Alumni Shine at Egypt's Entrepreneur Awards
AUC's alumni left their mark at Egypt's Entrepreneur Awards, taking home a number of awards. The event is held to honor the country's brightest entrepreneurs. You can find the full list of awardees here. Best Egyptian Product: Salah El-Dardir '12 CLEO Pharmaceutical Industries
Hack-21 to an end…CEI Holds the Final Ceremony of the Annual International Hackathon
"Fantastic Four from The American University in Cairo and EX10 from Chulalongkorn University in Thailand win Hackathon 21 hosted by AUC School of Business."
AUC students excel at the Central Bank of Egypt’s FinYology Competition
The top teams from the Spring 2021 Entrepreneurship and Innovation ENTR4102 class were invited to present their projects to the Central Bank of Egypt and Banque Misr for the FinYology Competition.
Joining AUC: A Dream Come True
“It was my dream to join the AUC School of Business,” said Kholoud Wael, accounting and finance junior student. “I was inspired by its global ranking, and since then, I’ve always wanted to join it.” Wael is a recipient of the HSBC Bank Egypt Endowed Public School Scholarship awarded to one student enrolled in a finance-related major.
Board of Trustees Approves New Tenures
At its recent meeting, AUC's Board of Trustees approved the tenure of Assistant Professors Rania Samir, management; Nesrin Badawi
AUC Venture Lab, Egypt Ministry of Planning Launch Training Program to Support Entrepreneurship
The AUC Venture Lab and the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development have collaborated to launch a capacity-building program for business incubators and accelerators
EiR: a new transformational entrepreneurship journey for our students
“I felt lucky to be granted the opportunity to participate in 2021's EIR program as the field of international entrepreneurship is on the rise, and for this reason, I felt that joining such a program would be an amazing chance for me to gain international experience in entrepreneurship.” - Nour Khalil, Business Administration sophomore and EiR program participant (team KLANZ).
Bringing Ideas to Life – Startup Launchpad: V-Lab’s latest success story in partnership with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
“This experience gave me a better understanding of customer needs and brought me closer to the market, and the weekly dedicated mentoring sessions helped me refine my business model.” - Sara Hesham, Startup Launchpad Cycle 1 graduate a
AUC Schools Rank Top in Africa
Eduniversal and QS World University rankings have ranked different AUC programs as some of the top performing and highest delivering academic courses of study in the continent, and the world. Check out some of the recent rankings by school below.
School of Business, Al Ahly Partner to Introduce Sports Management Education in the Region
“Today, Al Ahly Club, a big entity, and The American University in Cairo, also a big educational institution, collaborate toward a program that will benefit the community and the future leaders of society. The American University in Cairo, with its history, will help us prepare calibers who could benefit society with their knowledge on managing sports facilities.” - Mahmoud El Khatib, president, Al Ahly Sports Club
Egypt Gives: AUC Student Hana Wali on a Mission to End Homelessness
Statistics say that there are 12 million homeless Egyptians, including those living in slums (ashwa’eyat). Yet when Hana Wali, business administration student, visited some of the most poverty-struck areas in Egypt during her work with the charitable organization, Together to Save a Human, she discovered that the statistics may not be accurate and that countless people need shelter.
AUC V-Lab Demo Day graduates even more promising start-ups
Another round, and another AUC VLab Demo day featuring a fascinating graduating cohort of startups. Demo day spotlighted some promising startups in various fields, from debt and investment management to cutting-edge health tech and e-commerce solutions. Financial Technology on the Rise
ICC 2021 and Beyond: A Closer Look at the International Case Competition and the Winning Team
In April 2019, The AUC School of Business Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) inaugurated the first International Case Competition ICC with the aim of bringing together teams of undergraduate students from all over the world, to compete in solving a challenging business case.
Unleash Your Voice: Q&A with Youssef Hashem
AUC’s Debate Society, a student-led organization, is holding one of its biggest events yet – discussing the influence of state and society on sexual harassment. Titled Unleash Your Voice, the event is bringing together faculty, students, specialists and actors to engage in a conversation about sexual harassment in Egypt.
Exclusive and Temporary AmCham Membership to all AUC Enrolled Graduate Students!
The American University in Cairo has launched a new program that offers an exclusive opportunity for all enrolled graduate students to join the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (AmCham Egypt) as an “AUC PostGraduate Temporary AmCham Member.”