The World E-Business Initiative is a non-profit startup launched in 2011, and headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.

It is managed by a group of young entrepreneurs with experience in technology, e-business, and innovation, and a passion to combine efforts, spread awareness about entrepreneurship, e-startups, and e-business, and eventually promote ‘Entrepreneurship’ and ‘Digital Economy’ in the region.

WEBI (World E-Business Initiative) was launched in order to build an open platform to promote e-business and help potential and existing entrepreneurs in their pursuit to both; get funding and reach customers besides enhance their knowledge and business network and enable new business opportunities for them online.

It develops a ‘Digital Economy’ by connecting entrepreneurs, Internet professionals, experts, investors and other stakeholders and enabling collaboration among them all to come up with effective solutions to establish sustainable and innovative business facilitated by the Internet.

> Mission

WEBI empowers entrepreneurs by enabling them to access an open network of regional and global opportunities to promote digital economy and using Internet as a strategic tool in entrepreneurship with a focus on the MENA region and a worldwide reach.

> Vision

Improving the global digital economy by gathering young entrepreneurs, Internet professionals, experts and investors to come up with effective solutions for challenges that encounter all related parties to establish sustainable and innovative business over the Internet.

> Objectives

• Support entrepreneurs to establish and run their enterprises over the internet.
• Innovate online and offline collaboration and networking platforms for entrepreneurs.
• Activate the business role of the internet and boost the digital economy in the region.
• Introduce open innovation and internet entrepreneurship to the region.