain Entrepreneur

27 May 2018
We speak to Nour Haridy, the young founder who took on the mission to de-flaw the [...]

5 Middle Eastern Entrepreneurs Working With Blockchain To Reach The Future

10 Jul 2018
We speak with 5 of the region's fiercest entrepreneurs aiming to decentralise not [...]

Meet The Gaza Startups Competing Globally Despite the Siege

06 May 2018
“Whenever there’s hard work there’s always hope,” says Sara Al-Afifi, Mentorship [...]

Are Startups Really Creating More Jobs in the Arab World?

01 May 2018
Will innovative companies be able to solve an ageing crisis such as unemployment? [...]

How This Egyptian Entrepreneur is Putting Courier Data In Order

30 Jul 2018
Mediating between merchants and courier companies, VOO’s CEO Waleed Rashed walks [...]

What Happens in the Valley? The Middle Easterner's Guide to the World's Tech Hub

04 Jul 2018
From the best coffee and pizza places, to tips and advice from Middle Eastern [...]

The West Is Fighting For Net Neutrality, Will The Middle East Follow? We Ask Digital Grassroots

31 Jul 2018
We sit down with Noha Abdel-Baqy, Digital Grassroot's co-founder and ambassador in [...]

The Egyptian Team Behind the World's First Conscious Tech Summit

17 Apr 2018
“The longer I stayed in Silicon Valley, the longer it disappointed me,” says [...]

A Deep Dive Into Egyptian Tech Startup Instabug's Recent Retreat To Nepal

05 Dec 2018
Omar Gabr, Instabug’s CEO, tells us how the startup’s annual retreats have helped [...]

Egypt’s New Investment Law: What To Expect

05 Apr 2018
Egypt ratified the long-awaited investment law, providing more incentives and [...]

From Cairo To Munich, With R&D: An Egyptian Engineer Working On Siemens’ Corporate Tech

23 Sep 2018
We bumped into Mohamed Khalil, a PhD student at Siemens Corporate Technology, as we [...]

The Lebanese Entrepreneur Who Jumped From Broker, to Poker, to DaddyFoody

11 Oct 2018
Serial Entrepreneur Brahms Chouity talks to Startup Scene’s editor Leena ElDeeb [...]

Go Lean or Go Home? A Look at the MENA's First Lean Startup Night

18 Jul 2018
As the first Lean Startup Night took off in Cairo, we ask its MENA ambassador Hani [...]

How Close Are We To Dystopia? 5 MENA Startups Mirroring Netflix's "Black Mirror"

13 May 2018
From child-tracking devices to augmented reality game centres, we explore 5 [...]

7 Unspoken Rules in MENA’s Business Etiquette

10 Apr 2018
Wondering why your business relationships are not going very well? You might find [...]

7 MENA Entrepreneurs Tell Us How They Stay Productive While Fasting in Ramadan

23 May 2018
Working in Ramadan can be a real challenge, especially for those addicted to [...]

If Business Cards Become Obsolete In The Digital Age, What Next?

21 Jun 2018
In the era of Bump, My Name Is E and JumpScan, we ask 5 Middle Eastern [...]

Meet the 8 Migrant Entrepreneurs Who Rocked at Cairo's "Women On The Move"

03 Apr 2018
Startups Without Borders has just launched "Women On The Move" at the Greek Campus, [...]

Inside The Lebanese STEM Academy Teaching Generation Z How To Code

16 Aug 2018
We speak with students, a little above the age of 10, who go to Geek Express every [...]

A15’s Fadi Antaki Tells Us What It’s Like Creating MENA’s First Dragon

23 Oct 2018
How does the first dragon change dynamics in the Middle East’s entrepreneurial [...]

What Happened To Qatari Startups After The Blockade?

