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Ayman Ismail
  • Ayman Ismail
  • Professor and Direct..
  • Professor and Director
  • AUC Venture Lab
  • AUC Venture Lab
  • Egypt
  • Ayman Ismail the Abdul Latif Jameel Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor at AUC School of Business and the founding director of AUC Venture Lab. He is a co-founder, angel investor, or board member in several fast-growing startups in fintech, microfinance, and logistics. Previously, he was a research fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, a consultant in McKinsey & Company’s New York office and the World Bank, a co-founder and managing partner at Enovio Consulting, and a Young Global Leader (YGL) at the World Economic Forum (WEF). He received his PhD in International Economic Development from MIT.

Lauren Maillian
  • Lauren Maillian
  • Marketing Maverick a..
  • Marketing Maverick and Fortune 500 Brand Innovation Strategist
  • LMB Group
  • LMB Group
  • USA
  • Lauren Maillian is the Founder and CEO of LMB Group, strategic marketing, and brand advisory company; was a Founding Partner at Gen Y Capital Partners, an early-stage venture firm focused on investments in mobile and consumer-facing technology-enabled companies, and is the author of the instant bestselling business memoir, The Path Redefined: Getting To the Top On Your Own Terms. Lauren’s passion for innovation-through-entrepreneurship and her unique ability to story-tell brought her talents as an expert onto television as the Master Marketer and co-star of the startup focused docu-series, Quit Your Day Job, on Oxygen (NBCU).

    At age 19, Lauren cofounded a boutique winery that quickly became an internationally recognized award-winning wine brand, making her the youngest self-made winery owner in the country. She served as the Chief Operating Officer of the company from inception through the brand’s acquisition in 2011.

    As a change agent, connector, influencer, and media spokesperson, Lauren has demonstrated her ability to create messaging that resonates with brands, millennials, and women. Lauren has worked with brands such as J.P. Morgan Chase, DeVry, Cover Girl, Bumble and Bumble, and Secret Deodorant to humanize their brands and better tell their stories to more authentically connect with the consumer. 

    Her multi-dimensional expertise has catapulted Lauren into a new type of marketer who has global influence as both a brand strategist and ambassador. 

    Lauren’s experience is both vast and distinctive given the roles and responsibilities she’s had ranging from entrepreneur, investor, advisor, talent, client-focused strategist, and brand marketing thought leader.

    Lauren’s global market leadership leverages media, culture, strategy and technology to grow brands. Lauren is an innovative marketer, who is passionate about deeply understanding people and products to create an emotional connection through storytelling.

    She is driven by the belief that there is always an impactful solution to every problem. She develops marketing initiatives with a concentration on the creation and implementation of dynamic yet strategic plans that are rooted in authenticity to build brand identity, influence and notoriety.

    She is a detail-oriented strategist with a deep understanding of business operations, management, and formation across various industries. Having traveled the world to more than 40 countries, Lauren has a global perspective and a fresh forward-looking approach to content creation that is sensitive to the cultural nuances faced in global media and the highly-engaged digital consumer landscape.

    Maillian has sustained and deepened her influence internationally through speaking engagements to address topics that include marketing, branding, business development, venture capital, women’s leadership, innovation, and technology. 

    She has spoken at prestigious institutions including Harvard University, Columbia University, Cornell University; Fortune 500 companies such as Google, Shell, Dell, Ernst, and Young (EY), Prudential, Ogilvy, Weber Shandwick, L’Oréal and Bloomberg; and at industry-leading conferences and events such as Social Media Week, ColorComm and AdWeek.

    She has invested in several startups and serves on the advisory board of Digital Undivided, a social enterprise that increases the active participation of minority women in the digital space; CoSign, a technology company that allows you to monetize your social media and shareable content; LIQS, a brand of pre-mixed single-serve cocktail shots; Levo League, a career content community for Gen-Y women; and Pipeline Angels.

    Lauren’s work has been featured in national media outlets including Forbes, American Express OPEN Forum, Interactive ONE, Sirius XM Radio, 1010 WIN’s, HuffPost LIVE, AOL Build, Inc. Magazine, Mashable, UPTOWN Magazine, Jet Magazine, CNBC’s Nightly Business Report, MSNBC, FOX 5, CBS New York, Business Insider, Fast Company, and Black Enterprise. In 2011 she was recognized at The White House by the Kauffman Foundation as an Empact100 Award honoree which lists the top 100 entrepreneurs under 30 and in 2013, Essence Magazine named Lauren a “Shot Caller” to watch in business. 

    In 2014, the New York Urban League’s Young Professionals awarded Lauren the honor of Philanthropist of the Year for her charitable involvement and dedication to giving back, in 2015 Kia Motors and UPTOWN Magazine awarded Lauren for being Inspirationally Crafted for her leadership and fearless entrepreneurial journey and in 2015, Smart CEO Magazine named Lauren as a Smart CEO Brava Award Winner. 

    In 2016, Walker’s Legacy named Lauren to their WL50Power List that honors women making strides in the business and philanthropic community.

    Lauren is involved in various philanthropic organizations that affect youth, poverty, education, and the arts. She serves on the Advisory Board of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Multicultural Audience Development Initiative (MADI) Committee, as Vice-Chair of The Apollo Theater Foundation Young Patrons Steering Committee, New York Urban League’s Development Committee, is a founding member of the Young Entrepreneur Council, and a Lifetime Member of the Children’s Aid Society. Lauren has a Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, in International Trade and Marketing from the Fashion Institute of Technology. She currently resides in New York City with her two children, Jayden and Chloe.

