Micro Enterprise Industry Forum

As ITIDA is keen to listen to its partners from the Industry through various communication channels, kindly be informed that ITIDA decided to establish the Industry Voice Forum for “Micro Enterprises”. The forum is a new platform targeting the industry professionals to engage with ITIDA and with each other to reach a better understanding of the Micro Businesses challenges and needs. The forum shall be realized through brainstorming sessions in collaboration with the industry professionals. The recommendations of these sessions shall be incorporated in  adapting more customized initiatives that would have higher impact on developing such special segment of the industry at the short, medium, and long terms.

Forum Main objectives:                                                                                                                                

1-                  Keeping track of challenges facing Micro Enterprises that are critically hindering their potential growth;

2-                  Continuously evaluating the performance of ITIDA’s initiatives and foreseeing ways of enhancements for a better tuning.

3-                  Collaborating in and innovating new initiatives that ITIDA should adopt;  

4-                  Playing as a direct communication channel with the industry for sustaining the growth and guaranteeing the competitiveness of Micro Enterprises.

Out of the forum  ITIDA is planning to form specialized focus groups from the industry professionals representing the Micro Enterprises segment in some specific verticals and key technology areas. These focus groups are expected to put more insights into further details of the way forward to enhance these specific verticals and technology specializations through specialized clusters that could be nurtured by ITIDA.

As you are representing an ICT Micro Enterprise, you are cordially invited to attend the “Industry Voice Forum for “Micro Enterprises” on Sunday 10^th of Feb 2015 at ITIDA premises in Smart Village from 10:00 am till 1 pm. Please confirm your participation by filling the attached registration form and send back to [email protected] before Thursday 5^th of February 2015.

Eligibility for the Micro Enterprise to attend:

1-                  Registered in ITIDA Database;

2-                  It’s owned by Egyptians with more than 50% of its share;

3-                  The Micro enterprise has a manpower not more than 10 employees;

4-                  The annual revenue gained is not exceeding 1 million EGP

5-                  It’s headquartered in Egypt.

Tentative Agenda: