Prof. Dr. Abdelrazek Desouki, President of the University, congratulates the Enactus Egypt student team, represented by the Enactus University team at Kafrelsheikh University, for winning the first place and winning the Enactus Cup for the best project in the world for the year 2023, which was held in the Netherlands; it is a global competition for creativity for the sake of community service, in which universities from various countries participate. This is the fifth time in a row and the seventh time that Egypt has been the world champion of the Enactus Cup.

The president expresses his great happiness at this achievement achieved by the Enactus team at Kafrelsheikh University, and adds that the university team wins the first place in the Enactus Egypt competition at the level of Egyptian universities as the team represents Egypt in the Enactus International Competition in the Netherlands this October, as the Kafrelsheikh University team filtered through 58 universities, and 33 universities were filtered out. Kafrelsheikh University wins the first place among the top 10 universities with their Hermitia project, as the project mainly treats organic waste in a healthy and safe way to produce high-value protein in economical ways to confront the high prices of feed ingredients.

 

For his part, Dr. Mohammed Abd El-Aal, Vice President for Education and Students’ Affairs, congratulates the university team for obtaining the first place in the world, and explains that the Hermitia Project extracts protein from the black soldier insect, which feeds on food waste, and thus solves two problems at the same time: the problem of food waste and the problem of feed using the source of animal protein extracted from the black soldier insect as they make fish feed, poultry feed, livestock feed, and ornamental fish feed. Also, in order to achieve an integrated project and exploit all parts of the insect, the students made chitosan from the remains of the insect’s crustaceans. The students also creates the first water purifier that can be used in open fish farms and achieved high efficiency for these farms.