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Egyptian Edtech platform to relocate to Ireland after raising $4.5m from backers

iSchool plans to create new jobs here as it looks to expand globally from Dublin

Brian Martin and Alan Foy of VentureWave Capital pictured with iSchool’s executive team of Muhammad Gawish, Ibrahim Abdullah and Mostafa Abdelmoneim

iSchool, an Egyptian-based edtech company is to relocate its headquarters to Ireland and create a number of news jobs locally after securing $4.5 million (€4.1 million) in investment in a funding round led by VentureWave Capital.

The company, which has developed an online coding platform for students aged 6 to 18, is the brainchild of Muhammad Gawish, an entrepreneur who was last year named on Forbes’ prestigious ’30 under 30” list of leading young innovators, ...