Opinions
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9.3KOpinion: Why you should invest in Egyptian startups
by Mostafa Amin and Farouk Kadous Let’s agree that every smart entrepreneur in today’s world wants to build a great company and...
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10.7KOpinion: I don’t invest in Egyptian startups. Here’s why
An article by Wamda recently highlighted some of the challenges faced by startups in Egypt. The venture community cited the recent Egyptian...
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7.4KOpinion: Egypt needs to stop following the ‘Silicon Valley approach’ for its tech ecosystem
Disclaimer: I am writing this article as an invitation to think out loud with the rest of the community and to highlight...
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7.3KOpinion: How accelerators in MENA can actually enhance the quality of startups
Abdulaziz Alloughani, the Managing Partner with Faith Capital, shared his observation about startup programs on Twitter with this tweet: “Despite a plethora...
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23.0K7 things entrepreneurs can learn from the Egyptian (and Liverpool) footballer Mohamed Salah
Mohamed Salah’s rise as an international football star has been phenomenal. In last six months, he has helped his national team book...
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32.0KFacebook witch trials: when people are scared of what they don’t understand
When Zuckerberg vs Congress started, I thought to myself that it would be a very interesting debate on something that is literally...
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3.6KOpinion: Expectations vs Reality – what it’s really like to be a startup founder
Eman Al Koshairy is the co-founder of AlMakinah, a programming bootcamp that enables people to become software developers. She co-founded the bootcamp...
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6.0KOpinion: How to get Jordan’s entrepreneurship ecosystem back on track
Has Jordan’s entrepreneurship ecosystem lost its footing? In mid-2012 my career shifted to the world of entrepreneurship when I took over leadership...
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7.1KOpinion: Funding should not be used as a scale to measure success (or failure) of a startup
Raising investments for startups is not easy. And it gets even more difficult when you’re doing it in MENA. I have been speaking...
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5.1KMENA: A region on the brink of an entrepreneurial revolution
MENA is on the verge of a technological transformation bringing the region closer to the frontiers of innovation and ingenuity. There is...