Tatweer Misr, the leading Egyptian real-estate developer, announced the winners of the third round of its annual innovation competition in the presence of executive board members as well as the judging panel.
The third round of the competition was announced during the Global Entrepreneurship Week in November 2018, with a large number of students and graduates from the marketing and architecture departments of different universities. The qualified contestants showcased their innovative and creative ideas in front of the jury consisting of 6 members headed by Dr. Ahmed Shalaby, President & CEO of Tatweer Misr. The committee consisted of Eng. Baher Ayoub Senior Vice President, CEO projects & Board member, Mr. Sherif Seif El Nasr Marketing and Sales Consultant and Acting Vice President of Marketing and Sales -Tatweer Misr, Eng. Mostafa Fouda Director of Development and Design -Tatweer Misr, Ms. Aida Kabil Executive Marketing Director -Tatweer Misr and Mr. Mohamed El Kalla founding partner - Ahead of the Curve.
Seven contestants qualified for the final stage, four of them presented innovative ideas in the field of architecture and two reviewed different marketing ideas for ‘Fouka Bay' project, which was launched by Tatweer Misr in 2015 and operated during summer 2019 after the delivery of its first phase. The winners in the Architecture category are the start-up ‘’Green Mile’’ in the first place, while ‘’Personalizing Urban Space’’ in the second place.
All of the qualified contestants were honored by receiving a certificate for their innovative and promising ideas. The winners were awarded with a week-long entrepreneurship training in addition to participating in Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival in UAE. Tatweer Misr decided to honor the winners and their efforts to come up with these innovative ideas by signing a consultancy agreement to develop their ideas on a large scale and implementing their ideas in all Tatweer Misr’s projects.
“Tatweer Misr is committed to empowering youth in shaping a better future for our communities and country. We believe that entrepreneurs can deliver this goal in a sustainable way which will have a beneficial effect on both the economy and society at large’’, said Dr. Ahmed Shalaby, president & CEO of Tatweer Misr, congratulating third round winners.
“The Innovation Competition, embarked in 2017 and evolved through the need to recognize and celebrate creativity, innovation and those pushing the bounds of creative excellence in all fields. We believe in the intertwined relation between innovation and entrepreneurship, as a result this year startups were participating in the competition and have proven their success throughout the past years”, reiterated Shalaby.
He confirmed that Tatweer Misr aims to create a competitive environment channeling the participants’ innovative skills, through which the company is looking forward to investing more in the competition and improving it to encourage participants not only from Egypt but also from the MENA region to participate and to be recognized as an Innovation Competition winner.
“Tatweer Misr provided the opportunity and support required to enrich our technical skills and capabilities, which helped us to prove ourselves as entrepreneurs, and gave us the chance to transform our dreams into reality” said the start-up ‘’Green Mile’’.
“Tatweer Misr succeeded in creating a state of inspiration during the lifetime of the competition, through sharing its vision regarding the innovative ideas that are to be applied in their projects, which highly contributed to the development of our ideas” said the second-place winner.
Since their inception, Tatweer Misr have made entrepreneurship and education the pillars of their community programs sponsoring a wide number of initiatives including innovation awards, supporting young entrepreneurs by partnering with them, funding various initiatives for youth and many other endeavors that have directly or indirectly contributed towards their twin objectives of entrepreneurship and education. In line with this, Tatweer Misr has over the years been the main sponsor of Global Entrepreneurship Week and has recently signed an agreement to sponsor the event and its activities for the forthcoming 4 years. Moreover, Tatweer Misr have worked on the global level and only recently have been able to ratify an international day for MSME’s at the United Nations under the auspices of the International Council for Small Businesses (ICSB). In fact, much of its work has gone towards that goal and it is proud in what it has achieved in such a short time.
