Egyptnegma

NEGMA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was established after the January 25th Uprising, when a group of seven Egyptian-American and Egyptian professionals from the Harvard and MIT community got together and asked the simple question: What can we do to move ideas to action on the ground, for a brighter future for Egypt? As we thought about the social and economic needs on the ground in Egypt, we realized the need for an organization that supports innovation in order to help spur job creation and create a social impact. The founders did not want to focus exclusively on any one particular sector or industry, but rather to promote innovative and entrepreneurial projects that respond to broad social and economic needs in Egypt. The NEGMA Conference, and later NEGMA, Inc., became an outgrowth of this initiative. NEGMA seeks to identify social innovators and entrepreneurs who are working to solve some of Egypt's most significant challenges. To support this vision, the NEGMA Conference has been established to help translate ideas into action for a brighter future for Egypt. The NEGMA Conference will be an annual conference designed to bring together individuals who are making an impact in social and economic development for the purposes of Networking, Entrepreneurship, Growth, Mobilization, and Action. In 2011, NEGMA, Inc. was incorporated as a nonprofit in the state of Massachusetts to support this vision.