Keith Wallace
  • Keith Wallace
  • Treasurer/ Senior In..
  • Treasurer/ Senior Investments Manager
  • BAN / Hivos Impact I..
  • BAN / Hivos Impact Investments
  • Netherlands
  • Founder and Honorary President of the DeInvesteerdersClub, Chairman of BAN Netherlands, Managing Director at Hivos Impact Investments, and Global Ringmaster, Get In The Ring. Keith is a Scotsman who made the move to The Netherlands where he works with inspiring people to create gains for people and the planet through profit. From this lowland base, he travels widely, to service partners and clients in Europe, Asia, and Africa. He’s been known to wear a top hat and tails but is far more to be seen in his ubiquitous blue blazer. Impact and equality in business are his trademarks.

Loay El-Shawarby
  • Loay El-Shawarby
  • Principal
  • Principal
  • El-Shawarby, Attorne..
  • El-Shawarby, Attorneys-at-Law
  • Egypt

Ahmad Akhtaby
  • Ahmad Akhtaby
  • AlexAngels
  • AlexAngels
  • Egypt
  • Graduated mechanical engineering at AAST Egypt then further aerospace studies along with management courses in City University London.

    Worked as a teaching assistant in engineering subjects then later as an engineer in Schlumberger.

    Started two companies, one in renewable energy and other in F&B.

    Have been investing for 8 years in various sectors like F&B, manufacturing, Automotive Services, Consumer services, real estate, online platform.

    My passion goes for impact investing and innovation, through enabling extraordinary education to my community and utilizing all the resources.

Ahmed El Naggar
  • Ahmed El Naggar
  • Egypt

Mohamed Hossam Khedr
  • Mohamed Hossam Khedr
  • Consultant
  • Consultant
  • Khedr W Business
  • Khedr W Business
  • Egypt
  • Since his graduation from Engineering 25 years ago, Dr. Khedr has played many roles in the entrepreneurial ecosystem; he built and sold startups, mentored hundreds of them, angel invested in some, worked for venture capital, and provided training to angel investors, incubators, and accelerators. He works as Managing Partner at his firm خضر وبزنس and he produces written video and podcast content under that name. In 2020, he published a bestselling book about entrepreneurship called رائد الأعمال Inside Out. Dr. Khedr's experience comes from the various ventures he has been working on, the DBA study as well as the ongoing consultation meetings he provides.

Walid Mansour
  • Walid Mansour
  • Co-Founder & Co-CEO
  • Co-Founder & Co-CEO
  • MEVP Capital Limited
  • MEVP Capital Limited
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Walid Mansour Partner and Chief Investment Officer Walid have more than 15 years of experience in Venture Capital, strategy, corporate finance, and engineering within the digital, telecom, software, and new media industries.

    Prior to joining MEVP in 2010, Walid was a lead associate at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, and before that he worked as a strategy manager at the UAE’s Prime Ministry Executive Office focusing on public policy initiatives.

    During his stay in Dubai, he worked on setting-up entrepreneurship-related programs and developing incubation in the Arab World through several Dubai based initiatives such as the Mohammed Bin Rashid Foundation. Prior to that, Walid worked at Booz & Company as a consultant covering telecom & media. Prior to Booz & Company, Walid worked as an industrial engineer in France.

    In 2009, he completed Morgan Stanley's summer associate program within their investment banking M&A division in London. Walid holds an industrial and urban planning engineering degree from Institut National des Science Appliquées de Lyon (INSA de Lyon) and an MBA in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Hadeer Shalaby
  • Hadeer Shalaby
  • Managing Director
  • Managing Director
  • talabat
  • talabat
  • Egypt
  • Hadeer is currently the Managing Director of talabat Egypt, leading commercial and functional business verticals. Prior to joining talabat, Hadeer ventured into Careem after her startup, Taxi El Sa7el, the first to offer ride-hailing in Egypt, was acquired by the company in 2014. She was part of the founding team in Egypt and later became the Regional Director of Careem Bus, where she led alternative mobility solutions teams in Dubai, Egypt, and Pakistan. Besides being an early adopter of entrepreneurship in Egypt, Hadeer is also passionate about extracurriculars, as she was the Founder and President of AIESEC Lebanon in 2011, and VP of Entity Development in the Netherlands a year later. Hadeer is the recipient of Hadeer received Amwal Al 3’aad Top 50 most influential women award in 2016. Having been in the entrepreneurial ecosystem since 2014, she spends ample time in mentoring and coaching aspiring startups in Egypt and the region. Hadeer holds a B.B.A in Marketing with a minor in Architecture from the American University in Cairo.

Tarek El Kady
  • Tarek El Kady
  • Founder and Chairman
  • Founder and Chairman
  • The Mediterranean Bu..
  • The Mediterranean Business Angel Investment Network
  • Egypt
  • Tarek El-Kady is a leading entrepreneur and angel investor in his native Alexandria, Egypt. Born and raised in Alexandria, Tarek is the Executive Chairman of KD Group, a group of marketing and advertising agencies serving various clients in the Middle East and North Africa. Tarek is the founder and CEO of Techne Inc. and also the founder and chairman of Alexandria Business Angel Network (Alex Angels) & and; founder and chairman of The Mediterranean Business Angel Investment Network.

    Tarek is passionate about helping young people start their businesses. As Founding Curator of the Global Shapers Community Alexandria hub, he spends part of his time giving to the next generation of business owners in the region. Tarek was awarded by the American University in Cairo’s Venture Lab in recognition to his efforts as one of the prominent contributors to the entrepreneurial ecosystem for their outstanding support.

