How to start a business in Egypt

How to start a business in Egypt

The courses designed by VC4A teaches you everything about how to start a business in Egypt. More than 70% of the young Egyptians values entrepreneurship highly. However, the Egyptian startup ecosystem still finds itself in an early stage*. By offering free online courses to startup founders, VC4A hopes to accelerate the development of new businesses.



We hope you will follow the example of hundreds of other Egyptian startup founders and participate and benefit as well.

The buildup of our program


In 4 courses all aspects of setting up and growing a business will be handled. From the startup phase to growing your business and all financial and legal aspects. The complementary parts deal with the following themes:


  1. Start your business
  2. Grow your business
  3. Finance your business
  4. Your legal business

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Free business courses for startup founders

start a business online course

Start your business

The ‘Start your business’ course is aimed at founders who are in the phase of developing ideas and testing … More

  1. Build a great team
    • Finding a co-founder
    • Investor expectations around co-founders
    • Structuring relations with your co-founder
    • Beyond salary: Remuneration options
    • Building a complementary team
  3. Product development
    • Lean Startup methodology
    • Product development cycle explained
    • Design thinking
  5. Understand the external environment
    • Assessing the competitive landscape
    • Managing political and regulatory risk
    • Understanding market risk
  7. Know the target market
    • Get to know your customer
    • Define your target market in ten steps
    • Measure the value of your target market
Growing a business online course

Grow your business

The course on ‘Grow your business’ is for startup founders who are looking to scale their operations when t… More

  1. Marketing and business development
    • How to make sound business development decisions
    • How to expand to other geographic markets
    • How to expand to other industries
  3. Deconstruct the business model
    • The Business Model Canvas
    • An overview of different business models
    • Reasons startups fail and the pivot
  5. Strategic partnerships
    • Building successful corporate partnerships
    • How to do B2B sales
    • The importance of mentors and advisors
  7. Build traction
    • Structuring growth and traction
    • Tips for building traction
    • Growth hacking your way to success

Finance your business

The ‘Finance your business’ course is aimed at entrepreneurs who are looking to raise external capita… More

  1. Fundraise for the business
    • Into the mind of the equity investor
    • Debt versus equity
    • Types of capital providers
  3. Pitch your business
    • De-risking your startup
    • How to prepare investor pitch deck
    • Tips on presenting in public
    • Questions to expect from investors
  5. Prepare financials, contracts and legal
    • The investment process
    • Valuations
    • Financial projections
    • Financial projections - Eight tips
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How to start a small business in Egypt: our academy gives insights

Our academy focuses on theoretical as well as practical knowledge on how to start a small business in Egypt. Startups are famous for boosting the local economy and creating new jobs. The course teaches you to assess the sector and target market for your company and helps you construct a solid business plan.

The content of our business course

We present tailored theoretical frameworks and practical expert advice on how to start a business in Egypt. We offer quizzes at the end of each part of the course to assess your knowledge. Our useful downloads, such as documents and templates, form a valuable addition to the gained knowledge throughout the courses.

Our free courses give knowledge about starting a new business in Egypt

Follow the courses as a whole, or enrol in selected parts. VC4A provides you with the opportunity to tailor the course to your specific needs. By the completion of the course about starting a new business in Egypt, every participant will receive a certificate. The certificate is of great added value to your resume.

Read the testimonials of former participants and get inspired to follow our startup program. Are you interested in the companies in Egypt that already used our platform? Take a look at the ventures in Egypt page.

*Source: Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Egypt National Report