{"id":642949,"date":"2017-08-27T03:51:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T03:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/08\/27\/egypts-karmsolar-gets-spotlight-on-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2017-08-27T03:51:46","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T03:51:46","slug":"egypts-karmsolar-gets-spotlight-on-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/08\/27\/egypts-karmsolar-gets-spotlight-on-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt\u2019s KarmSolar gets spotlight on TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Egypt\u2019s KarmSolar is receiving a glowing <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/08\/26\/karmsolar-introduces-solar-energy-to-sunny-old-egypt\/\"><strong>spotlight on TechCrunch<\/strong><\/a> as a leader in solar power and sustainable energy development in the country \u2014 going so far as to say it introduced solar energy to Egypt. 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