DEDI Green Gate
DEDI Green Gate brings together green entrepreneurs from Egypt and Denmark working under a common theme to promote innovative sustainable solutions through mutual exchange, peer-to-peer learning, inspiration and capacity development. Since 2021, DEDI Green Gate has held annual workshops and facilitated collaborations between Danish and Egyptian green entrepreneurs in the fields of urban agriculture, sustainable leisure and sustainable fashion.
2023
Meet the participants
For the second year, DEDI Green Gate 2023 is focusing on green fashion inviting innovators, designers, entrepreneurs, and awareness raisers to take part in the program. Meet the participants here.
Why sustainable fashion?
Get to know why DEDI decided to tackle sustainable fashion through DEDI Green Gate.
International Workshop in Denmark
This year’s focus for DEDI Green Gate has been sustainable fashion. The 23 participants from Egypt and Denmark met for two international workshops where they explored sustainable solutions, had space to exchange experiences with one another and received knowledge through peer-to-peer exchange as well as meetings and trainings with experts in the field. Explore their experiences in Denmark through the articles and videos below.
Green is the new black
Read about the participants’ experiences from the workshop
“I learned something from each participant; whether it’s from their experience, their business knowledge, their understanding of sustainability. I can see a lot of opportunities for collaboration with all the participants which I think is an essential step for Button Up to go global,” Salah Ghanem, co-founder of Button Up social enterprise who empower and train underprivileged women and young people produce various products, was one of them.
2022
Meet the participants
Get to know the 23 participants taking part in DEDI Green Gate in 2022 under the theme of sustainable fashion.
International Workshop in Denmark
This year’s focus for DEDI Green Gate has been sustainable fashion. The 23 participants from Egypt and Denmark met for two international workshops where they explored sustainable solutions, had space to exchange experiences with one another and received knowledge through peer-to-peer exchange as well as meetings and trainings with experts in the field. Explore their experiences in Denmark through the articles and videos below.
Wearing green
Read about the participants’ experiences from the workshop
“One of the big challenges when you want to do something sustainable is lack of knowledge,” Ioana Opris reflects. “You can only address that through reading and networking with people who have that knowledge. I think that’s what Green Gate does – it really opens us up for new knowledge that we are lacking.”
Sustainable walks
Read about Youssef an Anna’s collaboration on sustainable footwear
Youssef Anwar, an Egyptian footwear designer and Anna Pouslen, a student of sustainable design engineering at Aalborg University and entrepreneur teamed up to exchange knowledge on sustainable footwear.
Social fabrics
Read about the exchange between entrepreneurs Munk&Loua and Sahqoute on ethical fashion
People, planet and profit are at stake as 97 pct. of all fast fashion garments are made in developing countries. One answer is slow fashion and social responsibility, Norhan El Sakkout, Lone Munk, and Jeannette Loua would agree.
International Workshop in Egypt
After a successful workshop in Denmark, the participants came together once again in Cairo in October 2022. The focus of the workshop was inspiration, innovation and micro-financing and they visited and met with various actors on the sustainable fashion scene in Cairo.
![Salma Ellakany, Project Manager at VeryNile shows the participants their process at the workshop creating products from plastic. (Photo: Rowan El Shimi // DEDI)]](https://dedi.org.eg/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/DEDI-Green-Gate-EG-2022-72-scaled.jpg "DEDI Green Gate EG 2022-72")
Boosting circular collaborations
Read about the participants’ experiences from the workshop
“It’s great to be able to support each other to gain confidence in ourselves and our projects – and finding out that these projects can really make a difference. A small idea can have an impact on a lot of people’s lives and the environment,” Linda Nyvang says during the workshop in Cairo.
2021
International Workshop in Egypt
The first ever DEDI Green Gate international workshop focused on urban agriculture and sustainable leisure bringing together professionals, entrepreneurs and innovators from both Egypt and Denmark.
A sustainable collaboration
Read about their experiences here
DEDI Green Gate’s first international workshop kicked off with visits to an organic farm and local grassroots movements, with the participants eager to meet again in Denmark for the second workshop of the program.
Greening Cairo
Take a visual journey with DEDI Green Gate’s workshop in Egypt.
International Workshop in Denmark
After meeting for the first time in Egypt, the DEDI Green Gate crew met once more in Denmark for the international workshop focused on urban agriculture and sustainable leisure.
Green networks
Read about their experiences here
After attending the two international workshops of DEDI Green Gate, Danish Tamar Bashary and Egyptian Manar Ramadan have no doubts when it comes to their new friendships being unique.
