The Government of Egypt, represented by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT), partnered with the SRI Programme whereby an agreement was signed with the Government of Switzerland to support the sustainable integration and participation of startups in the recycling of electronic waste in Egypt. E-Khorda is an electronic waste recycling entrepreneurship support program that aims to help build operational e-waste companies by end of 2017 as part of the Sustainable Recycling Industries (SRI) project.
The program will offer 10-15 potential e-waste startups from Egypt
• 10 full day training sessions on business and technical topics such as business modelling, cash flow analysis and technology assessment.
• A total of 60 hours of individual technical consultancy sessions.
• A total of 5 business sessions related to finance, marketing and pitching through Startup Reactor Accelerator
The top 3 performing startups will be identified through a panel of experts and will continue to receive full acceleration benefits of Startup Reactor Accelerator by Innoventures: office space, trainings, mentorship, HR, marketing benefits, legal registration and investment opportunities for an additional 6 months. They will also get a chance to pitch in the event during Global Entrepreneurship Week in November!
| E-Khorda’s implementing partners are:
• The Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE) • Chemonics Egypt Consultants (CE) • Cleantech Arabia • Ministry of Trade and Industry • Innoventures |
| On the behalf of
• Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT). • State Secretariat of Economic Affairs (SECO), Switzerland. • Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Sciences and Technology (EMPA). • Sofies Consulting – Implementing Partner |
Fill the online application before the 5th of March, 2017.
