A non-profit organization empowering young people to own their economic success

Egypt

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Injaz delivers experiential learning in financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship, which effectively enriches the ability of young Egyptians in both engagement in their own economic development and contribution to the strength of their communities and economies.

Challenge

Access to finance is a challenge for many youth in Egypt.

Solution and Innovation

Start Up Egypt is a program tailored to passionate, hard-working, creative university students and graduates between the ages of 21 and 30. One of the largest entrepreneurship pipelines in Egypt, that takes a sustainable, long-term approach to entrepreneurship. Enrolling enthusiastic students and 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.
An intensive Incubation Program was sent up that aims at getting startups ready for growth and further investment. The series of challenges in the program are designed to ensure that by successful completion the startups will have built and registered their enterprise, received equity free seed funding and gained exposure to a great network of mentors and investors.

Results

Injaz has impacted 668365 students in 330 public schools and 32 universities. 50 startups were reached and 5000 volunteers were engaged.