Upper Egypt’s entrepreneurs face challenges to grow their business, often having to move to Cairo, Doaa Farid writes for Wamda. The United Nations Industrial Development Organization’s Imkan program in Upper wants to help them. The program offers technical training, marketing, financial and legal advice to over 20 early-stage startups and SMEs, UNIDO project coordinator Mohamed Soliman says. Their research apparently found out that the agribusiness, renewable energy and waste management sectors have the best chances to grow in Luxor.
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