15 Jul 2018
A year after the trade, air, and land blockade enforced by the Arab state’s [...]

From Personal Loans To Travel Packages, This Startup Helps You Compare Services In Egypt

30 Sep 2018
Hazem Abdalla, CEO of fintech company Quadrant tells us about the company’s first [...]

Meet The Egyptian Team That Won 2nd Place At Hajj Hackathon

02 Sep 2018
We sit down with the Alexandrian developers behind a virtual wallet that promises [...]

15 Things We Learned About The Startup Manifesto, Powered By RiseUp

22 Nov 2018
We spoke with some of the entrepreneurs and experts in the ecosystem who have been [...]

Why Algebra Ventures Is Joining Forces with Startup Scene for the First Startup Picnic in Egypt

23 Apr 2018
In the run up to the inaugural edition of Startup Scene's Startup Picnic, we sit [...]

5 Books Every Boss Lady Needs To Read

22 Apr 2018
Whether you’re a boss lady juggling responsibilities, or an employee eyeing a [...]

How Can We Make AI Conscious? We Ask the Engineers of the Future

16 May 2018
Speaking at Vested Summit, which took over Egypt's Town of El Gouna last week, Hong [...]

This Lebanese Engineer Is Bringing Beach Mattresses Into The 21st Century

06 Aug 2018
From a university project to the global market, Antoine Sayah tells us about how [...]

From Maktoob to Kambio, Jordan's Samih Toukan Walks Us Through His Entrepreneurial Journey

19 Aug 2018
"The current venture capital operating model is complicated and appears outdated - [...]

On Halloween, We Ask 5 Entrepreneurs What Scares Them The Most About Egypt’s Startup Landscape

30 Oct 2018
For the ecosystem is dark and full of terrors. [...]

His Cat Died, So He Launched "Vetcode" A Pet-Care Startup That Reached 7 Million Users In 6 Weeks

04 Sep 2018
“We have more than 70,000 veterinarians in Egypt, in the meantime there is no [...]

MENA’s Fintech To Receive $2.5 Billion by 2022, What Does That Mean To Blockchain-Banned Countries?

12 Apr 2018
The region’s blockchain technology just got a little more exciting, but what does [...]

Answering To IBM’s Call To Code, These Egyptian Coders Want To Save Lives On The Blockchain

15 Nov 2018
While natural disasters have no bias towards or against particular places, many [...]

Siemens' Entrepreneurial Vision: A Conversation With CTO Roland Busch

19 Sep 2018
"Entrepreneurship and ownership culture is an important milestone of our vision [...]

5 Common Mistakes Startups Make During Their Early Stages, According To Flat6Labs Cairo

05 Dec 2018
We take some words of advice from Flat6Labs Cairo, who has a lot planned for the [...]

A Peek Inside The Lebanese Ecosystem Through The Eyes Of The Lebanese League For Women In Business

27 Dec 2018
We sit down with Asmahan Zein, the president of the Lebanese League For Women In [...]

From London to Art D’ Egypte: This British Startup Is Helping Egypt’s Local Artists Go Global

29 Oct 2018
We sit down with Smartify’s co-founder Anna Lowe, who’s working with Art D’Egypte [...]

Must An Investor Be An Entrepreneur First? We Ask 3 Entrepreneurs-Turned-Investors

03 Jan 2019
There’s a lot of entrepreneurs and investors in the sea of the ecosystem… But only [...]

Through The Eyes Of The Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund, Amal Enan Sees Potential

29 Jan 2019
We speak to the executive director of the United States' investment arm in Egypt, [...]

This Duo Is Building The World’s First AI-Powered Kuttab: “Tarteel”

16 Jan 2019
“Having a companion devoted to listen to your recitations, marking your mistakes, [...]

Through The Eyes Of The Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund, Amal Enan Sees Potential

29 Jan 2019
We speak to the executive director of the United States' investment arm in Egypt, [...]

This Duo Is Building The World’s First AI-Powered Kuttab: “Tarteel”

16 Jan 2019
“Having a companion devoted to listen to your recitations, marking your mistakes, [...]

Must An Investor Be An Entrepreneur First? We Ask 3 Entrepreneurs-Turned-Investors

03 Jan 2019
There’s a lot of entrepreneurs and investors in the sea of the ecosystem… But only [...]

A Peek Inside The Lebanese Ecosystem Through The Eyes Of The Lebanese League For Women In Business

