In a statement issued, Algeria ’s Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister in charge of the Knowledge Economy and Startups has announced the launch of Ibtikar, the first Algerian television program dedicated to innovation.”
This program, dubbed “Ibtikar,” will allow entrepreneurs seeking finance to present and defend their projects in front of a jury of investors and business executives (business angels). The idea is to help them raise funding to grow their enterprises.
Younes Sabeur Chérif, communication advisor to the Prime Minister’s Delegate in charge of the Knowledge Economy and Startups, outlines the goals of this new program as “support, counsel, and financing.”
Read also FashionTech Startup “Save Your Wardrobe” Raises $3M
“Ibtikar will recognize startup entrepreneurs seeking finance. They will have to persuade a jury of the importance of their initiatives in order to raise funding, but they will also receive advise on how to build their start-ups as much as possible,” he stated in a statement. “Each show will have a different jury, depending on the theme. For example, if an episode is on fintech, the jury will consist of professionals from that field.”
Read also Algeria Venture Signs New $10M Partnership Deal To Fund Algerian Startups
Sabeur Chérif says the show is an Algerian idea. “What is provided on the show will be different from what is provided elsewhere. The presentation will be tailored to the Algerian environment,’’ he said.
Ibtikar casting is currently available.
Startups interested in registering can do so at www.ibtikar.tv. H
owever, the broadcast date and channel have yet to be determined.
“This will be resolved in the next weeks,” Mr. Younes Sabeur Chérif remarked.
Ibtikar Algeria Ibtikar Algeria
Charles Rapulu Udoh
Charles Rapulu Udoh is a Lagos-based lawyer, who has several years of experience working in Africa’s burgeoning tech startup industry. He has closed multi-million dollar deals bordering on venture capital, private equity, intellectual property (trademark, patent or design, etc.), mergers and acquisitions, in countries such as in the Delaware, New York, UK, Singapore, British Virgin Islands, South Africa, Nigeria etc. He’s also a corporate governance and cross-border data privacy and tax expert.
As an award-winning writer and researcher, he is passionate about telling the African startup story, and is one of the continent’s pioneers in this regard. You can book a session and speak with him using the link: https://insightsbyexperts.com/view_expert/charles-rapulu-udoh