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FEPS BI QUALIFIES FOR ICSB
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COMPETITION FINALS

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The Business Incubator of the Faculty of Economics and entrepreneurs and youth, and thus contribute to achieving the
Political Science, Cairo University (FEPS BI) succeeded incubator’s strategic goal of spreading and promoting the
in qualifying for the finals of ICSB , after fierce culture of entrepreneurship.
competition this year between 57 entrepreneurship
centers from different countries of the world, and only 7 In this context, Dr. Heba Medhat Zaki, Executive Director of
the incubator, expressed her great pleasure at the incubator’s
centers were nominated for the finals, and the final qualification for the finals of this global competition, which
results will be announced within The annual conference indicates the extent to which incubators and centers can
of the International Council of Small Business in Paris influence the lives of entrepreneurs and encourage them to more
Thursday 15 July at the IPAG Business School. innovation, creativity and adventure to transform their ideas into
projects capable of implementation.
Dr. Mahmoud Alsaid, Dean of FEPS and Chairman of
the Board of Directors of the incubator, said that the Dr. Heba said that the establishment of this award came to
honor the centers of entrepreneurship serving as a space for
college business incubator’s arrival at this global level entrepreneurs to innovate and develop support networks, and the
reflects the college’s excellence in all educational, committee considered that our college business incubator
research and societal fields, pointing out that the college deserves to qualify for the finals of this award due to its ability
was able in just one week to win a large number of state to create a measurable impact on society .
awards, making it the most awarded college this year, in
addition to obtaining two international ISO certificates in And Dr. Zaki continued, "Our participation focused on the
appreciation of the college’s distinguished experience in services provided by the incubator to emerging projects and
achieving international quality standards in the support for innovation, and the jury said in its speech to us that
the incubator is a unique model that has the ability to change the
administrative and educational system. lives of millions around the world."

The Dean added that the faculty is happy to qualify for In conclusion, she confirmed that qualifying for the finals of this
the finals of this prestigious international award, award could not have happened without the support and belief
anticipating its results that will advance the incubator’s of state institutions in the importance of the pivotal role that
position during the coming period, expressing his business incubators can play to qualify young entrepreneurs to
appreciation for all the efforts made by Cairo University, bring their projects to light and work efficiently in the local,
headed by Prof.ElKhosht that ensure that its services, regional and international market, which enhances the
contribution to achieving sustainable development goals in
ideas, initiatives and projects reach the largest number of accordance with Egypt's 2030 vision.

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