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Starting a business in Egypt

Starting a business in Egypt

Are you considering starting a business in Egypt? And would you like to gain more knowledge of the startup and growth stage of your business? The Academy of VC4A is glad to help you out with accessible business courses for Egyptian entrepreneurs. You will get comprehensive insights and useful tools to make your business a success. Our purpose is to stimulate entrepreneurship because we believe startups are crucial for socio-economic development.



Each year, more starting entrepreneurs from Egypt join our platform. At the moment no less than 300 Egyptian entrepreneurs made use of our platform. This indicates the willingness to engage in entrepreneurial activities, which is also strengthened by research showing the positive attitude of Egyptians towards entrepreneurship as an occupational choice (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Egypt National Report).

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. Know the target market
    • Get to know your customer
    • Define your target market in ten steps
    • Measure the value of your target market
  5. Product development
    • Lean Startup methodology
    • Product development cycle explained
    • Design thinking
  7. Understand the external environment
    • Assessing the competitive landscape
    • Managing political and regulatory risk
    • Understanding market risk
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
Course Profile Finance your business image of Finance Your Business

Finance your business

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

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

Research and experience show that it’s important to enrol in sufficient training while starting up a business in Egypt. Along with cumulative experience, it has the most positive impact on the success of startups in the Egyptian startup-ecosystem (Zaki & Nahed, 2019).

Your own business in Egypt: our courses get you on your way to success

Our business training consists of 4 courses. The theoretical frameworks, expert videos with practical tips and engaging quizzes give you comprehensive knowledge about starting your own business in Egypt. You can just follow the parts you like or follow the courses as a whole. The build-up is as follows:

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

Complete the course on starting a business in Egypt and get a certificate of completion

By finishing a course, you will get a certificate of completion which will add value to your resume. Get inspired and take a look at the Egyptian businesses that already got on their way by making use of our platform. Go to the ventures in Egypt page to see the diverse and innovative nature of these enterprises.