Rally Egypt Startup Competition
Where Ideas Ignite and Futures Begin..
Innovate. Inspire. Impact Egypt..
The Startup Race Begins Here..
Rally Startup Competition is a full program that focuses on youth from 18 to 35 years who are eager to create and develop startups and become entrepreneurs. The program helps promote entrepreneurship amongst Egyptian youth by exposing them to the entrepreneurial culture and ecosystem from an early age.
Rally Startup Competition focuses on the transformation of youths’ mindset to an Entrepreneurial mindset through the awareness sessions about the competition that are held online and offline in many governorates around Egypt, followed by an online ideation training that is available during the whole marketing phase to help youth learn the basics of Entrepreneurship, generate startup ideas, prepare the corresponding business models, and prepare an initial marketing strategy in order to be able to apply in the competition.
The competition takes youth from passion discovery and ideation phase to the prototype development and product launch phase.
The program includes : seed fund, trainings, mentorship, and exciting entrepreneurship events attended by many members from the entrepreneurship ecosystem. It the ends with a pitch from each team to select top 3 winners.
Target Audience: idea stage to early-stage entrepreneurs (University students, non-university students (18 – 35) years old.
Activity | Start Date | End Date | Duration |
Call for Applications and Filtration | 6 Nov | 20 Jan | 2.5 Month |
Pre-Incubation Phase: Online Ideation Training + Business Model | 1 Feb | 21 Feb | 3 Weeks |
Pre-Incubation Phase: Advanced Entrepreneurship Training | 21 Feb | 15 Mar | 3 Weeks |
Virtual Pitching Practice | 15 Mar | 30 Mar | 2 Weeks |
Regional Competitions | 1 Apr | 31 May | 2 Month |
Mentorship and Finalists Bootcamp | 1 Jul | 31 Jul | 1 Month |
Selection of Finalists and Winners | 1 Jul | 31 Jul | 1 Month |