Who we are

School makes you a good student. INTA makes you a capable human being.

Those are different things.

INTA is a gamified, interactive skills journey for teenagers aged 12–19. We don't lecture, and we don't hand out homework.

We unlock creative potential through challenge, play, and real building — then we stay, through a community that doesn't end when the program does.

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INTA teens in a group activity

The difference

Three problems no one solves. INTA is built around all three.

01

Most youth programs inspire teenagers — then abandon them. No follow-up, no community, no continuity.

A journey, not an event — with a community that keeps going long after graduation.

02

No one plays the trusted guide — not a teacher, not a peer. Someone who has actually been there.

Guidance from people who've walked the path — direct, warm, never talking down.

03

Teenage time and energy go unchannelled — aimed at passive consumption, not creation.

Energy pointed at productive creation — teens build real things that are theirs to keep.

Our story

Three rounds. Each one larger than the last.

Round 01 — The Young Entrepreneurs
Round 01 · 201525 students

“The Young Entrepreneurs”

The first cohort runs with the AAST Center of Entrepreneurship.

Round 02 — The Innovative Teens
Round 02 · 201680 students

“The Innovative Teens”

The cohort triples — and takes 1st place at the Nawah Challenge.

★ Nawah win
Round 03 — Minds That Create
Round 03 · 2017155+ total

Minds That Create

A third annual round brings the total to 155+ graduates.

Neue Deutsche Schule Alexandria
2026 · Neue Deutsche Schule Alexandria

An info session on entrepreneurship and startups for students.

Manara School
2026 · Manara School

Into the school channel — invited to deliver at Egypt's Day in El Gouna.

Moments from the journey

A decade of building, pitching, and playing for it.

The INTA Pioneer market stall — early student showcase
A student presenting to the cohort
An outdoor outing with the cohort
Students in a group discussion
Teens collaborating in a circle
Celebrating a Nawah Challenge win

National recognition

Recognized on the national stage.

From a national entrepreneurship win to primetime television and ministerial recognition — won on the strength of the students themselves.

First place at the Nawah Social Entrepreneurship Challenge, El Gouna 2016

El Gouna · 2016

A national entrepreneurship win.

First place at the Nawah Social Entrepreneurship Challenge during Global Entrepreneurship Week — won on the strength of the students themselves.

★ 1st place · 10,000 EGP
Featured on Hona El Shabab, CBC

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On national television.

Featured on Hona El Shabab, broadcast to millions across Egypt.

Dr. Tarek Shawki, former Minister of Education

Dr. Tarek Shawki · 2017

Ministerial recognition.

Egypt's former Minister of Education spoke about INTA on national TV.

Celebrating the Nawah win
Certificate at the closing ceremony
Pitching on stage
A workshop session

Trusted partners

Built alongside respected institutions.

AAST
Strategic partner

AAST Center of Entrepreneurship

The Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport — co-host of INTA's earliest rounds and a partner through every stage since.

Hosts

Neue Deutsche Schule Alexandria
2026

Neue Deutsche Schule Alexandria

Info session on entrepreneurship and startups for students.

Manara School
2026

Manara School

Egypt's Day · El Gouna — into the school channel.

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