27 Dec 2018
We sit down with Asmahan Zein, the president of the Lebanese League For Women In [...]

A Deep Dive Into Egyptian Tech Startup Instabug's Recent Retreat To Nepal

05 Dec 2018
Omar Gabr, Instabug’s CEO, tells us how the startup’s annual retreats have helped [...]

5 Common Mistakes Startups Make During Their Early Stages, According To Flat6Labs Cairo

05 Dec 2018
We take some words of advice from Flat6Labs Cairo, who has a lot planned for the [...]

15 Things We Learned About The Startup Manifesto, Powered By RiseUp

22 Nov 2018
We spoke with some of the entrepreneurs and experts in the ecosystem who have been [...]

Answering To IBM’s Call To Code, These Egyptian Coders Want To Save Lives On The Blockchain

15 Nov 2018
While natural disasters have no bias towards or against particular places, many [...]

On Halloween, We Ask 5 Entrepreneurs What Scares Them The Most About Egypt’s Startup Landscape

30 Oct 2018
For the ecosystem is dark and full of terrors. [...]

From London to Art D’ Egypte: This British Startup Is Helping Egypt’s Local Artists Go Global

29 Oct 2018
We sit down with Smartify’s co-founder Anna Lowe, who’s working with Art D’Egypte [...]

A15’s Fadi Antaki Tells Us What It’s Like Creating MENA’s First Dragon

23 Oct 2018
How does the first dragon change dynamics in the Middle East’s entrepreneurial [...]

The Lebanese Entrepreneur Who Jumped From Broker, to Poker, to DaddyFoody

11 Oct 2018
Serial Entrepreneur Brahms Chouity talks to Startup Scene’s editor Leena ElDeeb [...]

From Personal Loans To Travel Packages, This Startup Helps You Compare Services In Egypt

30 Sep 2018
Hazem Abdalla, CEO of fintech company Quadrant tells us about the company’s first [...]

From Cairo To Munich, With R&D: An Egyptian Engineer Working On Siemens’ Corporate Tech

23 Sep 2018
We bumped into Mohamed Khalil, a PhD student at Siemens Corporate Technology, as we [...]

Siemens' Entrepreneurial Vision: A Conversation With CTO Roland Busch

19 Sep 2018
"Entrepreneurship and ownership culture is an important milestone of our vision [...]

His Cat Died, So He Launched "Vetcode" A Pet-Care Startup That Reached 7 Million Users In 6 Weeks

04 Sep 2018
“We have more than 70,000 veterinarians in Egypt, in the meantime there is no [...]

Meet The Egyptian Team That Won 2nd Place At Hajj Hackathon

02 Sep 2018
We sit down with the Alexandrian developers behind a virtual wallet that promises [...]

From Maktoob to Kambio, Jordan's Samih Toukan Walks Us Through His Entrepreneurial Journey

19 Aug 2018
"The current venture capital operating model is complicated and appears outdated - [...]

Inside The Lebanese STEM Academy Teaching Generation Z How To Code

16 Aug 2018
We speak with students, a little above the age of 10, who go to Geek Express every [...]

This Egyptian Startup Is Not Your Typical Web Development Company

15 Aug 2018
A decentralised tech commune at the outskirts of the capital, with a cat as the [...]

This Lebanese Engineer Is Bringing Beach Mattresses Into The 21st Century

06 Aug 2018
From a university project to the global market, Antoine Sayah tells us about how [...]

The West Is Fighting For Net Neutrality, Will The Middle East Follow? We Ask Digital Grassroots

31 Jul 2018
We sit down with Noha Abdel-Baqy, Digital Grassroot's co-founder and ambassador in [...]

How This Egyptian Entrepreneur is Putting Courier Data In Order

30 Jul 2018
Mediating between merchants and courier companies, VOO’s CEO Waleed Rashed walks [...]

3 Agritech Startups Creating a Farming Revolution in Egypt

29 Jul 2018
We speak to Egyptian Agritech startups, Agrimatic, Askova, and Wastilizer using [...]

CEO at 17: The Egyptian Entrepreneur that Could Kill PowerPoint

22 Jul 2018
"We noticed that people all over the world spend more than 140 million hours every [...]

Go Lean or Go Home? A Look at the MENA's First Lean Startup Night

18 Jul 2018
As the first Lean Startup Night took off in Cairo, we ask its MENA ambassador Hani [...]

What Happened To Qatari Startups After The Blockade?

