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Egyptian startups are starting to look for growth opportunities beyond Egypt\u2019s <\/strong>borders.<\/strong> \u201cThe last year has seen five startups leave for different climes, and four others are making their push out of Egypt in the next six months,\u201d Rachel Williamson writes in Wamda<\/a>. \u201cThe UAE is the most popular location for Egyptian entrepreneurs to scale into, closely followed by Saudi Arabia, according to the Wamda Research Lab. However, the 2015 Country Insights report showed there was more of a desire to scale than actual achievement.\u201d Williamson also looks into specific startups\u2019 regional expansion plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egyptian startups are starting to look for growth opportunities beyond Egypt\u2019s borders. \u201cThe last year has seen five startups leave for different climes, and four others are making their push out of Egypt in the next six months,\u201d Rachel Williamson writes in Wamda. \u201cThe UAE is the most popular location for Egyptian entrepreneurs to scale […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9257],"tags":[72],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-648430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-your-way-out","tag-enterpriseam","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"3ed2fd5a-55fc-4183-afbc-2a22f2dcfbc4","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[648392],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nEgyptian startups starting to looking for growth outside of Egypt - 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