Rally Egypt 2025 - 2026


         Rally Egypt Startup Competition 

            Where Ideas Ignite and Futures Begin..

             Innovate. Inspire. Impact Egypt..

             The Startup Race Begins Here..​​​​​​​










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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.




                                                                                                                                        Strategic Partners​​​​​​​

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                                                                                                                Program Timeline

            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

                                                                                                                           Egyptian Universities Partners