Entrepreneurs gathered in Assuit City to take part of ‘We Innovate’ initiative, entrepreneurship and innovation hub dedicated to the youth of Upper Egypt, on October 15. We Innovate aims at bringing entrepreneurship to Upper Egypt in attempts to create an ecosystem for entrepreneurs from Upper Egypt to launch their startups. Egyptian Streets spoke to Farah Abdelbaki, We Innovate event coordinator, to tell us more about the initiative. What is ‘We Innovate’? We Innovate is an entrepreneurship and innovation hub located at the technology park “We Park” in New Assiut City. It aims at supporting the youth of Upper Egypt with the necessary space and resources to innovate, create and run startups. The park is supported by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and managed by a consortium of partners consisting of the Greek Campus, RiseUp, Flat6Labs, Injaz, Nafham, Education, XWare, UE Systems and Assiut University. How do you aim at inspiring entrepreneurship in Upper Egypt? We plan on spreading awareness about entrepreneurship through ideation workshops, hackathons and presenting numerous role model entrepreneurs and examples of scalable tech-enabled startups. We aim to inspire innovation to allow youth to solve their local market gaps efficiently….
‘We Innovate’ Upper Egypt’s Entrepreneurship, Innovation Hub Kicks off in Assiut
October 22, 2017