15 Jul 2018
A year after the trade, air, and land blockade enforced by the Arab state’s [...]

5 Middle Eastern Entrepreneurs Working With Blockchain To Reach The Future

10 Jul 2018
We speak with 5 of the region's fiercest entrepreneurs aiming to decentralise not [...]

What Happens in the Valley? The Middle Easterner's Guide to the World's Tech Hub

04 Jul 2018
From the best coffee and pizza places, to tips and advice from Middle Eastern [...]

How Can Fresh Faces Survive Egypt's Film Monopoly Imposed By Tycoons? We Ask Good People

03 Jul 2018
Hend Ghorab is one of the young minds competing against traditional giants in the [...]

How the Founder of Odiggo Managed to Garner 2,000 Customers in 7 Months

28 Jun 2018
We sit down with Ahmed Omar, the founder and CEO of Odiggo, the digital marketplace [...]

If Business Cards Become Obsolete In The Digital Age, What Next?

21 Jun 2018
In the era of Bump, My Name Is E and JumpScan, we ask 5 Middle Eastern [...]

Egypt's Bitcoin Pioneer Raised $8 million for a Startup that Could Put Swiss Banks In Jeopardy  

12 Jun 2018
We speak to Rami Khalil, the Alexandrian blockchain geek who started Bitcoin Egypt [...]

He Set Off on A Mission to Hack "Digital Injustice" And Now Just Raised $100,000 in Oman 

07 Jun 2018
We speak to Amir El-Sherbiny, CEO and co-founder of WebVille, the content-focused [...]

This Egyptian Entrepreneur Is Using Augmented Reality and Machine Learning For Home Furnishing

03 Jun 2018
How many times have you bought a couch and found out it didn’t match your carpet [...]

A Day In The Life Of Egypt's 20-Year-Old Blockchain Entrepreneur

27 May 2018
We speak to Nour Haridy, the young founder who took on the mission to de-flaw the [...]

7 MENA Entrepreneurs Tell Us How They Stay Productive While Fasting in Ramadan

23 May 2018
Working in Ramadan can be a real challenge, especially for those addicted to [...]

How Can We Make AI Conscious? We Ask the Engineers of the Future

16 May 2018
Speaking at Vested Summit, which took over Egypt's Town of El Gouna last week, Hong [...]

How Close Are We To Dystopia? 5 MENA Startups Mirroring Netflix's "Black Mirror"

13 May 2018
From child-tracking devices to augmented reality game centres, we explore 5 [...]

Meet The Gaza Startups Competing Globally Despite the Siege

06 May 2018
“Whenever there’s hard work there’s always hope,” says Sara Al-Afifi, Mentorship [...]

Are Startups Really Creating More Jobs in the Arab World?

01 May 2018
Will innovative companies be able to solve an ageing crisis such as unemployment? [...]

Why Algebra Ventures Is Joining Forces with Startup Scene for the First Startup Picnic in Egypt

23 Apr 2018
In the run up to the inaugural edition of Startup Scene's Startup Picnic, we sit [...]

5 Books Every Boss Lady Needs To Read

22 Apr 2018
Whether you’re a boss lady juggling responsibilities, or an employee eyeing a [...]

The Egyptian Team Behind the World's First Conscious Tech Summit

17 Apr 2018
“The longer I stayed in Silicon Valley, the longer it disappointed me,” says [...]

MENA’s Fintech To Receive $2.5 Billion by 2022, What Does That Mean To Blockchain-Banned Countries?

12 Apr 2018
The region’s blockchain technology just got a little more exciting, but what does [...]

7 Unspoken Rules in MENA’s Business Etiquette

10 Apr 2018
Wondering why your business relationships are not going very well? You might find [...]

Egypt’s New Investment Law: What To Expect

05 Apr 2018
Egypt ratified the long-awaited investment law, providing more incentives and [...]

Meet the 8 Migrant Entrepreneurs Who Rocked at Cairo's "Women On The Move"

03 Apr 2018
Startups Without Borders has just launched "Women On The Move" at the Greek Campus, [...]

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