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Egyptian Entrepreneurs Take Control

Written by Kelly Dolan on Wednesday, 06 November 2013.

While Egypt continues to struggle through political crisis, its leading economic lights have been slowly organising: and there are now a number of exciting developments.

PayCorp Agrees Bright Office Payments Deal

Written by entrepreneurcountry on Wednesday, 16 October 2013.

Payments solutions business Pay Corporation, part of Boxhill Technologies PLC, has signed an agreement with CRM software business Bright Office, further extending its reach outside of the gaming and lottery sectors.

An Open Door To Funding For Entrepreneurs

Written by entrepreneurcountry on Tuesday, 15 October 2013.

On Friday 1st November, the Crowdfunding: Deep Impact Conference will be offering a once in a lifetime opportunity to hear from the founders of various crowdfunding platforms, as well as meet with likeminded business owners and investors. 

Start-Up Egypt: Social Blink

Written by Chandra Jacobs on Monday, 30 September 2013.

Social Blink was proudly founded in June 2013, in a country where a single Tweet decreased the revenue of the biggest Mobile operator by 10% when it turned into an avalanche and launched a revolution; where the most watched TV talk show presenter was originally a sensation on social media; and where two revolutions were made and removed two presidents in a row (with the help of social media).

The Mobile Phone Quenches Egypt's Thirst For Breaking News

Written by Adam Baldwin on Wednesday, 25 September 2013.

Since the peak of Arab Spring activity in January 2011, subscriptions to news content delivered via text message have increased by almost 1500 per cent in Egypt as the public continues to rely on its mobile phones and SMS services for breaking information during times of unrest.

The Growth and Rebirth of Entrepreneurship in the Arab World

Written by Joe Haslam on Tuesday, 24 September 2013.

Talking with Entrepreneurship students about strategy is like talking to millennials about pension plans. Thanks, but no thanks. It doesn’t help that textbooks on strategy are on the whole quite dull affairs (few, if any, people on their death bed request a copy of Robert E. Grant´s Contemporary Strategy Analysis).

Monitise

Written by Adam Baldwin on Tuesday, 24 September 2013.

Monitise plc (LSE: MONI.L) is the global trusted enabler in Mobile Money solutions, with proven technology and expertise to enable financial institutions and other service providers to offer a wide range of mobile banking, payments and commerce services to their customers in developed, emerging and hybrid territories.

SoundOut

Written by Adam Baldwin on Tuesday, 24 September 2013.

SoundOut is a web based music technology and data company using crowdsourcing and the wisdom of crowds to predict the market potential and demographic resonance of new music.

Seamless

Written by Adam Baldwin on Tuesday, 24 September 2013.

Seamless is a great example of Ecosystem Economics™ in action in the financial services sector. Seamless are a global mobile payments company that provides prepaid top-up systems and mobile payment services for mobile operators, distributors, retailers and consumers.

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Egyptian Entrepreneurs Take Control

by Kelly Dolan

While Egypt continues to struggle through political crisis, its leading economic lights have been slowly organising: and there are now a number of exciting developments.

Read more

The Growth and Rebirth of Entrepreneurship in the Arab World

by Joe Haslam

Talking with Entrepreneurship students about strategy is like talking to millennials about pension plans. Thanks, but no thanks. It doesn’t help that textbooks on strategy are on the whole quite dull affairs (few, if any, people on their death bed request a copy of Robert E. Grant´s Contemporary Strategy Analysis).

Read more

Start-Up Egypt: Social Blink

by Chandra Jacobs

Social Blink was proudly founded in June 2013, in a country where a single Tweet decreased the revenue of the biggest Mobile operator by 10% when it turned into an avalanche and launched a revolution; where the most watched TV talk show presenter was originally a sensation on social media; and where two revolutions were made and removed two presidents in a row (with the help of social media).

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Creating in Crowds

by Thomas A. Stewart

In the romantic version, entrepreneurship and individualism are synonymous. He or she is a lone visionary, a Don Quixote tilting against the windmills of business as usual, with no resources beyond an impossible dream, a mulish stubbornness, and a maxed-out credit card.

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The Mobile Phone Quenches Egypt's Thirst For Breaking News

by Adam Baldwin

Since the peak of Arab Spring activity in January 2011, subscriptions to news content delivered via text message have increased by almost 1500 per cent in Egypt as the public continues to rely on its mobile phones and SMS services for breaking information during times of unrest.

Read more

Palo Alto Goes Global

by Julie Meyer

I grew up near Palo Alto, so if I had a bias, it would be that Palo Alto is the epicentre of the tech world. And as ‘all things tech’ come to be understood as the driver of growth in business, like a massive snowball picking up speed down the mountain, it should be more important what’s happening in and around Palo Alto.

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