By Karen Lee Sippel
Just days ago, participants in Egypt’s celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week got a sneak peek at a new social game aimed at entrepreneurs from around the world. As the official game of GEW 2010, Global Innovation Game creates a marketplace for ideas in which players devise solutions for problems challenging communities the world over. Players take on the role of innovator, investor or both.
Currently, GiG is focused on three topic areas – energy, health and transportation – but as the game community shows interest, there are plans to expand topics to include education, the environment and other critical issue areas. Top players will be rewarded with in-game rewards and yet-to-be-announced real-world prizes, sure to be useful to fledgling entrepreneurs.
Why did Cairo get the first glimpse at the game? For a number of reasons, one of which is because Egypt is the first country to celebrate GEW this year, a result of moving their events forward in order not to conflict with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. The game got a warm reception from excited entrepreneurs, eager to hear about this latest social game.
Although Arab innovators were the first to get a preview of GiG, the beta version of the game is currently available on Facebook for anyone to play.
GiG officially launches when the rest of the world celebrates GEW the week of November 15th, so now’s the time for entrepreneurs to jump into the game and practice a bit before the competition heats up.
It’s also the perfect time to share your thoughts on the experience so that we can continue to expand GiG to engage an audience of international entrepreneurs like you. The game is evolving rapidly in response to the great feedback we continue to receive. Send your thoughts to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
