The development of ICT for jobs creation
Business Incubators as a strategic choice for
jobs creation
By : Mohammad Allam Al-Qaed
Bahrain Business Incubator Center
Giza, Egypt
• Rich dad poor dad
• ARABS theory of MA?
• Youth growth and governments as employers.
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Incubators Services.
Trends in incubators.
MENAinc map.
Soft landing.
Why do we go to school?
Unemployment in MENA
Traditional Vs. Entrepreneurial
Career Path
Schools
Schools
University
Practical Experience
University
Management Training
Start Up Enterprise.
Job (Government
/ Company)
Growth.
Venture Capital / Get
Finance
Retire
Another Start up
Venture Capitalist/
Business Angel
Retire…. I Don’t Thik so 
Failure
• Failures should always be considered as a
symptom of innovative opportunity.
• Failures are mistakes, the result of greed,
stupidity, thoughtless and incompetence.
P.F Drucker
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Eco-System
Social and Economic
Wealth Creation
Human
ingenuity
Markets
Skills
Source : infodev.org
idisc.net
Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Eco-System
Finance
Infrastructure
Social and Economic
Wealth Creation
Policy
Regulation
Human
ingenuity
Markets
Skills
Innovation
Skills
Technology
Parks
Academia
Business
Source : infodev.org
idisc.net
Incubators
Entrepreneurs
Innovation and Entrep.
Eco System
Finance
Infrastructure
Social and Economic
Wealth Creation
Policy
Regulation
Human
ingenuity
Markets
Skills
Innovation
Skills
Technology
Parks
Academia
Business
Source : infodev.org
idisc.net
Incubators
Entrepreneurs
Incubators Services
Incubators and Jobs Creation
• Long term tool
• Starts with securing job for the entrepreneurs
then they will be employers.
Story from Bahrain
• 2002 BBIC initial thought to establish an ICT
incubator. Market survey shoed different
demand.
• 2010 Expansion more offices.
• 2013 Now ICT incubator RUKEN ME, new
concept is born 
Story from Turkey
• Incubator have achieved to create new rule
for Academic professors to start businesses.
• More than 40, 000 employees.
Statistics from MENAinc
• More than 200 incubators in MENA…still
counting.
• In contact with 140
Verified Incubators vs Not Verified Incubators
and STP's
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40
35
30
24
25
20
18
20
15
15
1
2
0 1
3
2 31 11
5
5
0
0
Egypt
1
34 3
7 8
Libya
5
56
4
Morocco
10
910
Kuwait
10
4 4
33
2 12
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00 01
Verified
Not Verified
Mauritania
Somalia
Iraq
Southsudan
Sudan
Algeria
Turkey
Palestine
Yemen
Lebanon
Jordan
Qatar
Oman
UAE
KSA
Syria
Tunisia
Bahrain
0
0
1
Mauritania
0
Somalia
Iraq
3
Southsudan
6
Sudan
5
Algeria
11
Turkey
17
Palestine
21
Egypt
2
Libya
4
Yemen
7
Lebanon
Jordan
19
Morocco
3
Kuwait
0
3
Qatar
5
Oman
20
UAE
30
KSA
Syria
50
Tunisia
10
Bahrain
Total Number of Incubators in MENA Region
60
50
40
25
20
12 12
6
Number of Incubators by Sector
70
62
57
60
50
41
40
30
23
21
20
10
0
7
2
1
2
3
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Incubators Networks
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infoDev Global Network
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The development of ICT for jobs creation
Business Incubators as a strategic choice for
jobs creation
By : Mohammad Allam Al-Qaed
Bahrain Business Incubator Center
Giza, Egypt