What works in Cairo
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Evidence snapshot for Cairo
Cairo hosts several evidence-backed social and economic development initiatives. Helm Academy, a Cairo-based social enterprise, trained approximately 8,000 individuals across Egypt by mid-2024 with a 40% six-month employment rate, staffing nearly half its workforce with persons with disabilities. Flat6Labs Cairo, operating since 2011, has graduated 100+ startups from over 4,000 applications, with graduates raising a combined $162 million in follow-on funding according to self-reported figures. ScribeMe, founded by Mark Morad in Cairo, developed an AI visual-description app now reported in use across 140 countries and 20 languages, though these figures derive from a single news feature rather than independent audit.
Drawn from: Takaful and Karama Cash Transfer Programme · Helm Academy — Accessible Vocational Training Platform Co-Staffed by Persons with Disabilities · Flat6Labs Cairo — Egypt's IFC-Backed Seed Accelerator · ScribeMe — Blind-Founded AI Visual-Description App from Cairo, Now Used in 140 Countries · Qodwa.Tech — Egypt's National Generative-AI Skills Tracks for Women Entrepreneurs · Mahara-Tech — Egypt's National Free AI Literacy Platform for the Arabic-Speaking World · ITU–EY AI Skills Accelerator for Girls — Egypt University of Informatics, Cairo · NAFEZA — Egypt's AI-Powered National Single Window for Trade Facilitation and Customs Risk Management
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Efficiency +17 pts 50 here · 33 average
Sustainability (ongoing) +14 pts 93 here · 78 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +14 pts 61 here · 47 average
Achievement / evidence +12 pts 100 here · 88 average
Equity & inclusion +11 pts 61 here · 50 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +11 pts 100 here · 89 average
Weaknesses
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -15 pts 33 here · 48 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -15 pts 33 here · 48 average
Effectiveness -18 pts 50 here · 68 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability -20 pts 33 here · 54 average
Impact on gender equality -21 pts 50 here · 71 average
Curator validation -23 pts 50 here · 73 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value -24 pts 33 here · 57 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -28 pts 0 here · 28 average
Evaluated outcomes -29 pts 50 here · 79 average
Inclusiveness / equity -32 pts 11 here · 43 average
Documented learning -49 pts 25 here · 74 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Cairo. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Takaful and Karama Cash Transfer Programme · 96
Helm Academy — Accessible Vocational Training Platform Co-Staffed by Persons with Disabilities · 92
Flat6Labs Cairo — Egypt's IFC-Backed Seed Accelerator · 76
ScribeMe — Blind-Founded AI Visual-Description App from Cairo, Now Used in 140 Countries · 76
Qodwa.Tech — Egypt's National Generative-AI Skills Tracks for Women Entrepreneurs · 67
Mahara-Tech — Egypt's National Free AI Literacy Platform for the Arabic-Speaking World · 60
ITU–EY AI Skills Accelerator for Girls — Egypt University of Informatics, Cairo · 60
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Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more