    He has been recently appointed as Senator at the Grand Assembly of the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) Senator Elkady will represent Egypt in the Global Startup Committee of the Grand Assembly in 2020

Walid Bakr
  • Walid Bakr
  • Managing Partner
  • Managing Partner
  • Ripples Impact
  • Ripples Impact
  • Egypt
  • Walid is a Private Equity veteran with over 20 years of experience in investment, finance, management and operational roles across the Middle East, Europe and the USA. His investment expertise and responsibilities span deal origination, execution, value creation and exits. Walid structured and developed successful investment strategies and platforms that were instrumental in raising several funds, including the very successful USD 400 mln North Africa Fund II (launched in 2014) – with participation of global high-profile investors including the EBRD, EIB, IFC, DEG, Proparco, South Suez, and others.

    Walid is a cofounder of “The Alex Fund”, a seed & early-stage investment fund designed to provide Angel Investors with a formal investment vehicle to streamline and expand their portfolio (Launch date: Q3-2021). Walid is also the founder and Managing Partner of Ripples Impact – a newly established boutique investment and financial advisory firm with a focus on growth strategies, restructuring and reorganization. 

    From 2009, and until his departure in Q2 2017, Walid has been a Managing Director with the Abraaj Group ($14 Bln AUM). He led Abraaj’s Egyptian operations and was a senior member of the MENA investment team. During his tenure he led one of the most successful investment portfolios in Egypt with over USD 600 million of assets, and two of his investments ranking among the top EGX performers. Most notably, he was responsible for the investment in, and structuring of Cleopatra Hospital Co. (Egypt’s largest Hospital Group) and led its subsequent successful listing on the Egyptian Stock Exchange in 2016.

    Prior to joining Abraaj, Walid was a director with Riyada Ventures (A boutique regional investment bank), and previously Managing Director of Technology Development Fund (TDF, Egypt’s 1st VC fund). He started his career with AT&T in Kuwait and moved on to manage and establish several technology companies in France and the US.

    Walid served, and continues to serve, as a director on the boards of local and regional companies. He’s an Independent Director and head of the Audit Committee of Alexandria New Medical Center (Egypt’s largest independent hospital – AMES.EGX). He previously served on the boards of Egypt’s largest hospital group (CHG; CLHO.EGX) as well as Egypt’s largest education group CIRA (CIRA.EGX) ahead of its listing. 

    Walid is actively engaged with education and entrepreneurship initiatives in Egypt. He served on the Board of Trustees of Education for Employment (EFE) Egypt, Bidaya Fund’s (Government SME Fund) advisory board, AUC’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation counsel and is an active Endeavor mentor. He’s a venture partner of MindShift Capital, co-founder of Alex Angels Fund and an active startup mentor, advisor and angel investor. 

    Walid has been selected as an Eisenhower Fellow in 2017 and a Kauffman Fellow in 2013. He holds a BSc in Engineering with top honors from Alexandria University. 

David S. Rose
  • David S. Rose
  • Founder | CEO | Asso..
  • Founder | CEO | Associate Founder
  • New York Angels | In..
  • New York Angels | Inc 500 | Singularity university
  • United States
  • David S. Rose is an Inc. 500 CEO, serial entrepreneur, super angel investor, best selling author, and keynote speaker who has founded or funded over 100 pioneering companies.

    He has been described by Forbes as "New York's Archangel", by BusinessWeek as a "world conquering entrepreneur", by Crain's New York Business as "the father of angel investing in New York", and by Red Herring magazine as "patriarch of Silicon Alley". He is the New York Times best-selling author of both Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money & Having Fun Investing in Startups and The Startup Checklist: 25 Steps to a Scalable, High-Growth Business.

Tomi Davies
  • Tomi Davies
  • President
  • President
  • African Business Ang..
  • African Business Angel Network (ABAN)
  • Nigeria
  • Systems Analyst turned Tech Strategy Advisor, Public Speaker and Angel Investor, Harry ‘Tomi Davies (TD) is Collaborator-in-Chief at TechnoVision, co-founder of the Lagos Angel Network (LAN) and President of the African Business Angel Network (ABAN).  

    For nearly two decades after graduating from the University of Miami TD led the implementation of innovative technology-led transformation initiatives in the Oil & Gas, Retail, Information Technology and Telecommunications industries for influential global brands Elf Aquitaine, Marks & Spencer, Ernst & Young and Sapient across Europe, the United States and Southeast Asia

    In 2000 his focus shifted to Africa where he helped create the African Agriculture Technology Foundation (AATF), led the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative in Nigeria and delivered a World Bank pilot of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system (IPPIS) that uncovered over 20,000 ghost workers in the Nigerian Government payroll system. Leading these kinds of innovative initiatives in Africa using his goal-oriented approach to project delivery which consistently delivered effective results inspired his 2014 book “The African Project Manager”.

    TD is Chairman of TextNigeria (Telecoms) and Non-Executive Director at MBO Capital (Private Equity) and Big Cabal Media (Media & Entertainment). He is a member of the Lagos State Science, Research & Innovation Council (LASRIC) and sits on the board of Laptops4Learning (L4L) Nigeria, the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) and the Global Business Angels Network (GBAN). 

    As a thought leader with increasing knowledge gained from nurturing entrepreneurs in a growing portfolio of tech-enabled early-stage business ventures originating from Africa, TD’s personal mission is “to help drive Africa’s development by supporting young entrepreneurs using innovation and technology to create social impact and economic value.”

