InnovEgypt

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What are the main aims and objectives?

InnovEgypt program aims at creating an Egyptian base of qualified calibers of potential innovators and entrepreneurs by providing widespread training in innovation and technology management and in entrepreneurship for undergraduates based on best practices and lessons learned. The main objectives of the program are:

  1. Introducing the basic knowledge of innovation and technology management.
  2. Enabling students to generate innovative ideas addressing real challenges using structured brainstorming techniques.
  3. Developing entrepreneurial skills through introducing the basic concepts of entrepreneurship and applying interactive learning for using essential tools required to start up new businesses.
How does the program work?

InnovEgypt program aims at creating an Egyptian base of qualified calibers of potential innovators and entrepreneurs by providing widespread training in innovation and technology management and in entrepreneurship for undergraduates based on best practices and lessons learned.

Timeline

Ongoing program. 

Monitoring + Evaluation Methods

 

What impact has been measured?

3034 students were trained to date in 21 public Egyptian universities covering all of Egypt geographically and producing 468 projects.

What lessons can be learned?

Egypt graduates around 50,000 engineers annually, the program with its current capacity only impacts x% every year. Parallel to the program advocacy to add the program to the curricula of engineering schools in Egyptian Universities is taking place.

Notes + Additional Context
  • InnovEgypt is a training program in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship directed to university students in ICT specializations who are aspiring to be future innovators and entrepreneurs, either through establishing their own innovative start-ups or through manifesting skills that are highly required by local and multinational companies. While entrepreneurial education is paramount for engineering graduates to increase the number of graduate start-up businesses, yet Egyptian public university curricula does not include it. Although advocating to include an entrepreneurship and innovation management courses is in progress, yet it is taking a long time due to the previous unstable political situation after the revolution. InnovEgypt was designed and created specifically for the purpose of filling this void.

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