A way forward in Egypt: Rise Up Summit galvanizes entrepreneurship by Tahrir Square

Tahrir Square will forever stand as a symbol of Egypt’s revolution and its ongoing transformation, its power seared into collective memory both by images of mass elation at the moment of regime overthrow, and the haunting tales of violence that have followed. While the roundabout itself holds no unique sway, it has become a focal point for the world’s lens on leadership in Egypt.

Last Sunday, the iconic location gained a new significance that could shape it for decades to come, with the launch of Rise Up Egypt, the country’s first major entrepreneurship summit, and the unofficial inauguration of a new entrepreneurship center at The GrEEK Campus.

Tahrir itself lay eerily quiet that day, thanks to military tanks and barricades set up to stem potential demonstrations on the 100th day after the incidents at the Raba’a mosque. Yet down the block and around the corner from the dusty square, at the American University in Cairo’s old campus (formerly The Greek Campus), hundreds gathered to affirm a wholly apolitical movement.

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A way forward in Egypt: Rise Up Summit galvanizes entrepreneurship by Tahrir Square