This article was published on April 21, 2011

Egypt sees its first Startup Weekend with SW Cairo


Egypt sees its first Startup Weekend with SW Cairo

In the post-revolution world of Egypt, we’re positively thrilled to see that a startup weekend is being organized. Billed as the first of events targeting entrepreneurship in the new Egypt, Startup Weekend Cairo is bringing together speakers, presenters and mentors from around the globe.

The goal? Startup Weekend is an intense Thursday through Saturday event (the weekend in Egypt) where the team gathers entrepreneurs and helps them form teams, taking their business concepts from idea to launch in just 54 hours.

Our congratuations go out to the team that organized Startup Weekend Cairo. For more information, make sure to visit the site. And for those of you launching your business during the weekend, we want to hear from you. Drop us a line.

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