With the second wave of COVID-19 soaring in the background, Global Entrepreneurship Week took place from 16-22 November 2020 celebrating 40,000 activities that involved 20,000 partner organizations and 10 million people in 180 countries. The four overarching themes examined were ecosystems, policy, inclusion and education. At the continental level, the African Union released earlier this month […]
For many, the word education is synonymous with teachers, lecturers, books and classrooms. In the traditional mindset, waking up at a certain time and spending half a day at a learning facility was the only way they could ever imagine growing their knowledge and pursuing a better tomorrow. That notion, as with most things in
The term “entrepreneurial universities” was coined nearly four decades ago to describe universities that effectively deliver on generating responsible knowledge outside of academic environments, and that work to uphold the social and economic well-being of their community. This ‘triple helix’ model was developed to depict the relationship between academia, industry and government. Since then, many
The COVID-19 outbreak is having profound effects on every single person on the planet. Of course the harshly-felt health, safety, economic and mobility drawbacks of this pandemic are at the forefront. However, this unprecedented disaster is also triggering outcomes that are causing all types of institutions to rethink their modes of operation and even their
On the sidelines of the AUC Business Forum, hosted by the AUC School of Business between February 9 and 11, Utkrarsh Amitabh, founder of Network Capital and senior business development manager at #Microsoft, spoke exclusively to Business Forward about how innovation and creativity can still be fostered in the resource-challenged education systems of developing and
On February 9, the 3-day Business Forum by the American University in Cairo’s (AUC) School of Business is set to officially launch. The event will bring together distinguished scholars and practitioners, policy makers and business leaders for an extended conversation in the form of a number of round-table discussions pertaining to topics that mirror the
Last week, INSEAD released its annual Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI). Launched in 2014, the index ranks countries “based on their ability to grow, attract and retain talent” with the intention of providing an abundance of data to decision makers to inform them of the amount of talent they have at their disposal and to
In the 2017-2018 Global Competitiveness Report by the World Bank, Egypt ranked 133 out of 137 countries in terms of quality of primary education. The ministry and government as a whole are in no denial about the problem of the country’s educational system. Ever since Minister of Education Tarek Shawki has been appointed, he has