    TD can be reached at www.tomidavies.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook as TomiDee

Peter Cowley
  • Peter Cowley
  • Entrepreneur and ang..
  • Entrepreneur and angel investor
  • Numerous
  • Numerous
  • United Kingdom
  • Peter Cowley, a Cambridge university technology graduate, founded and ran over a dozen businesses in technology and property over the last 40 years.  He has built up a portfolio of 75 angel investments with nine good exits (including one that is 107X his investment and returned all the cash he has invested) and thirteen failures.  He is a board member of the Global Business Angel Network (GBAN), President Emeritus of the European Business Angel Network (EBAN), former chair of the Cambridge Business Angels and was UK Angel of the Year 2014.  He has mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs and is on the board of nine startups.  

    In 2011, he founded and ran Martlet: a Corporate VC, investing (currently £10M) from the balance sheet of Marshall, a £2.5bn revenue Cambridge engineering company.  He is a fellow in Entrepreneurship at the Cambridge Judge Business School and is on the investment committee of the UK Angel Co-fund.  He has also had 16 years’ experience as chair, treasurer and trustee of the boards of seven charities. 

    With his son, Alan, Peter is sharing his and others’ experience and anecdotes in order to educate angels and entrepreneurs via  The Invested Investor which publishes two books and 75+ podcasts.  Peter is a public speaker on entrepreneurship and angel investing throughout the world.

Ahmed El Alfi
  • Ahmed El Alfi
  • Chairman
  • Chairman
  • Sawari Ventures LLC
  • Sawari Ventures LLC
  • Egypt
    • Ahmed El Alfi is a veteran investor & VC with over 25 years of entrepreneurial and TMT-related experience spanning across different regions Named as one of the most creative people in the world by Fast Company, Ahmed El Alfi has been an early stage/growth investor for the past 25 years, translating to extensive experience in funding, nurturing early-stage companies.

      El Alfi founded Hybrid Capital Partners in 1990, a private investment partnership. Hybrid Capital has funded, helped grow and exited several successful companies: among them are PC Mall, a USD 1bn rapid response supplier of technology services for businesses, governments and consumers; ATML, an owner and operator of over 1,000 ATMs; Banquet, an extreme sports portal, and community site; Internet Brands, a leading the operator of e-commerce and community websites; and The Genetics Institute a genetic diagnostic company. During 2006, he served as CEO of EFG-Hermes Private Equity (“EHPE”). From 2010 to present he founded Sawari Ventures, FLat6Labs, Nafham, and TATP (GrEEK Campus). Sawari Ventures aims to help transform the Egyptian and MENA region economies through the creation of sustainable, high impact businesses. 

      In 2011, Sawari Ventures created and funded Flat6Labs, since then Flat6Labs has grown to become the MENA region's leading startup accelerator. Nafham is the top Arabic online video educational platform covering the Egyptian, Saudi, and Syrian public school curriculums, Nafham currently gives free video lessons per day to over 1 million students monthly. In addition to Sawari Ventures' portfolio of investments, his current portfolio includes Triporati, an innovative online travel company; Pacific Toxicology, a leading Toxicology laboratory in the USA, as well as Zignal Labs a big data analysis company. Prior to becoming an early-stage investor in 1990, El Alfi was Senior Vice President of Jefferies & Company, where he worked for 10 years. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Waqf Endowment. He has also served on the Boards of Directors or Advisors of the Polytechnic School in Pasadena, Claremont Graduate School of Religion, as well as several for-profits corporate boards.

Ghada Hammouda
  • Ghada Hammouda
  • Chief Sustainability..
  • Chief Sustainability and Marketing Officer
  • Qalaa Holdings
  • Qalaa Holdings
  • Egypt
  • GHADA HAMMOUDA Chief Sustainability & Marketing Officer, Qalaa Holdings Egypt’s 50 Most Influential Women List Forbes The Storytellers 50 most Impactful Marketing and Communications Professionals in the Middle East EGX Sustainability Committee Member UN Global Compact Local Network – Founding Board member Takreem Selection Board Member Mentor - Egyptian Banking Institute & Endeavor SME Ms. Hammouda has 30-plus years of experience in market development, strategic planning, reputation management, and sustainable development. Ms. Hammouda is an advocate and frequent speaker on issues related to responsible investing, crisis communication, sustainability, gender equality, youth empowerment and education, and is very active in community development.. , Ms. Hammouda joined Qalaa Holdings, an African leader in energy and infrastructure, in 2008 where she led their public listing, business transformation and entry to African markets in pioneering sectors like solid waste management and river transportation, and developed their corporate responsibility programs. In her role heading the sustainability and marketing function at Qalaa Holdings, Ms. Hammouda has been driving the group sustainability strategy to support business goals and creation of strategies that institutionalize sustainability into Qalaa’s governance and practices, driving global standards and guidelines regarding corporate citizenship and public giving across the group leading the development of positive relationships with key external stakeholders, including NGOs and government agencies, ensuring maximum value is achieved with key group partnerships. Prior to joining Qalaa, Ms. Hammouda served as a senior executive and strategic consultant for over 20 years at top New York and European blue chip and start-up firms including IBM, AT&T International, Mars, Philip Morris, Procter & Gamble, Reciprocal, Inc., WPP’s Ogilvy & Mather, N.W. Ayer & Partners, and Backer Spielvogel Bates; in categories ranging from FMCG to private equity and IT, and gained wide experience in both mature and emerging markets. Ms. Hammouda served as Co-Chair of the African Venture Capital Association’s Advocacy Committee, the Women in Business Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt; and was a board member for the New York-based Sunhawk.com Corporation, a leading digital rights management company in Buffalo, New York. She was also a member of the board of trustees at Cairo American College (2013-2018) and chaired several committees including governance, branding and advocacy committees and was member of the CAC foundation board. Most recently, she was named one of Forbes Top 50 Impactful Narrators, Marketing and Communications Professionals and Storytellers in the Middle East and among Egypt’s Top 50 most influential women in business. Hammouda is a founding board member of the UN Global Compact Local Network in Egypt. Additionally, she was chosen in 2018 to be a member of the TAKREEM Selection Board, a regional initiative that honors Arab accomplishments on the global stage. Her track record and talent were recognized repeatedly over the years but closest to her heart is her first accolade as the winner of the first David Ogilvy Advertising Research Foundation’s (ARF) Award for Excellence in New York. She has completed an environmental, social and governance training for private equity funds conducted by FMO & DEG in Kenya, and recently completed an intensive Leadership for Directors program by UK’s Institute of Directors and IFC’s Corporate Directors Certification Program. Ms. Hammouda graduated in 1984 summa cum laude from the American University in Cairo with a BA in Business Administration and Mass Communications and obtained a licence de droit in 2009 from Cairo University’s School of Law. An American-Egyptian expat, Ms. Hammouda is the mother of Nadine who holds a Master of Arts with distinction from SOAS University, London, Suzanne who holds a Bachelor of Science from Syracuse University, USA and Adam who is pursuing his masters at ECES, Berlin. —Ends—

