Entrepreneurship Programs
The Company Program
A project-based program where students experience real entrepreneurial challenges. Working in teams, they develop a startup from vision and mission to marketing and sales, with guidance from trainers and reflective activities to reinforce learning. This program is available to High-School students in private schools and University students in both public and private universities.
The winning teams from Egypt’s Company Program advance to compete against teams from across the MENA region at the annual Young Entrepreneurs Celebration (YEC), showcasing their innovative business ideas on a regional stage.
2026 Winning Teams
University Track
Team HOPE—Banha University
Smart rehabilitation
for patient recovery
High School Track
Team RootSense—BISC
Helping farmers make
better decisions
Meet Silicon Valley
Meet Silicon Valley is a 10-day intensive acceleration exchange program in partnership with the US Embassy in Cairo.
It takes high-impact Egyptian entrepreneurs on a tour of the Silicon Valley entrepreneurship ecosystem - providing a once in a lifetime opportunity to network with tech executives and investors, visit co-working spaces and leading tech companies and receive mentorship from TechWadi. Additionally, participants have the ability to gain global exposure for their startups.
An objective of this program includes sharing the knowledge learned with others within the community. Therefore, all participants are expected to dedicate agreed-upon mentorship hours, in the form of panel discussions, workshops, or direct mentoring.
7erfety
An initiative that aims to empower women with handcrafts to become successful business owners and grow profitable businesses out of their talent. We take the learners on a comprehensive personal and professional journey, covering a multitude of aspects to equip them with the necessary knowledge and skills.
Start-Up Egypt
Start Up Egypt is one of the largest entrepreneurship pipelines in Egypt. It takes a sustainable, long term approach to entrepreneurship - enrolling enthusiastic graduates from any field of study and from anywhere in Egypt with minimal business experience and transforming them into successful entrepreneurs with innovative new businesses that contribute to the national economy and generate jobs.
The series of milestones in this program are designed to ensure that by successful completion, startups will have built and registered their enterprises, received equity free seed funding and gained exposure to a great network of mentors and investors.
Women’s Entrepreneurship Program
The Women’s Entrepreneurship Program is an intensive business-enabling program - where in participants learn from professionals the skills needed to plan a business, market, finance and prepare all the necessary legalities and accounting processes.
Participants face the same challenges and successes of entrepreneurs in the private sector, and finish the cycle with the mindset and know-how to start their business and see it through to its success.
