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VC funding has been on the rise in the Middle East and North Africa reaching $2.6B in 2021. This displays a growth of more than 100% over the 2020 numbers. Egypt has been recognized among the most active markets in the region. What makes the space attractive for investors? What are the main drivers of growth and what are the opportunities and trends? This panel discussion will cover all of thes...

Jun

Networking Breakfast: Investment Opportunities

9:00 am

The Office of Alumni Engagement is organizing a Networking Breakfast entitled “Investment Opportunities.” The event will take place on Thursday, June 2, 2022 at Moataz Al Alfi Hall, AUC New Cairo Campus. Speakers: Abdalla ElEbiary ‘94 Chief Investment Officer, Sovereign Fund of Egypt Minoush Abdel-Meguid ‘96 Founding Partner and CEO, MEZZAN Rami Aboul Naga ‘02 Deputy Governor, Central Ban...

Mental Health and Wellbeing: Trends, Effective Intervention and a Culture of Care

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Mental health and wellbeing are critically important for our campus community. Before the global pandemic, studies have shown a considerable increase in mental health challenges worldwide, and the need to address mental health has primarily been a growing trend in universities. Statistically, one in four of us faces mental health challenges, and all of us are impacted in one way or another, eit...

Jun

Aerial Access Networks for 6G

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Join Zhu Han, the University of Houston, as he describes “connectivity from the sky” as a new innovative trend in wireless communications.

Launch of Arabic Case Studies for Business Education

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

As part of its mission to spread awareness of the importance and the role of case studies in business education, El-Khazindar Business Research and Case Center (KCC) cordially invites you to join the event "Launch of Arabic Case Studies for Business Education". KCC promotes the use of case studies as a learning tool, providing students with opportunities to apply the skills and techniques acqu...

Subversive Teaching and Writing: Critical and Inclusive Education and Scholarship

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Please join us for a conversation with Professor Evelyn Reynolds, an Associate Professor of Sociology at Parkland College on Subversive Teaching and Writing: Critical and Inclusive Education and Scholarship.

Sounding The World: Possibilities for Audio-Ethnography

10:00 am – 11:30 am

Come and join us for the end of the semester students' presentations to learn a little more about what Cairo actually sounds like, and to immerse yourself in the limitless possibilities for audio-ethnography!

"Great Black Music" and Social Progress in Washington, D.C.

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

"Great Black Music" and Social Progress in Washington, D.C. Insight by Dr.Maurice Jackson. The talk will take place on Sunday, May 22, 2022, at 7:00 pm, Oriental Hall, TCC. Dr. Maurice Jackson, Associate Professor of History and African-American Studies and an Affiliated Professor of Performing Arts at Georgetown University, will give a lecture on the intersection between black music and ...

Grief: Coping with Loss

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm