The Safir Ecosysteme

Saint Joseph University (USJ) is a private French-speaking university founded in 1875. It has around 12000 students spread over 5 campuses (Medicine, Science and Technology, Social Sciences, Humanities, Innovation and Sport) in Beirut area as well as regional university centers that are located in the cities of Saïda, Tripoli and Zahlé.

Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University - Mostaganem - Algeria (UMAB) is a public higher education establishment founded in 1978. It is located in the town of Mostaganem which is in the north-west of Algeria 363 km from the capital Alger.

UMAB has contributed a lot to the old intellectual elite for all regions of Algeria. Its strategic geographical location and its training offers have increased its attractiveness, it currently has more than 28,900 students.

Open to its socio-economic world, with its 40 years of existence, UMAB has never ceased to take up scientific and societal challenges. It regularly links its training offers and research activities to the expectations of its environment.

In 2021, the UMAB is a multidisciplinary university establishment which offers 68 training offers in License (first cycle) and 127 options of Master (second cycle), it is composed of 9 faculties, an institute of sports and physical education and 41 research laboratories which are spread over 7 campuses.

Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (EJUST) is a research university with an ambition to cultivate an academic environment and become a benchmark for the Egyptian and African countries in education.To foster a spirit of entrepreneurship among its academic staff, students, and the local community, EJUST seeks to commercialize its research outputs. Thus, the university is establishing a business incubator as a start for creating its innovation ecosystem.

EJUST business incubator is a place for hosting and fostering innovation, and entrepreneurship especially technology-based ones. It offers working space, mentoring, legal, financial, and technical support for the incubated entities, along with marketing and fundraising services.
The university is located in the city of Bour al Arab Al-Jadida (Alexandria). It aims to establish itself as a benchmark establishment at the regional level.

An-Najah National University (ANU) is a Palestinian non-governmental public university. It is located mainly in Nablus, in the northern region of the West Bank, Palestine. It’s considered the largest Palestinian university.

ANU has established a Business Innovation and Technology Hub (NGate) with the vision to become a central and integrated industry-based Business Innovation and Technology Hub that serves ANU researchers, students, youth, and the workforce at large. NGate has four main units, Training center, Competency unit, Business Incubator, and Corporate Partnership unit. NGate’s Business Incubator aims to promote a culture of innovation, entrepreneurship, research commercialization, and stimulate the development and incubation of innovative ideas and projects in partnership with the workforce. It also aims to produce young innovative and skillful entrepreneurs who are problem solvers, decision makers and successful entrepreneurs.

The association « Vélorution Tunisie » aims to promote cycling as an alternative to the use of car in urban areas in Tunisia.
It seeks to increase the use of bicycles as a responsible and ecological mean of transportation that is also wary of public spaces.
Our overall objectives:
• To fight against the pollution of the air that is suffocating us and making us sick.
• To create an alternative to the soaring prices of gasoline that are a source of empoverishment.
• To improve public health by preventing chronic diseases resulting from our sedentary lifestyle.
Our strategy:
1 – To advocate toward public authorities to develop an urban equipment that is more suitable for the use of bicycles.
2 – To raise awareness among citizens about the benefits of cycling as an alternative to the use of cars and to share the necessary knowledge and skills to take to cycling.

Founded in 2010, UCAS Technology Incubator (UCASTI) is a Palestinian NGO located in Gaza. UCAS Technology Incubator supports entrepreneurs who have creative and ambitious ideas by providing them with administrative, technical and financial support. The ultimate goal is for the supported startups to become successful businesses in their markets.