Intilaaqah Egypt provides a range of services and products including: Enterprise awareness sessions; enterprise training programmes (3 different levels provided); business advice; 2 Bazaar events each year to help Intilaaqah graduates market their businesses; annual Business Awards; a programme of HSE inspection, to ensure new start ups have safe working environments and practices; and, opportunities for funding through Intilaaqah partners (3 Intilaaqah graduates funded by EG group).

Intilaaqah Egypt is a Shell sponsored initiative based on the Shell LiveWIRE programme. Launched in January 2004 the programme offers high-quality training, advice, and support to young nationals who wish to start their own businesses.

Intilaaqah Egypt aims to support youth development and encourage young people, between the age of 18 and 32, to set up their own business. The programme raises awareness of starting a business among young people, and builds capacity, particularly among young unemployed people, to become self-employed.

Intilaaqah Egypt shares successful business practices with young people in order that their business can survive and grow. The programme develops competence standards for young entrepreneurs and their socio-economic condition.

To-date, Intilaaqah Egypt has trained over 1,368 candidates and assisted 175 businesses to start up.

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