EgyptInnovate Platform

The Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC) is part of the governmental Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) of Egypt. It has the vision of positioning Egypt as one leading regional hub and world-class gateway for technology innovation and entrepreneurship. It aims
to enhance the relevant ecosystem, empower innovative and entrepreneurial businesses, and celebrate resulting achievements so as to reap high value-add economic growth and overall wellbeing of Egyptian citizens.

This RFP requests capable bidders to propose for the establishment, management, operation, and maintenance of EgyptInnovate Platform; an online platform that boosts and promotes the ICT innovation and entrepreneurship in Egypt on several fronts.
The RFP includes:

• The RFP Documentation (this document you are reading).
• Requirements Compliance Sheet (attached assistive checklist that summarizes the platform requirements).

The establishment of the target platform includes, but not limited to:

• Online portal design, development, and integration.
• Creating, managing, and boosting social media identity.
• Creating, managing, and boosting a blog or several vertical blogs.
• Developing semantic search engine.
• Developing mobile identity (mobile native apps, HTML5 portals, integration with existing mobile platforms …etc)
• Developing and implementing an email marketing strategy.
• Developing and implementing a content strategy that strongly serves all the above.
• Developing and implementing measurement and KPI methodology.
  TIEC would like to stress that developing the online portal is only part of the project while TIEC looks forward to bidders’ vision and strategy to create and manage this overall online platform following the SOLOMO approach (Social Local Mobile). The platform runs on open-source software and all data follow
  the 5 Star Open-Data model.