Karima El Hakim
  • Karima El Hakim
  • Country Director
  • Country Director
  • Plug and Play Tech C..
  • Plug and Play Tech Centre
  • Egypt
  • Karima El Hakim is the Country Director for Plug & Play in Egypt, the global leader in corporate innovation and one of the world's top early-stage Venture Capital investors. Karima's work revolves around ecosystem building, VC investment, and startup acceleration/incubation which was duly recognized throughout her previous work at Fawry, Falak Startups, and Orascom Development Holding. She holds a BSc. in Business Administration from the American University in Cairo and an MSc in Market Intelligence and Research from Sciences-Po Paris (IEP).

Fadi Ghandour
  • Fadi Ghandour
  • Executive Chairman
  • Executive Chairman
  • Wamda Capital
  • Wamda Capital
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Fadi Ghandour is the Executive Chairman of Wamda Group, a platform that invests, nurtures and builds entrepreneurship eco-systems across the Middle East and North Africa. Fadi is also the Founder of Aramex, one of the leading global logistics companies. Fadi spent the first 30 years of his work life as CEO of Aramex, building the company, making it the leading emerging market logistics company, employing over 15,000 people working in over 250 offices in 90 countries. He took the company public twice, first on Nasdaq making it the first company from the Arab world to do so, then on Dubai Financial market. He continues to be active on the Aramex board. Fadi is a serial entrepreneur. In his career, he was involved with founding, investing and launching tens of companies and non-profits, ranging from digital tech, hospitality, fitness & wellness to security. Passionate about impact and social entrepreneurship, Fadi founded and chairs Ruwwad for Development, a private‐sector led community empowerment platform that helps marginalized communities, across several countries in the MENA region, overcome marginalization through activism, civic engagement, education and financial inclusion. He has also co-founded and continues to support Al-Riyadi, one of the leading not-for-profit sports clubs in Jordan. Fadi also served and continues to serve on several global and regional boards of companies, education institutions and non-profits.

Marcia Dawood
  • Marcia Dawood
  • Chair of the Angel C..
  • Chair of the Angel Capital Association
  • United States
  • Marcia Dawood is an investor in over 100 early stage private companies. She is a Venture Partner with Mindshift Capital and a part of the investment committee for Next Wave Impact Fund. Previously, she was the COO of Portfolia (one of her portfolio companies) as well as a managing partner at BlueTree Capital Group where she was responsible for investment strategy, diligence research and member education. She was also a member of Golden Seeds in NYC and Dallas. She currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Board of the Angel Capital Association (ACA) with a co-chair position on the membership and marketing committee. She will become Chair of the Board in July 2021. Marcia also is a founding member and current chair of the Growing Women’s Capital group building syndication and collaboration among US investment groups focused on women-led companies. She received an MBA from the Global Executive program at UNC’s Kenan Flagler’s School of Business, OneMBA. During her graduate studies, her group acquired the franchise rights to a new sports team. She served on the Board of Directors and managed financial and legal matters for the organization. This gave her experience as an entrepreneur from the start through the exit of a business. Prior to becoming an active investor she was with Kaplan Higher Education for over 16 years.

Nabeel Koshak
  • Nabeel Koshak
  • CEO
  • CEO
  • Saudi Venture Capita..
  • Saudi Venture Capital Company
  • Saudi Arabia
  • H.E. Dr. Nabeel Koshak is the CEO and a Board Member of Saudi Venture Capital Company (SVC). Nabeel is the Founder and Angel Investor at Athaal (Angel Investors Group). He is the Chairman of GEN (Global Entrepreneurship Network) Saudi. Nabeel is a member of the Investment Committees of KAUST’s Innovation Fund. Formerly, he is the Founding Dean of Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College (MBSC) of Business and Entrepreneurship at King Abdullah Economic City. Nabeel is the Co-Founder and the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wadi Makkah Company (Startup Accelerator, and Venture Capital Fund). Nabeel is a mentor at Endeavor Saudi Arabia. He is a Board Member and the Chairman of the Investment Committee at King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Innovation (Mawhiba). Koshak is a Member of the Executive Committee of King Faisal International Prize. Formerly, he was a Board Member of Oqal (Angel Investors Group) Jeddah branch and a mentor at Flat6Labs Jeddah (Startup Accelerator).

    Nabeel is the former Co-Founder and Director of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) GIS Technology Innovation Center. He is the former Co-Founder and General Supervisor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute. Nabeel is the former Co-Founder and Chairman of Board of Directors of Transportation and Crowd Management Innovation Center.

