INJAZ Egypt Crowns Student Entrepreneurs at The Company Program Finale

INJAZ Egypt has concluded the latest cycle of its flagship entrepreneurship initiative, ‘The Company Program’, with a final pitch competition and awards ceremony in Cairo. The multi-week program provided high school and university students from both public and private institutions with intensive training in corporate teamwork, financial literacy and venture development.

Following months of preparation, the finalists advanced to a live presentation stage, pitching their business concepts and models to a panel of executives and startup founders from sectors including fintech, healthcare and logistics. The high school evaluation committee included Fayza Riad, Chief Strategy Officer at NAWY; Yousra Badr, Managing Director at Seha Healthcare Group; and Nader Soliman, VP and Head of NALP Products at VISA. The university track was evaluated by Amr Fawzi, Founder and CEO of GoodsMart; Omar Rezk, Co-Founder and General Manager of Entlaq; and fintech expert Motaz Lotfy.

The competition concluded with eight teams securing top honours across four major categories. In the high school division, RootSense, representing the British International School in Cairo (BISC), secured the ‘Company of the Year’ title. Fellow BISC team Frootzé was recognised with the ‘Global Impact Award’, while TUPY claimed the ‘Innovative Venture Award’. Cairo American College's team, Amal, took home the prize for ‘Best Marketing Plan’.

In the university cohort, HOPE was named ‘Company of the Year’, while the remaining category awards went to GrowMate for ‘Global Impact’, ReHydro for ‘Innovative Venture’, and Tiny Ink for ‘Best Marketing Plan’. The event comes as the latest in a string of INJAZ Egypt initiatives that put a spotlight on on practical business education within the Egyptian academic ecosystem.