AFYS launches the first Knowledge Economy Center
Dr. Alaa El-Sadek announced the first Knowledge Economy Center in Egypt and North Africa, a technological hub for turning scientific research into commercial products.
Read the articleTurning Arab science into water security
The Arab Foundation for Young Scientists builds the researchers and the ideas. The Egyptian Water Bank builds the financing and the institutions that put them to work. Together we move solutions from the laboratory to the canal, the farm and the community.
Our work in numbers
2005
Working since, from the Bibliotheca Alexandrina
47
Initiatives, protocols and projects in our record
13
Professional master's programmes with partner universities
13
Partner universities, ministries and foundations
Two organisations, one mandate
AFYS generates the science and the people. EWB carries it into national water policy and finance.
Arab Foundation of Young Scientists
A public benefit foundation bridging scientific research and societal impact, through networking, capacity building and applied R&D for young Arab scientists.
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Egyptian Water Bank
Planning and managing water resources and financing water projects, working towards SDG 6 and clean water access for every Egyptian.
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Large-scale projects the foundation is building with government, industry and academic partners.
Al-Nama University for Science and Technology
An integrated university of ten scientific and applied faculties on a 127,157 m² site in New Sohag, built to serve Upper Egypt. Legal and technical requirements are complete, pending the presidential decree of establishment.
Zagazig International Technological University
Converting the existing technological faculty into an applied, industry-facing university under a three-way partnership between a national academic body, an industrial funder and an international accreditation partner.
Suez Canal Economic Zone Workforce Training Centre
A multi-disciplinary training platform steered by AFYS with Virginia Tech's Center for International Research in Education and Development and the Suez Canal Economic Zone, opening with two-week certification cycles in textile manufacturing.
Young Scientists Knowledge Economy Company
An Egyptian joint-stock company that commercialises research results, incubates start-ups founded by young scientists, and delivers engineering and environmental consultancy alongside training and innovation events.
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Cooperation protocol with Helwan University's Faculty of Applied Arts
AFYS signed a protocol with the Faculty of Applied Arts to foster scientific research, innovation and entrepreneurship in support of young Egyptian scientists.
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Protocol with the Ministry of Environment on climate
Under the patronage of H.E. Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, AFYS signed a protocol to find innovative solutions to climate change through young researchers.
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Prof. Dr. Alaa Abdallah El-Sadek
President, Board of Trustees
Founder of both the Arab Foundation for Young Scientists and the Egyptian Water Bank, Prof. Dr. El-Sadek connects scientific potential with strategic implementation. His expertise in water resource management and his commitment to empowering young researchers drive the dual mission of the two organisations.
He chairs the steering committee of the Suez Canal Economic Zone Workforce Training Centre alongside Virginia Tech and the Suez Canal Economic Zone, and has described the foundation's origins as inspired by the example of Dr. Ahmed Zewail.
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