The Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) is organizing an information session on Startup Launchpad free program, on December 13, in Sohag, Qena, Menoufia, Mansoura and Minya Governorates.

The Startup Launchpad program is offered by ITIDA, in collaboration with the American University in Cairo (AUC) Venture Lab and Babson College in the U.S. The aim is to help entrepreneurs turn their ideas into successful business, through an eight-week training program, delivered by AUC Venture Lab.

ITIDA was launched by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) in 2004 to serve as an executive IT arm that stimulates, orchestrates and spearheads the process of developing the IT industry in Egypt, to increase its global competitiveness and make it a key contributor to the country’s economic growth.