NOVEMBER 2013
our 1st Global Accelerator
RISE curates and delivers a global accelerator for the 3 winning teams of EgyptNEGMA’s Impact Egypt! Competition (Helm, Educate Me, and MADAD). The global program in Washington, D.C. and Boston are followed by a retreat in Andover, MA. Deeper bonds are formed reflecting on the inspiring experience together, and brainstorming begins on what will become the RISE Fellowship Program.
AUGUST 2013
RISE egypt is Registered
RISE Egypt, Inc is registered as a global 5013c3 nonprofit in the U.S. (and later with an office in downtown Cairo) and builds an eminent board of directors to guide its vision and strategy for its founding years.
MARCH 2013
the negma Conference
In 2011, EgyptNEGMA is born, a global conference and social impact competition co-founded on a volunteer basis by a group of Egyptian diaspora professionals, including our founder who served as NEGMA President from 2011-13. Hosted at the famous MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, MA, NEGMA set the stage for catalyzing connections between social innovators on the ground and Egyptian professionals abroad. In 2013, RISE Egypt is founded and partners with NEGMA to design the global accelerator prize for the Impact Egypt! Competition winners.
