Starting a business in… Egypt Instabug’s Moataz Soliman and Omar Gabr In the wake of Egypt’s 2011 uprising, civil society blossomed, characterized by the booming startup scene led by young entrepreneurs. The efforts have been spurred in part to counter the country’s unemployment rate of 13.5 percent and rising. With a population of 80.72 million as of 2012, this leaves almost 11 million people unemployed. Amidst tumultuous times, Omar Gabr and Moataz Soliman launched mobile app Instabug in June 2012. Instabug helps mobile app developers find glitches in their apps by engaging users to report them through the simple process of shaking their phone. For apps that have incorporated Instabug into their system, they will have a screenshot of the bug sent straight to the developer with information on location and what network they were using. Gabr explains that this helps shorten the product life cycle to help test apps
