Cairo Hosts 2nd Green Growth Summit under the theme 'Unlocking Solutions and Innovative Finance' - Sponsored
The Summit will once again serve as a high-level, platform to unlock solutions and innovative finance for a green and inclusive future in Egypt and the wider MENA region. With climate risks escalating and youth unemployment persisting, the MENA region stands at a critical juncture.
Yet the emergence of green startups, scalable SMEs, and blended finance tools offers a promising path forward. From sustainable agriculture to clean energy, the green economy is becoming a cornerstone of future-ready job creation.
The Green Growth Summit 2025 seeks to harness this momentum and scale up the innovations needed to turn potential into progress.This year, the event is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands through the Challenge Fund for Youth Employment (CFYE) and is organized in partnership with Stichting SPARK as part of the EU-funded Green Forward programme, and with Finance in Motion, advisor to the Green for Growth Fund (GGF).
In 2024, the Green Growth Summit made a strong impact by connecting entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers to catalyze strategic collaborations. This year, the Green Growth Summit aims to continue translating this momentum into measurable action by mobilizing capital and building partnerships to accelerate Egypt's green economy.
'The Green Growth Summit is more than a convening. It's a commitment to build a fairer, greener economy. By translating insights into investment and partnerships, we are shaping a just green transition grounded in inclusion and innovation,' said Ahmed Ben Nejma, Challenge Fund for a Just Transition Project Manager at Hivos.
The 2025 Summit will be structured around four core tracks, with a strong emphasis on youth inclusion, gender equity, and measurable impact:
Green Investment Management: Unlocking investment pipelines for green SMEs, such as through ESG frameworks and risk-return models.
Blended Finance Innovation: Examining de-risking instruments, tools and models to channel more funding to climate solutions.
Future-Proof Employment & Green Value Chains: Catalyzing decent green jobs through sustainable production, value-chain support, and cluster development.
Sector Spotlights – AgriTech, Health Care & AI: Highlighting opportunities at the intersection of digital and green innovation to shape Egypt's sustainable economy.
The summit will bring together a curated group of changemakers and institutions leading Egypt's green transition, including green startups, scaleups, and SMEs; innovation accelerators and incubators; local and international investors, development finance institutions (DFIs), and venture capital funds (VCs); donors and development partners focused on economic inclusion; as well as policymakers and experts shaping the country's green strategy.
'This Summit is about creating momentum that lasts beyond the event itself. It's where ideas evolve into initiatives, and partnerships become pathways to real, inclusive growth. We're empowering the ecosystem that green entrepreneurs and youth need to thrive,' added Ben Nejma.
The Green Growth Summit is set to be a landmark event on Egypt's sustainability calendar, bridging vision with action to accelerate a just, inclusive, and climate-resilient economy.
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