Egypt’s National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences has launched a pre-incubation program aimed at helping researchers, entrepreneurs and innovators turn promising ideas into viable technology ventures.
The program is designed to connect scientific research with the needs of society and industry, according to the announcement. It will provide participants with practical training in entrepreneurship, business model development, market research, competitor analysis, marketing, customer acquisition and partnership building.
Authority Chairman Abdel Aziz Belal said the initiative would support ideas with practical potential and help develop technology-based solutions to national challenges. The program will focus on areas including smart agriculture, water resource management, environmental protection and energy.
Ghada Ali Khodry, the project’s lead researcher and director of the incubator, said the initiative would build participants’ entrepreneurial capabilities while helping them develop their ideas and projects through an integrated training and practical program.
The initiative is being implemented in cooperation with the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology. Its first day brought together specialists, trainers, entrepreneurs and owners of innovative ideas and projects, highlighting the authority’s efforts to strengthen links between research, entrepreneurship and industry.
Source: Youm7
