The GrEEK Campus | |
Native Name: | الجريك كامبس |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Established: | December 2013 |
Affiliation: | American University in Cairo |
City: | Tahrir Gate: 171 Tahrir Street, Downtown, Cairo Falaki Gate: 28 Falaki Street, Downtown, Cairo |
Website: | http://www.thegreekcampus.com/ |
Founder: | Ahmed El Alfi[1] |
The GrEEK Campus, also GEEK Campus, is a technology park in Cairo, Egypt. The campus provides workspaces for rent, for startups, as well as established local and multinational companies.[2] [3] Located in Downtown Cairo, The GrEEK Campus consists of five office buildings with a total space of 25,000 m2.
The campus was created by the Egyptian businessman, Ahmed Elalfy.[4] [5]
In 1964, the campus was sold to the American University in Cairo (AUC) to expand and accommodate more students, where it was dubbed “The Greek Campus”.[6] For 50 years it housed the AUC library, Social Sciences building and Jameel Center, among other buildings.
Upon AUC's relocation to another campus on the outskirts of Cairo in 2008, a long term rental contract was entered into with Tahrir Alley Technology Park (TATP), the operating company of The GrEEK Campus.[7] This rental saw the park become Egypt's first ever technology park.
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.[8]
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.[9]