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Ice Cairo is an idea that was created three years ago
It is the third branch, there is in Addis Ababa and Germany
Today we also have Ice-Alexandria
we are also thinking of making Ice-Aswan.
We encourage young Egyptians to apply their ideas in Eco-Technology,
so we provide them with a few services,
one of which is a work space
and fabrication laboratory (Fab Lab)
it has machines, like a 3D printer, a laser cutter and others
We also have an open space for anyone who wishes to hold events or workshops
If there is a fresh college graduate who wishes to create a company,
we help them set up their business
by entrepreneurship, or training
so that when their business model is ready, we send it to funders,
those funders invest in the company, then they are on their own from thereon.
Fab Lab means fabrication lab,
which is a place for people to create.
It has some machines, like a 3D printer, CNC and a laser cutter,
Fab Lab teaches people to use these machines
to create prototypes to any design they wish to create
The most important thing for us is to let people create
to use their ideas to save the environment, and help our society
and to use this place to execute their work.
We have been open for a year,
we've been working hard for a couple of months
We started noticing how young people are making good use of this open space
because it isn't a space for people to play games, or to have fun
People come here to execute their projects,
some people have been meeting up, sharing new ideas
In Ice Cairo we try to create something that others can re-do
If someone comes up to us and says they want to do exactly like Ice Cairo
we would give them the business model, and the techniques
because we wish we could have a hundred other Ice Cairo
There are other spaces in Cairo that are doing something similar
We are promoting industrious work,
because industry is the pillar of any powerful economy.