‘Rowad 2030’ program to support project ideas in governorates

CAIRO – 13 March 2018: The Planning Ministry’s Program “Rowad 2030” will support project ideas by students in governorates that do not have business incubators, Director of the Program Ghada Khalil said Tuesday.

The program’s business incubators will provide the project ideas with marketing, technical and logistical support as well as organizing workshops for the students on entrepreneurship.

Khalil said that the follow up units will be established within the Planning Ministry to follow up on emerging companies and entrepreneurship activities.

In December, the Ministry of Planning has launched the “Rowad 2030” (entrepreneurs 2030) project, which provides young calibers with a master’s degree in entrepreneurship.

The project targets enhancing the capabilities of young calibers to achieve comprehensive economic and social development, which will help in realizing the main goals of the country’s sustainable development strategy “Egypt 2030”, Planning Minister Hala al-Saeed said.

The program is in collaboration with UK’s University of Cambridge.

Egypt’s sustainable development strategy Egypt 2030 was announced by the government in 2015, targeting three main goals: economic development, competitiveness of markets and human capital.