Ziad Haider, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs at the US Department of State, will pay a visit to Egypt next Wednesday to promote the 7th annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit (June 22-24) in Silicon Valley, CA.

Haider will also travel to Tunisia for the same purpose.

In Cairo, Haider will host an event with leading private and public sector representatives to celebrate the potential of entrepreneurship and innovation to strengthen markets. 

He will also visit the American University’s Cairo Campus and Egypt’s Smart Village to discuss how the next generation can use tech innovations to tackle future challenges.

GES 2016 will showcase over 700 entrepreneurs from 170 countries and 250 investors from around the world to create new opportunities for investment, partnership, and collaboration; connect American entrepreneurs and investors with international counterparts to form lasting relationships; and highlight entrepreneurship as means to address some of the most intractable global challenges.

Source : MENA