The GrEEK Campus, also GEEK Campus,
is a
technology
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and
innovation
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park in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metr ...
, Egypt, offering workspaces for
startups
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as well as established local and multinational companies. Located in
Downtown
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Cairo, The GrEEK Campus consists of five office buildings on a total space of 25,000 m
2.
History
The campus is the idea and creation of Egyptian
businessman
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, Ahmed Elalfy.
In 1964, the campus was sold to the
American University in Cairo
The American University in Cairo (AUC; ar, الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة, Al-Jāmi‘a al-’Amrīkiyya bi-l-Qāhira) is a private research university in Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning progra ...
(AUC) to expand and accommodate more students, where it was dubbed “The Greek Campus”. For 50 years it housed the AUC library, Social Sciences building and Jameel Center, among other buildings.
When AUC completed its relocation to another larger campus on the outskirts of Cairo in 2008, and in the outcome of the events of January 2011 and June 2013, a long term rental contract was entered into with Tahrir Alley Technology Park (TATP), the operating company of The GrEEK Campus.
Expansion
In mid-2019, The GrEEK Campus established a partnership with Monsha'at (the Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority) to manage the operations of Startup Hub Khobar in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province.
In 2020, The GrEEK Campus launched its second location in Cairo, in Mall of Arabia's commercial workspaces in 6 October City. Spanning 3 zones on a total area of 5,545 m2.
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Science parks
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