Egypt’s Meska AI Preps for Next-Level Startup Surge at Meska Spark 2026

Editorial Team

Last updated 26-12-2025

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Meska AI's upcoming Meska Spark event focuses on building globally competitive Egyptian startups.

The event will gather industry leaders, investors, and AI startups addressing real industry challenges.

AI startups can pitch to investors and experts, encouraging fruitful discussions and practical solutions.

Matchmaking sessions will connect engineers, specialists, and Egyptian experts abroad for collaboration.

ITIDA's partnership supports the event, helping accelerate Egypt's innovation in the tech scene.

Meska AI is gearing up for the second round of its Meska Spark event, set for 16 January 2026 at Creativa in Dokki, and it already sounds like one of those gatherings where the room crackles with ideas. The company says this edition will pull in industry leaders, tech experts, investors and a hand‑picked group of AI startups, all with one aim in mind: building companies from Egypt that can hold their own on the global stage. I reckon that’s a tall order, but not impossible — I’ve seen founders across the region pull off bigger leaps.

What stands out this year is how deliberately the event has been shaped. Meska Spark isn’t just another tech meetup where everyone swaps business cards and hopes for the best. The organisers talk about grounding every discussion in real industry challenges, and about giving startups proper strategies for growth rather than vague inspiration. At Arageek we often see events that promise the moon and deliver very little; this one feels more spot on, at least on paper.

Startups working in AI will have the chance to pitch directly to investors and sector experts, which can be a bit of a faff but often leads to those unexpected conversations that open doors. On the flip side, several industry specialists — people who actually know what goes wrong inside factories, hospitals or banks — will be there to explore whether AI companies can help tackle some of those problems. Having that practical angle is refreshing; it saves everyone from building pretty slides with no real use.

Meska is also pulling together engineers, technical talents and even top Egyptian experts working abroad in fields like Vision AI, OCR and hardware-focused AI. They’re running matchmaking sessions to help teams find the right mix of technical and sector knowledge. And believe it or not, angels, accelerators and big‑tech advisors will all be in the mix too, looking for collaboration or incubation opportunities.

Co-founders Omar El‑Moneir and Nabil Khalifa stressed that they’re keeping the selection process tight this time. Applications for attendance and startup participation will go through detailed screening to maintain a high bar. Their first edition drew in more than 1,000 people — a number they expect could doublle, though they seem intent on avoiding the chaos that often comes with rapid growth. I’m not a fan of overcrowded events, so this approach sounds sensible.

Meska also highlighted the ongoing support of ITIDA, calling the partnership a key part of strengthening Egypt’s tech and innovation scene. From what I’ve seen over the years, when ITIDA backs something, it tends to gain momentum faster than expected.

The company ended its announcement by reaffirming its goal to help Egyptian talent build globally competitive tech from within the country, promising more partnerships and updates for the AI community in the coming days. And honestly… I mean, if even half of what they’re planning comes through, founders looking to break into AI might find January a rather interesting month.

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