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Every year, Egypt’s startups have a golden opportunity to connect with investors and engage with top-notch professionals at the RiseUp Summit, the MENA region’s premier innovation and entrepreneurship event. This year, the summit promises even more opportunities, reinforcing its vision of linking startups with essential global resources.
The Rise of RiseUp: A Catalyst for Innovation in the MENA Region
Once upon a time, Egyptian entrepreneurs faced significant hurdles. They had brilliant ideas but lacked the resources to turn them into reality. This gap between startups and necessary resources stifled potential and innovation.
RiseUp, envisioned a solution to bridge this gap by creating a platform that connected entrepreneurs with investors and essential resources. With a confidant’s support, the idea of RiseUp began to take shape.
Their journey started with finding a venue for their first summit. Thanks to another supportive entrepreneur, they secured a free venue. However, their inaugural event faced a major challenge: it coincided with a revolution in Egypt. Despite these hurdles, the summit proved successful, validating RiseUp’s concept.
Building on this momentum, RiseUp hosted its second summit in 2014, attracting attendees from 17 countries. In 2015, the RiseUp team embarked on a global journey to forge connections with entrepreneurs worldwide.
Today, RiseUp stands as a vibrant, inclusive community dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs. Their mission is to connect startups with the resources they need to thrive, transforming challenges into opportunities and helping entrepreneurs find their purpose.
RiseUp’s story is one that continues to be written. It’s a reminder that even the smallest spark of an idea, fueled by a collective will, can ignite a revolution.
RiseUp Summit 2024
The 11th edition, held from May 16 to 18, 2024, will take place at the Grand Egyptian Museum, a venue that beautifully merges Egypt’s rich heritage with the dynamic spirit of modern entrepreneurship. This unique setting underscores the summit’s theme of harnessing historical inspiration for future innovation.
Location that reflects Innovation
RiseUp Summit in its 11th edition in Egypt will take place on 16,17, and 18th of May 2024, in a special location next to the pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum which is the world’s largest museum.
Hosting the RiseUp Summit at the Grand Egyptian Museum creates a powerful blend of innovation and heritage. This remarkable location not only showcases Egypt’s rich past but also serves as a beacon of modern entrepreneurship. By bridging the gap between ancient heritage and contemporary business innovation, the summit emphasizes how the past can inspire and fuel the future of entrepreneurship.
Embracing the Spirit of Power Through
Since the entrepreneurship world is challenging, this year’s RiseUp Summit takes on the theme of #powerthrough, where it focuses on building a strong foundation for lasting success and growth. This theme highlights the collective strength of the entrepreneurial community to support individual’s power through challenges, transforming them into opportunities for shaping a brighter future.
Attendees can expect a transformative experience where they will engage with global thought leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs. The setting offers a unique backdrop that underscores the summit’s theme of harnessing historical greatness to drive forward-thinking entrepreneurship.
Perfect Opportunity for Startups
In this edition, there will be more than 300 startups from the Middle East and Africa all waiting for the perfect business and networking opportunities.
Unmatched Networking
This is not just the biggest gathering for entrepreneurs, but it offers extensive opportunities for unmatched networking with the vast network of industry leaders who will be available opening ways for strategic collaborations.
Extensive Learning
Attendees will also get 3 days of extensive learning, where they get exceptional practical advice and inspiration from top experts in different fields through stage speeches, speaker’s circles & panel discussions, and daily workshops. There will be 350 + global speakers, in the entrepreneurship industry, media, business, investment, technology and more. Among the speakers will be:
- Waseem Sayegh, the head of TikTok Live,
- Medea Nocentini, Senior Partner at Global Ventures
- Omar El Defrawy, Founder and CEO at Sylndr
- Mostafa El Nahas, CTO at Fawry
- Ahmed Yousry, Co-founder and CEO at Rabbit
- Hisham Kharma, Music Composer, Producer and Creative Director at Kharma Works
- Dina Ghabbour, Investor at GB
The speeches will shed the light on the latest trends, emerging technologies, and market opportunities.
An Opportunity for Exposure
Startups also have the chance to gain more exposure by exhibiting at the Summit and exposing their solutions to potential investors, customers, and collaborators to receive useful ideas validation, and feedback.
This will give them a great chance to create awareness about their business and secure funding.
Closing The Hiring Gap: Career Matchmaking
Startups usually face challenges in finding the right candidates to support their vision so they suffer from high turnover rates or the inability to fill a job vacancy, in RiseUp Summit there will be a perfect chance to find good talents for hiring for both startups and corporates.
Beyond the Summit
The event offers partners such as industry leaders and companies a unique opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship and position themselves as key players in shaping the future of business.
This year there will be a creative marketplace with diverse creative products for sale and exclusive high-potential startups showcasing their products in premium booths including Sympl, Zammit, Instabug, and Vezeeta! There will also be food and beverage stations all day.
Conclusion
Whether you are a startup, leading business, investor, industry expert, thought leader, or even an aspiring individual willing to explore what is trending and network with professionals, this is the Summit you must attend.
If you are ready to attend the biggest gathering for entrepreneurship and innovation, you can buy the ticket from RiseUp Summit official website. We will be waiting to see you there on 16, 17, and 18 May at the Grand Egyptian Museum.
