Looking at the pictures, you probably think this is the HQ of a start up in silicon valley, but this is the main office of Twaweer Research Institute in Benghazi, Libya. It is an amazing initiative in a country that has gone throw two civil wars in the past 8 years.
This place was created to nurture bright young Libyan minds and help them grow to reach their full Potential. It is located in Benghazi the second biggest city in Libya.
2020
Tatweer year 2020 vision is a proram they have code named TEC. TEC is short for Tatweer Entrepreneurship Campus, a 3 year initiative between Tatweer Research and UNDP with European Union funding.
TEC’s end goal is that by 2020 to graduate 30 startups from the program and to inspire other 60 startups indirectly, a total of 90 startups over the next three years creating 1000 value-adding jobs in the Libyan economy.
TEC program is unique in nature and has never been done in Benghazi or Libya in general before. It is laying down the groundwork for the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Libya. TEC aims to empower Libyan entrepreneurs in Benghazi and Libya through providing information on actors in the ecosystem, training, consulting, office space and financial support.
TEC also aims to affect change on the university level through incorporating entrepreneurship education in the curriculum and on the government level through business regulation reform.