    As an entrepreneur, Koshak was the Founder and CEO of five tech startups.

    Nabeel received an Executive Education in "Venture Capital and Private Equity" from Harvard University in 2019, an Executive Education from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in "Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program" and "Management, Innovation, Technology" in 2017, a PhD in Design Computing from Carnegie Mellon University in 2002, and a Master of Architecture (Computing in Design and Planning) from the University of Colorado in 1997.
     

Ahmed Yousri
  • Ahmed Yousri
  • Deputy Operations Ma..
  • Deputy Operations Manager
  • Sigma Petroleum Serv..
  • Sigma Petroleum Services
  • Egypt

Ahmed El Daly
  • Ahmed El Daly
  • Founder
  • Founder
  • Engineeius
  • Engineeius
  • Egypt

Khaled El tawil
  • Khaled El tawil
  • CFO
  • CFO
  • Saudi Experts
  • Saudi Experts
  • Saudi Arabia

Tarek Nasr
  • Tarek Nasr
  • CEO
  • CEO
  • ThePlanet / Mintrics
  • ThePlanet / Mintrics
  • Egypt

Albert Shehfe
  • Albert Shehfe
  • Chief Operating Offi..
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Shehfe Casing Co.
  • Shehfe Casing Co.
  • Egypt

Menas Saleh
  • Menas Saleh
  • Regional Financial C..
  • Regional Financial Controls Director
  • Unilever
  • Unilever
  • Egypt

Sherif Zahran
  • Sherif Zahran
  • Founder and CEO
  • Founder and CEO
  • Sporty Pro
  • Sporty Pro
  • Egypt

Amr Nada
  • Amr Nada
  • Managing Partner & B..
  • Managing Partner & Board Member
  • Leap Media
  • Leap Media
  • Egypt

Issam Al Khatib
  • Issam Al Khatib
  • President
  • President
  • K2 SAS France
  • K2 SAS France
  • Lebanon

Islam Youssef
  • Islam Youssef
  • Mashreq Arabia
  • Mashreq Arabia
  • Egypt

Hany Aly
  • Hany Aly
  • Executive Vice Presi..
  • Executive Vice President
  • Enterprise Business..
  • Enterprise Business at du
  • United Arab Emirates

Karim Khalifa
  • Karim Khalifa
  • Founder and Former C..
  • Founder and Former CEO
  • Digital Republic
  • Digital Republic
  • Egypt

Amer El Kahtani
  • Amer El Kahtani
  • Vice President
  • Vice President
  • Research and Innovat..
  • Research and Innovation, Al Elm
  • Saudi Arabia

Mohammed ElKhamissy
  • Mohammed ElKhamissy
  • President
  • President
  • MK Capital
  • MK Capital
  • Qatar

Nora Toma
  • Nora Toma
  • Deputy Chief Executi..
  • Deputy Chief Executive Officer
  • EFE-Egypt
  • EFE-Egypt
  • Egypt

Kees van Dongen
  • Kees van Dongen
  • Managing Director
  • Managing Director
  • Koudijs Kapo Feed, a..
  • Koudijs Kapo Feed, a company of Royal De Heus Animal Nutrition
  • United States

Ahmed Yacout
  • Ahmed Yacout
  • Chairman and CEO
  • Chairman and CEO
  • Integrated Pharma So..
  • Integrated Pharma Solutions (IPS)
  • Lebanon

Ahmed Bastawy
  • Ahmed Bastawy
  • Innovation Consultan..
  • Innovation Consultant and Managing Director
  • ICEALEX
  • ICEALEX
  • Egypt

Arig Ali
  • Arig Ali
  • Partner
  • Partner
  • Zaki Hashem & Partne..
  • Zaki Hashem & Partners
  • Egypt

Mohamad El Boudi
  • Mohamad El Boudi
  • CEO
  • CEO
  • Anya Technologies SA..
  • Anya Technologies SAS
  • Egypt

Alex Hafez
  • Alex Hafez
  • Founder and CEO
  • Founder and CEO
  • MHCouncil, Inc.
  • MHCouncil, Inc.
  • Egypt

Waleed Khalil
  • Waleed Khalil
  • Managing Partner
  • Managing Partner
  • Endure Capital
  • Endure Capital
  • Egypt

Rafeh Saleh
  • Rafeh Saleh
  • Founding Partner
  • Founding Partner
  • Cubit Ventures
  • Cubit Ventures
  • Egypt
  • Rafeh launched Cubit Ventures and Founder Institute Egypt, sits on Falak Startups board, is an advisor to Egypt Ventures and Loyal VC, and led one of the largest consulting firms in Egypt.

    He is an experienced triple-digit track record executive, entrepreneur, and management consultant where he advised numerous companies of all sizes on growth, turnaround, and business restructuring strategies.

Omar Almajdouie
  • Omar Almajdouie
  • Founding Partner
  • Founding Partner
  • Raed Ventures
  • Raed Ventures
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Omar Almajdouie is the founding partner of Raed Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with exceptional founders building transformative companies in the MENA region. Raed’s AUM exceeds SAR 500m and backed by top investors in the region including PIF’s Jada, SVC, Mubadala, Almajdouie Holding and many more. As an investor and entrepreneur, Omar founded Raed Ventures in 2016 as part of Almajdouie Holding diversification strategy, which has funded more than 32 innovative startups to-date.

    He is the former CEO of Almajdouie Manufacturing Co. and he’s currently the Vice Chairman of the Saudi Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, as well as a chairman and board member of several leading tech startups and companies. Omar has more than 20 years of enriched experience in various managerial and executive positions. 


