Built by students who lived the problem.
Jurni exists because its founders couldn't find paid, meaningful work after school. Ahmed — our clay guide, named after our CEO — is here to walk you through what we built instead.
Everything on offer was unpaid, or wanted experience you couldn't get.
Jurni started with a problem its founders lived. After school, Ahmed El Sokkary and Omar Abdelaziz looked for work that was both paid and meaningful — and found neither. That gap isn't personal. It's structural.
- 80%
- of students say their university never helped them find work
- 500k
- new graduates enter Egypt's job market every year
- 3.5M
- students enrolled across Egyptian universities right now
- 26–27
- the age many graduates are still financially dependent
Why the alternatives fail
University internships
Often unpaid. Students rarely get meaningful, hands-on work.
Traditional agencies
Priced for large corporates — out of reach for most SMEs.
Global freelance platforms
Foreign-currency pricing, and the talent is rarely local or student-status.
Informal referrals
Unstructured, unscalable, no accountability and no feedback loop.
Paid experience. Not favours.
- Unpaid internship? Hard pass.
What we believe
Lead with proof
Egyptian business owners are risk-averse for good reason. Case studies and transparent numbers beat promises.
Stay manual until it's right
We match by hand today so quality is undeniable before the app automates it.
Close the loop
Students, businesses and universities all get something back — otherwise it doesn't hold together.
Proof, not promises.
The hardest part of this market is trust. So we lead with evidence: real clients, real referrals, and a student pool we deliberately keep small until project supply catches up.
10
businesses actively working with Jurni, pipeline growing
50-60
vetted students in the pool — capped on purpose
2
app stores, with a live app in active redesign
First client, warm referrals, and university career-centre conversations underway.
Join the pilot.
Free for students and businesses while we prove the model. Tell us which side you're on and we'll take it from there.
Rather talk it through? Get in touch