(CNN) -- Tech helped fuel Egypt's revolution. Now it could put the country get on the path toward a more stable democracy. At least that's the hope of Google, which is kicking off a program called Ebda2 -- Arabic for "start" -- to fund and otherwise support emerging technology companies in Egypt. "We believe technology will actually change the economics of this part of the world -- will change the culture of this part of the world -- and it will have a political impact," said Wael Fakharany, Google's country manager in Egypt. "We believe it is absolutely the right time to give people hopes and dreams -- not to be rich and famous, but hopes and dreams to be helpful."
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A Google bus will travel Egypt looking for tech entrepreneurs
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The company is holding a year-long competition for tech start-ups
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The winner gets $200,000 from the Silicon Valley company
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Finalists get a chance to pitch ideas to start-up investors from the U.S.
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