TIEC StartIT Incubation Program
ITIDA — Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC) · Equity-free incubator
$20KEGP 480,000 equity-free support package (~$10k) + $10,000 AWS credits, 1-year incubation
Egypt's government ICT incubator: a one-year program giving early ICT startups an EGP 480k equity-free support fund (marketing, HR, legal, technical services), $10k AWS credits, office space, mentorship and AI tech consultancy.
Key terms
- Support is delivered as services (marketing, HR, legal, technical) rather than unrestricted cash; no equity taken
- Project must be ICT-related, innovative, scalable and solve a real problem
- Teams apply at business-plan or prototype stage using the StartIT business plan template
- Multi-phase screening ending in a 5-minute pitch + 10-minute Q&A before an industry panel
- Includes 24/7 furnished office space, 1:1 AI tech consultancy and investor connections
Eligibility
- Where
- Egypt
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- No
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
Also required
- ICT-based project
- Team operating in Egypt
How to apply
Prepare the StartIT business plan and submit it through the Egypt Innovate challenge page before the deadline; questions to [email protected].
- Benefit
- mixed
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- —
- Deadline
- Rolling (business plans assessed quarterly)
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-23 · source