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Egyptian start-up economy in focus

PUBLISHED ON
26.09.2023
Author
Sandra Schöttelndreier
Category
Accelerator
Overview

More than 60 Egyptian start-ups have participated in TECHgrow since spring 2023 – 10 each from the fields of GreenTech, Smart Manufacturing, HealthTech, Supply Chain, AgriTech and FinTech. In the past months, TECHgrow offered the selected start-ups lectures and workshops on topics such as sustainability, customer understanding, growth processes or raising awareness for internationalisation.

Event Ägyptische Start-up Ökonomie im Fokus

The final event of the Accelerator Programme has now taken place in Egypt, where the five best start-ups were selected. We are looking forward to welcoming the finalists of the programme to Germany and KIT in November 2023, where they can get to know the German start-up ecosystem.

In Egypt, the team also visited various innovation drivers such as the Knowledge Hub Universities campus – a multidisciplinary academic centre that brings together courses from internationally renowned universities from around the world. The programme also included a visit to the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), which plays a major role in the development of the local IT industry.

Event: Ägyptische Start-up Ökonomie im Fokus

In addition, the TECH4Transition team organised a roundtable on entrepreneurship in the Egyptian-German context together with GIZ Egypt. The participants (including representatives of GIZ, DAAD Egypt, the Arab Academy Entrepreneurship Center and Flat6Labs) discussed cooperation opportunities and prospects for the local start-up scene.

For more information about the trip to Egypt and the project itself, please visit the project page.

Event: Ägyptische Start-up Ökonomie im Fokus
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