The 1st Social Entrepreneurship Knowledge Sharing ConferenceEl-Gouna, Red Sea Governorate,

EgyptNovember 19 to 21, 2015

Tarek Hatem, Professor strategy and Entrepreneurship

American University in Cairo

Entrepreneurship Journey

Academic and Community Entrepreneurship

• Academic Programs:– Courses in Entrepreneurship– Entrepreneurship Minor for Non Business students– Concentration for Business students

• Professional and Community Programs– Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program (EIP)– Woman Entrepreneurship and Leadership( WEL)

• AFRICAN ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP (AAAE)

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program

(EIP)

Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program

60+ educators and professors trained on

how to design and deliver entrepreneurship

courses

5,000+ participants in entrepreneurship

awareness programs over the past two years

40+ partnerships created to support our eco-system

partners, including universities, corporate,

civil society and international organizations

2,000 youth competed in our startup competitions, and received training on

entrepreneurship and small business management

50+ entrepreneurs incubated at Flat6Labs

trained through the AUC Entrepreneurs

Development Program (EDP)

50 startup teams (~250 entrepreneurs) exposed

to mentors through speed mentoring and

other matching activities

AUC Venture Lab (V-Lab)

11 Startups

40 business development workshops conducted

30 industry experts engaged

60 undergraduate

students engaged

30 MBA students engaged

30 mentors engaged

SPONSORED PROGRAMS

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Entrepreneurship and Leadership Program

African Academic Association of Entrepreneurship

Consortium of 6 African Schools

Members/partners• THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY in CAIRO, Egypt • ESCA MAROC ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT of Casablanca,

Morocco • LAGOS BUSINESS SCHOOL of Lagos, Nigeria• STRATHMORE BUSINESS SCHOOL of Nairobi, Kenya • THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS UNIVERSITY OF CAPE

TOWN, South Africa• STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY of Stellenbosch, South Africa,

Membership• THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY in CAIRO ,Egypt, • ESCA MAROC ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT of

Casablanca, Morocco • LAGOS BUSINESS SCHOOL , Lagos, Nigeria, • STRATHMORE BUSINESS SCHOOL , Nairobi, Kenya • THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY

OF CAPE TOWN, South Africa• STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY, South Africa,

Purpose

• To Develop academic and educational cooperation on the basis of equality and reciprocity

Scope of Activities• Research• case study development• academic exchange of students and faculty,

academic materials, publication, professional internships, and technical cooperation.

Mission• To build linkages among African business

schools focusing on teaching and research in the areas of entrepreneurship, small business management, innovation, and start-ups.

• Also, to invite collaboration between African and Western institutions in the academic study and teaching of entrepreneurship, particularly in Africa.

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Proposed activities 1 • Develop a structure and governance system for the

consortium.• Annual general meetings for leadership and research. • Periodic meetings regarding specific research proposals

or research interests. • Student exchange.• Faculty exchange.• Joint degree programming.• Collaborative research.

Proposed Activities 2

• Study tours.• Seminars with faculty and students from

European and North American universities. • Exchange of incubated start-ups.• Develop a pool of trained mentors within

Africa. • Generate case studies on entrepreneurial

firms and small businesses within Africa.

Proposed activities 3

• Cooperate on research that focuses on family business.

• Consortium partnership with a private firm or angel or venture capital network.

Future plans• Cooperation with International Think Tanks• Partnership and linkages with Western

Universities• Linking Students/Entrepreneurs

Internationally

Thank you