Call for Participation in the 2013 German-Arab Startup Competition (GASC 2013) Sponsored by DAAD, Transformation Partnership Program
The German Arab Startup Competition (GASC 2013) is an international competition aimed at fostering entrepreneurship and promoting a “start-up culture" in universities in Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and Germany. The organization committee of this competition is soliciting submissions describing startup ideas in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) domain from students, doctoral candidates or academic staff of universities in the countries listed above. Graduates who finished their studies not longer than 2 years ago are also eligible. Individuals and/or teams of up to 2 people are encouraged to submit their proposals.
Projects will be evaluated by an international jury based on a set of criteria including the viability and the novelty of the business idea. Accepted projects from the countries listed above will be invited to attend a training in Darmstadt, Germany from September 25th to September 29th, 2013. The travel, accommodation, and training costs will be covered by the DAAD project "Fostering Entrepreneurial Spirit for Academic Innovations in Information Technology" in the context of the DAAD transformation partnership program.
Schedule
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June 28th, 2013 (extended to July 13th) : submission deadline
- July 31th, 2013: announcement of the winners
- September 25th to September 29th: startup training for the accepted projects in Germany
Accepted Projects (Phase 1)
- TONAPUB, Tunisia: Slim Selmi, Ayoub Hajaji and Ons Bouhawella
- BRICO, Morocco: Ayoub Jabir, Laila Benghabrit and Younes Raouak
- WASLA, Egypt: Noha Hassan, Amir Ghaly and Sandy Fekry
- BestIndustry, Tunisia: Jihed Ouni
- APOYAR, Morrocco: Yousra Bouabelli, Hana Ouahi, Hiba Chgouri, Saiid Sobhi and Hind Ghilane
- Production and marketing of Argan oils, Morocco: Nezha Abrabri, Amal Hattabou, Safaa Zaouati, Mohamed Ennaciri, Youssef Alaoui
- SoukCom, Tunisia: Moez Lachneb and Abd El Aziz Trabelsi
Winner projects (Phase 2)
- 1st Prize: WASLA, Egypt: Noha Hassan, Amir Ghaly and Sandy Fekry
- 2nd Prize: SoukCom, Tunisia: Moez Lachneb and Abd El Aziz Trabelsi
- 3rd Prize: APOYAR, Morrocco: Yousra Bouabelli, Hana Ouahi, Hiba Chgouri, Saiid Sobhi and Hind Ghilane
Jury
- Sherwat Elwan, German University Cairo, Egypt
- Jihene Makni, Sfax University, Tunisia
- Mondher Kanfir, Wiki Start-Up, Tunisia
- Abdellah Elmanouar, ENSIAS, Morocco
- Christian Sturm, University Hamm-Lippstadt, Germany
- Anis Charfi, SAP Research, Germany
- Bernd Freisleben, University of Marburg, Germany
Organizers
- Bernd Freisleben, Philipps-Universität Marburg , Germany (Co-chair)
- Anis Charfi, SAP Research, Germany (Co-chair)
- Slim Abdennadher, German University Cairo, Egypt
- Mira Mezini, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
- Mohamed Erradi, ENSIAS, University of Mohammed V, Morocco
- Abdelmajid Ben Hamadou, ISIMS, University of Sfax, Tunisia
- Mohamed Jmaiel, ENIS, University of Sfax, Tunisia
- Slim Kallel, FSEGS, University of Sfax, Tunisia
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