Courtney Powell
  • Courtney Powell
  • COO
  • COO
  • 500 Startups
  • 500 Startups
  • United States
  • Courtney is the COO of 500 Global. Courtney is tasked with helping 500 scales globally and explore new opportunities across both new and existing markets. She is responsible for driving day-to-day operations across the team to pursue 500’s mission.

    Courtney is no stranger to the 500 family. She was co-founder and CEO of PublikDemand, part of Batch 4. She went on to become CEO of Agent Pronto, one of the largest real estate agent referral services in North America, recently acquired by Fidelity National Title Group.

Amal Dokhan
  • Amal Dokhan
  • Partner
  • Partner
  • 500 Startups
  • 500 Startups
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Amal Dokhan is a seasoned professional with experience in startup investments, corporate innovation, and consulting in the MENA region. Amal is the partner at Sanabil 500 MENA fund where the focus is to invest in early stage comapnies and support them throughout the journey of thier startup life. Previous to joining 500 Startups Ms. Dokhan was the CEO of Global entrepreneurship Network Saudi and the Managing Director of Babson Global for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Previously She was the manger of learning and Design at the Entrepreneurship Center at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology where she Led TAQADAM accelerator and Corporate Innovation Programs. Prior to that she worked at KAUST seedfund developing marketing and events, while also providing a range of services to startups. 

    Ms. Dokhan sits on the board of several organizations and startup comapnies. Amal is also active in angel investing as she initiatied the Angel investors forum in Saudi under te ministry of commerce and Monshaat were many angel investors got hands on experince on the practice, she also invests personaly as she has 13 comapnies in her personal portfolio. Amal attended many executive programs at MIT, UCBerkely, Design school and Insead.

Ali Saleh
  • Ali Saleh
  • Senior Manager
  • Senior Manager
  • Avanz Capital
  • Avanz Capital
  • Egypt

Jeff Hoffman
  • Jeff Hoffman
  • Chairman
  • Chairman
  • Global Entrepreneurs..
  • Global Entrepreneurship Network
  • United States

Gregoire De Padirac
  • Gregoire De Padirac
  • Partner
  • Partner
  • Orange Ventures
  • Orange Ventures
  • Egypt
  • Gregoire de Padirac serves as Partner at Orange Ventures Middle East and Africa, based in Cairo (Egypt). Orange Ventures MEA is a €50m fund dedicated to investments into start-ups across the continent. Gregoire has managed over 15 investments in early-stage companies in the Middle East and Africa for the last two years. Gregoire joined the investment team in 2015 and set up the Orange Ventures MEA fund in 2017, first from Dakar before moving to Egypt in 2022. He dedicates himself to investments across Africa and the Middle East from seed to series B. Grégoire is a graduate of ESCP Europe and the City University of London.

Basil Moftah
  • Basil Moftah
  • General Partner
  • General Partner
  • Nclude
  • Nclude
  • Egypt
  • Basil is an experienced company builder who works with founders to create disruptive companies with an enterprise technology focus in MENA. Prior to Nclude, Basil was General Partner with Global Ventures for both fund 1 and fund 2 investing across Africa and Middle East early stage startups. Earlier in his career, Basil was a founder member of the Reuters Venture Capital group, investing in leading global companies including Netscape, Yahoo!, and Webex. Basil then managed emerging markets for Reuters: A $600M business spanning Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Russia, India and China. In a later role, Basil served as President of the Intellectual Property and Science business and a member of the Senior Executive Committee at Thomson Reuters. He was responsible for developing the strategic proposition of the $1billion revenue business.Upon strategic execution, he prepared the division for sale to private equity which took place in 2016 for $3.55B. Basil is an advisor, investor and board member at numerous global technology companies. He holds a bachelors’ degree in Mechanical Engineering from the American University in Cairo and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Tamer Azer
  • Tamer Azer
  • Partner
  • Partner
  • Shorooq Partners
  • Shorooq Partners
  • Egypt
  • Tamer Azer is a Partner at Shorooq Partners, a leading early-stage Venture Capital firm in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan (MENAP) region. Tamer began his career at the forefront of policy making with one of the world’s most influential business designers. He then went on and co-founded a number of startups and worked closely with several entrepreneurs for many years. He later joined Fahrenheit 212 as a Senior Innovation Consultant. In 2016, he returned to Egypt to join A15, where he led investments and venture development. In 2019, he went on to join Sawari Ventures as Principal. Tamer holds a bachelor’s from the University of Toronto and a Masters from the University of Oxford.

Hossam Allam
  • Hossam Allam
  • Managing Partner
  • Managing Partner
  • Climate Resilience F..
  • Climate Resilience Fund
  • Egypt
  • Founder of Climate Resilience Fund, a venture fund backing high growth African and Middle Eastern startups in the nature smart economy. He is a prolific regional angel investor who co-founded Cairo Angels, a leading regional angel syndicate and now also a venture fund. A marine oceanographer by education he spent most of his career at Shell International in environmental and commercial roles, and his family’s Hassan Allam Holding where he built the facilities and asset management subsidiary from the ground to a 4,000 person market leader and still serves on the Board. An experienced CEO who champions environmental issues and blue collar worker mobility, and a member of a number of startup, corporate and NGO Boards including GIZ’s National Employment Pact and Education for Employment.

