Egypt based entrepreneurship platform, RiseUp will be launching a Start-up programme called ‘Manifesto’ on December 4. The programme was organised to provide solutions to challenges faced by Egyptian entrepreneurs. The launch will take place a day before RiseUp starts its sixth annual Summit.
Manifesto’s project head, Aliaa Abdel Aziz told Ventureburn that unfair government policies are among the key challenges that Egyptian entrepreneurs face.
She said the manifesto, which is over a year in the making, has been put together by RiseUp in collaboration with other support organisations and aims to help shape the country’s entrepreneurial policy.
Aziz explained that the process behind manifesto included a survey — which would be published on the Start-up Manifesto website — in which RiseUp sampled 43 support organisations around the country.
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“It aims to initiate a continuous dialogue between all relevant stakeholders while being the reference point for corresponding reform,” she added.
The manifesto also advocates for the country to be positioned as an entrepreneurship hub and calls for the fostering of an enabling legal and regulatory environment.
It also includes within it a framework for 11 programmes, each focusing on a specific area or challenge. These, said Aziz, include advocacy, human capital, financial services, mentorship and coaching, incubators, research and data, as well as linkages.