Step2future Consulting

What Step2future Consulting does

Step2future Consulting is a privately-held business consulting and professional training firm headquartered in Cairo, Egypt, with an additional office in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The company operates two principal service lines — Business Consulting Services and Training Programs — serving multinational corporations, international development organizations, and small and medium enterprises across more than a dozen industries including pharmaceuticals, ICT, media, oil and gas, chemicals, food, and logistics.

Its consulting practice is organized across eleven service categories spanning strategy, sales and marketing, human capital, technology, operations, logistics, organizational development, finance, women's empowerment, social development, and training delivery. The training portfolio distinguishes itself through a suite of proprietary branded methodologies — FLIP, Financial Inclusion 360, VOICE, and ALIGN — alongside short courses, exam preparation tracks, and corporate training programs. The firm participates in the Arab Network for Learning and Building Partnerships, anchoring itself within a regional consortium that connects consultancies to donor-funded training and development programming.

Step2future operates a sales-led, direct-engagement go-to-market model with bespoke project pricing, and the company states it has accumulated 150+ contract wins across its operating history. Named clients include Takeda, Sanofi, Abbott, and Denk Pharma on the corporate side, CARE, IOM, GIZ, Samusocial, and TDH on the international development side, and Rufy's and EndlessCreations among SMEs. The firm discloses no revenue figures, headcount, funding history, or proprietary technology platform beyond its training IP, and no AI/ML capabilities are referenced in any supplied material.

Name

Step2future Consulting

Legal name

Step2Future

Website

https://step2future.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Step2future Consulting is a Cairo-headquartered, Egypt-UAE business consulting and training firm delivering strategy, operations, HR, and development-sector advisory plus proprietary training programs to multinational corporates, international NGOs, and SMEs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Consulting & Training Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDABAAAK

Leadership Assessment, 360 Feedback & Development Planning

Education/Corporate Training & Professional Development/Leadership & Management Development

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Program & Project Implementation (TA Delivery)

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/International Development & Technical Assistance

Keywords

• Business consulting services
• Corporate training programs
• Organizational development consulting
• Strategic planning services
• Leadership training solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Heliopolis

HQ country

Egypt

HQ region

Africa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Business Consulting Services: Consulting services including business development, strategic planning, organizational capacity building, brand positioning, social/green business modeling, project evaluation, and organizational assessment & development.
2. Training Programs: Bespoke training programs delivered online or in-person, covering core skills, leadership essentials, business excellence, and team growth. Programs include FLIP, Financial Inclusion 360, VOICE, ALIGN, and others.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Step2Future is a business consulting partner that delivers tailored consulting engagements (business development, strategic planning, organizational capacity building, brand positioning, project evaluation, and organizational assessment & development) and bespoke training programs (FLIP, VOICE, ALIGN, Financial Inclusion 360°, Connect and Convert, Be Green Act Green, and others) for enterprises, SMEs, and international development organizations. Services are delivered online or in person from offices in Cairo, Egypt and Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, targeting clients across the Middle East.

Product overview

Step2future Consulting is a business consulting partner offering two main categories of services: (1) Business Consulting Services including Business Development, Strategic Planning, Organizational Capacity Building, Brand Positioning, Marketing Training, Social/Green Business Modeling, Project Evaluation, Organizational Assessment & Development, and Business Planning; (2) Training Models/Programs including Transforming Our World, FLIP, Navigating Generational Diversity, Financial Inclusion 360°, Connect and Convert, The Symphony Conductor, VOICE, Engaging Leadership Narratives, ALIGN, Be Green Act Green, and The Arab Platform for Learning and Building Partnerships. The consulting services provide tailored strategic solutions while the training programs offer bespoke learning experiences delivered online or in person, covering leadership development, sales training, sustainability education, and organizational capacity building across multiple industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers18 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Takeda Pharmaceutical CompanyminorOthersPharmaceutical multinational featured as a client/partner on the Step2Future website.
• SanofiminorOthersPharmaceutical company featured as a client/partner on the Step2Future website.
• AbbottminorOthersHealthcare company featured as a client/partner on the Step2Future website.
• CAREminorOthersInternational humanitarian agency featured as a client/partner on the Step2Future website.
• IOM (International Organization for Migration)minorOthersUN agency featured as a client/partner on the Step2Future website.
• gizminorOthersGerman development agency featured as a client/partner on the Step2Future website.
• Arab NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArab Network for Learning and Building Partnerships - a joint initiative combining LMS with tools to foster impactful partnerships for sustainable progress in Arab countries.
• Denk PharmaminorOthersPharmaceutical company featured as a client/partner on the Step2Future website.
• SamusocialminorOthersHumanitarian organization featured as a client/partner on the Step2Future website.
• TDH (Terre des Hommes)minorOthersDevelopment organization featured as a client/partner on the Step2Future website.
• IFEminorOthersOrganization featured as a client/partner on the Step2Future website.
• ParkvilleminorOthersConsulting firm featured as a client/partner on the Step2Future website.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with strong leadership development and talent practice. Closely matches Step2Future's leadership training, executive development, and organizational assessment offerings.
• Right Management (ManpowerGroup): Talent and career management consulting firm. Comparable to Step2Future's organizational assessment, leadership development, and workforce capability-building services for enterprise clients.
• FranklinCovey Middle East: Global training and leadership development firm with MENA operations. Comparable to Step2Future's branded training programs (FLIP, ALIGN, VOICE) addressing leadership essentials, sales, and team performance.
• Dale Carnegie & Associates: Established training and consulting franchise with strong MENA presence. Direct overlap with Step2Future's core skills training — selling, communication, presentation, leadership — and similar sales-led, customized delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• McKinsey & Company: Global management consulting incumbent with a major Middle East practice. Competes with Step2Future for enterprise strategic planning and organizational development mandates, though at a much larger scale and price point.
• Bain & Company: Global management consultancy with strong MENA operations. Directly competes in strategy and organizational consulting for large enterprises and pharmaceutical multinationals, an area where Step2Future has demonstrated traction.
• Strategy& (PwC): PwC's strategy consulting arm with deep Middle East roots. Competes in strategic planning, organizational development, and transformation advisory — the core service mix of Step2Future.
• Boston Consulting Group: Top-tier global strategy consultancy with deep MENA presence. Overlaps with Step2Future's business development, strategic planning, and organizational capacity building services for multinational and regional enterprise clients.
• Deloitte Consulting: Global Big Four consultancy with significant MENA presence. Overlaps with Step2Future in organizational capacity building, human capital consulting, and serving international development organizations via donor-funded projects.

Emerging players

• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm. Adjacent overlap with Step2Future's leadership development and organizational consulting, particularly at the executive and senior management tier.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/step2future

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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