Kareem El-Shaffei 9 posts 0 comments

There comes a time in a man’s life when he decides to quit the corporate machine and pursue his dream. This time for me was in the year 2012 at the age of 26. With a background in finance and investment banking, coupled with my partner Mostafa Talaat’s marketing and advertising background, we felt we had the perfect match to start a business.…

The 6th cycle of companies graduating from Egyptian startup accelerator Flat6Labs showcased their work last Wednesday at Flat6's highly-anticipated Demo…

We’ve been working long and hard here at the CIRQY office the past month. In an effort to get everyone to discover freshly-made designs, we have been…

CIRQY! THE PLAYGROUND FOR THE HIPPEST ARTISTS, DESIGNERS AND JUST ABOUT ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS FRESH, FUNKY STUFF! Over the next month, CIRQY wanted to give back to the community and to empower today's lively youth.  With a twist, that is. They're also into bears (if you've seen their website www.cirqy.com), so they decided to create the…

Parked outside, I stayed a couple of extra minutes in the car just gazing at the gallery through my window; taking in the feel and energy of everyone gathered…

Are you an explorer, adventurer and a dreamer? Well, put your shorts on because the Future Shorts Summer Season Film Festival is finally here! If you are a…

We got together with Kareerak founder and CEO for some insights on entrepreneurship and to see what he has been up to with Kareerak.com 1. Hello, can you please introduce yourself to Scoop Empire readers? I am Hashem Aly, Founder and CEO of Kareerak.com. I graduated from The American University in Cairo in the summer of…

Over the next few months we'll be witnessing yet another startup competition in Cairo. The StartUp Cup is designed with a powerful business model…

"Short films are one of the last real places for artistic freedom - they're important to celebrate just for that." - Juan Solanas "In a world that often feels…