The Egyptian “Koshk Comics” is one step closer to Silicon Valley

This month, The U.S. Department of State and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced Koshk Comics,as one of 51 exceptional startups to advance to the 2016 Tech-I Global Pitch Competition semifinals.

Koshk Comics pitch video will be available for online voting to compete for startup finalist spots to pitch at the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES 2016), June 23-24 in Silicon Valley, California until the 1st of May.

Koshk is a website for comic artists to interconnect, collaborate and self-publish digital comics; and a mobile app for readers to enjoy reading visual stories and comic books. Koshk is incubated in AUC Venture Lab acceleration program starting from October 2015 to end of 2016.

GIST is an initiative that seeks to empower innovators in 135 emerging economies to transform their communities. Each year, GIST Tech-I provide the finalist science and technology entrepreneurs the stage to launch or grow a business through mentorship, training, international visibility, and seed capital prizes.

To watch the pitch video and support Koshk Comics in the 2016 GIST Tech-I finalist selection process, vote here . You can vote for once per day for the entire month of voting.