We are the world’s largest ‘premium aluminium’ producer and the biggest industrial company in the UAE outside oil and gas.
READ MOREAluminium makes modern life possible, from the smartphone in your hand, to the plane you fly in, to the buildings where you live and work.
READ MOREDriving sustainable economic growth is one way we make modern life possible for the societies in which we operate. EGA has played a major role in the industrialisation and economic diversification of the UAE for decades, and is making a substantial economic contribution in Guinea.
READ MOREAluminium’s use plays an essential role in improving transport efficiencies, reducing energy consumption and global greenhouse gas emissions, improving product longevity and reducing demand on natural resources.
READ MOREFor decades, Emirates Global Aluminium has maintained and developed global competitiveness by focusing on innovation and continuous improvement. We have developed our own aluminium smelting technology in the United Arab Emirates for more than 25 years.
READ MOREEGA directly and indirectly creates tens of thousands of jobs in the UAE and internationally. We aim to be the industrial employer of choice in the countries where we operate.
READ MOREAs a programme from the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, EGA Ramp-Up has a particular focus on entrepreneurs whose business ideas are related to the application of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to innovative solutions to progress sustainability within various sectors.
Start-ups that reach the final stage of the programme and are aligned with EGA’s strategic objectives will be assessed for their eligibility to receive funding from EGA.
EGA Ramp-Up is powered by C3 – Companies Creating Change. C3 is a UAE-based social enterprise supporting entrepreneurs in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey to unlock their growth potential and maximise their positive impact on the community and the environment. With the support of C3’s network of trainers, experts, investors and alumni, C3 enables impact-driven startups to become active agents of change.
Provide us with some high-level information about yourself and register your interest to attend the live online courses introducing impact entrepreneurship.
Once you fill in the short form, you will receive a confirmation email and will subsequently be invited to the online courses.
Provide us with more details about your founding team, your start-up and your commitment to take part in the EGA Ramp-Up programme, by filling the long form by Friday 27th January 2023. As you wait for the programme’s selection results, make sure not to miss out the live online courses!
You will receive an email for you to complete the C3 Growth Predictor Test right after the application deadline. The test has been uniquely designed by C3 to assess start-ups’ growth potential based on a self-assessment covering five key pillars.
The EGA Ramp-Up team will use well-defined criteria to select the programme’s cohort, consisting of 20 UAE-based start-ups. Attending the start-up workshops is mandatory for all applicants who wish to be considered for mentoring support.
The cohort of 20 selected start-ups will be requested to submit an updated pitch deck and pitch video. Deliverables will be reviewed and assessed by our experts, who will interview the founders and select 5 to 8 start-ups to take part in the mentoring stage and potentially receive funding from EGA.