Our Business Support Organisations

NilePreneurs is a nationwide initiative started in 2019 and powered by the Central Bank of Egypt and the Egyptian Banking Sector. Fueled by various partnerships with governmental and private sector entities, NilePreneurs has been supporting startups and SMEs in the domains of manufacturing, agriculture, and digital transformation through applying different innovation instruments. The initiative is piloted at Nile University and has expanded to 4 other universities, and is still growing.

TTi is a non-profit Jordanian organization, founded in 2010 with the mission of spreading Entrepreneurship and Innovation culture among youth and women living in disadvantaged communities. Since 2010, more than 6000 direct beneficiaries have been served through +50 projects implemented all over Jordan, including awareness, training-camps, mentoring, consultation, matchmaking and early-stage incubation.

Nucleus Ventures aims to help under-represented entrepreneurs overcome the challenges of building globally competitive ventures from emerging ecosystems. They help innovative early-stage startups in emerging markets to transform into international ventures through structured and targeted access to global validation, mentorship and expertise, in addition to funding.

Contact: Farah Chamas, Programs Director

LaStartupStation has supported more than 2000 young, innovative companies in various key sectors in Africa. They have built a solid value proposition in the field of the deployment of digital projects, mobilizing Open Innovation and the technologies of tomorrow.

Minassa supports entrepreneurs to enable the emergence of viable businesses in the cultural and creative fields. Their vision is that of a cultural and creative scene for all, inclusive, creating social and economic value in Tunisia.

Contact: Leïla Hizaoui

Asala is a Palestinian NGO, whose mission is, and has always been, to provide services that help women in poverty to change their lives, their social position, and their future by enabling and encouraging their successful participation in sustainable economic activities. In pursuing this goal, ASALA’s staff and supporters commit to the values of transparency, democracy, social equity, professionalism and coherence. ASALA NGO has developed a variety of services since its foundation to better enable women entrepreneurs to make use of economic opportunities.

Bazarna Pop Up Society is the go-to service platform for local talents in the cultural and creative industries to promote their brands, especially in their early stages. Bazarna has supported hundreds of talents in the cultural and creative industries improve their capacity, get exposure, generate steady sales, reach more clients on an offline and online basis, and receive brand recognition.
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CREATEC (Tunisian Association of Creative Technology) has the goal of organising and representing professionals in the digital content industries – animated cinema, video games, comics, photography, special effects, publishing, music, advertising, visual arts, graphic arts and performing arts, historical and cultural heritage
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Culture Funding Watch is the destination for artists and arts organisations to access information and intelligence about Art and culture resources mobilisation. It is a network of people and content that supports equal access to information, provides services to facilitate access to resources as well as advocates for transparent and responsible financing for the Arts and Culture. It collects, sorts and disseminates funding opportunities, offers customised resources mobilisation services, builds long term sustainability capacity of cultural actors and organisations and promotes establishment of evidence based advocacy towards sustainable, transparent and responsible art funding.
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Hebron Community Center For Youth and Adult Education is a Palestinian non-governmental organization, established in the city of Hebron in 2019. They run activities to strengthen the fabric of Palestinian society through cultural programmes, involving youth and women.
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Nakoll Eats is the birth of a Middle Eastern food society in Cairo. “Nakoll”, where training, food content, and startup food incubations cooked in one pot. Nakoll initiated the Farm 2 Fork movement in Cairo which aims to enhance food systems by engaging stakeholders and building a community to share knowledge, create connections and promote investment.
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OurGhema is the first innovation hub in Medenine Tunisia. They work with youth in the region to innovate and bring social change, boosting social entrepreneurship through their different incubation and support programs. At the same time, they provide a safe space for youth and women, to study, work and innovate at their co-working cafe.
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