DUBAI — A bus branded with the Google logo will be traveling across 10 governorates in Egypt starting this week, including stops at universities in Cairo and Alexandria, scouting for the next generation of technology entrepreneurs with homegrown ideas on the scale of Facebook or LinkedIn.

“We will put someone’s dream through a seven-month crash course that will help turn it into a commercially viable business,” said Wael Fakharany, Google’s manager in Egypt. “We have been working on this concept for nine months. We had signed a contract with the Egyptian government in 2009 to invest in the country’s Internet ecosystem and this is part of that commitment.”

Google’s new initiative, Ebda2, which means “Start” in Arabic, is the latest in a string of seed and mentorship programs designed to support the wave of entrepreneurial ventures sweeping across Egypt. The revolutionary spirit that had youth demanding job creation and speaking out about their political concerns through social media has also encouraged them to start online businesses, experts say.

“We are at a very important transition point socially and culturally, and this empowering sense of throwing off the shackles will be a big driver of economic growth,” said Ahmed Al Alfi, founder and chairman of the venture capital firm Sawari Ventures, who will be a mentor at Ebda2. “Young tech graduates had three options before: work for a multinational like Microsoft, or the government, or start a business with friends. The change is that more people are now considering the last option first.”