Dina El Shenoufy
  • Dina El Shenoufy
  • CIO
  • CIO
  • Flat6labs
  • Flat6labs
  • Egypt
  • Mrs. El-Shenoufy has over ten years of financial services experience managing venture capital and investment portfolios in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Prior to joining Flat6Labs- the leading startup accelerator and seed funding organization in MENA, from 2009-2011 Ms. el-Shenoufy worked as a Senior Analyst for Al-Ahly Capital Holding, where she was responsible for managing the Oil and Gas portfolio valued at over $200 million, as well as representing the company on the board of Egypt’s biggest producer of essential mineral oils, AMOC. Before that, Ms. El-Shenoufy held the position of Portfolio Manager at Beltone Asset Management, where she co-managed the MENA regional portfolio, valued at $28 million, acquiring great insight into the GCC, Levant and North African markets and business habits.

Mazen Nadim
  • Mazen Nadim
  • Managing Partner
  • Managing Partner
  • Foundation Ventures
  • Foundation Ventures
  • Egypt
  • 8 years of experience in investment banking, Mazen was previously an investment banker at EFG Hermes as well as an entrepreneur with two partial exits. He has led FV investments in Flextock, Aydi, as well as Rabbit.

Namek T. Zu’bi
  • Namek T. Zu’bi
  • Founder and Managing..
  • Founder and Managing Partner
  • Silicon Badia
  • Silicon Badia
  • United States

Amr El Abd
  • Amr El Abd
  • CEO
  • CEO
  • Endeavor Egypt
  • Endeavor Egypt
  • Egypt
  • Amr has been one of the pioneers of the Egyptian entrepreneurial ecosystem since 2003. With 20+ years of experience as a serial entrepreneur, investor, and director of high-growth companies, Amr joins Endeavor Egypt as the Chief Executive Officer. Endeavor is a leading global community of, by, and for High-Impact Entrepreneurs operating in 41 countries around the world. Mr. El Abd is also a consultant with the World Bank advising and structuring the first fund of funds program in Egypt. His fields of expertise span-new venture creation, business development, investment, training and consultancy, and startup acceleration. Prior to his current roles, Mr. El Abd was the founding CEO and Vice Chairman of Egypt Ventures, a venture capital firm anchored by the Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation in Egypt that invests in innovative-driven startups from a diverse range of sectors across Egypt. Mr. El Abd is also the founding Chairman of Falak Startups, the largest accelerator in the MENA region. Mr. El Abd served as an economic advisor to the Egyptian minister of Investment for entrepreneurship development. Mr. El Abd has co-founded and held senior managerial positions with several ventures ranging from technology, logistics, training, and consultancy, to venture capital investments. Mr. El Abd founded Entrepreneurs Business Forum-Egypt (EBF), the first NGO to support and empower entrepreneurs in Egypt in 2004, and has been an active member of the entrepreneurship ecosystem since then. He has developed many programs for entrepreneurship policy requirements working on creating a supportive environment for new venture creation. Mr. El Abd has a BA in Economics from Georgetown University, USA.

Eslam Darwish
  • Eslam Darwish
  • Founding General Par..
  • Founding General Partner
  • Nclude
  • Nclude
  • Egypt

Tamer El-Raghy
  • Tamer El-Raghy
  • Managing Director
  • Managing Director
  • Acumen Resilient Agr..
  • Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF)
  • Egypt

Omar Khashaba
  • Omar Khashaba
  • Partner
  • Partner
  • Algebra Ventures
  • Algebra Ventures
  • Egypt
  • Omar is General Partner at Algebra Ventures. He joined Algebra in 2018 as an Associate. He helped execute investments in several rapidly growing companies, including Brimore, Dsquares, and POSRocket. In 2020, Omar was promoted to Principal, taking on board responsibilities in portfolio companies and leading new investments. Prior to joining the firm, Omar held an executive role at Yodawy, an online pharmacy and insurance benefits management startup. Earlier in his career, he co-founded and was CEO of Tutorama, a marketplace for peer-to-peer tutoring. Omar holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Cornell University.

Abdalla ElEbiary
  • Abdalla ElEbiary
  • Chief Investment Off..
  • Chief Investment Officer
  • The Sovereign Fund o..
  • The Sovereign Fund of Egypt
  • Egypt

Ilkay Demirdag
  • Ilkay Demirdag
  • Impact and Investmen..
  • Impact and Investment Strategist
  • Positive Impact
  • Positive Impact
  • Turkey

Hany Emad
  • Hany Emad
  • Director of SME and..
  • Director of SME and Investment Central sector
  • MSMEDA
  • MSMEDA
  • Egypt
  • Hany Emad is the Director of the Central sector for Small Enterprisers Finance at Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency "MSMEDA", with more than 25 years of professional experience in investment and venture capital with a portfolio of 50,000 SMEs credit proposals ”6 Billion EGP”, he negotiated and reviewed more than 30 proposals for fundraising from international and regional financial institutions with total 1 Billion Dollars, he was responsible for developing and launching of 15 new loan products. He is experienced in Corporate Financing, SME finance, Investment, Private Equity, Corporate Valuation, Asset - Liability Management, Modern payment Techniques, Leasing, Syndicated loan agreements, and Evaluating the traded securities on the stock exchange. Hany played a key role in introducing the Venture Capital concept to MSMEDA’s channels to support startups, by establishing the first fund of funds in Egypt with a portfolio of investee companies approaching USD 2 Billion. He also represents MSMEDA in companies “in which being a shareholder”, a member of the credit policy committee, Investment, and venture capital committee, Higher committee for credit and projects evaluation, Asset and Liability Management Committee “ALCO”, and Investment committee of Misr Real-Estate Assets Co., Also he is a board member in Reefy “Leading microfinance company”, board member in Insurance company. He also evaluates MSMEDA’s investment portfolio and was responsible for coaching MSMEDA’s direct lending officers in 31 regional offices. Referring to his previous experience at the National Bank of Kuwait “NBK” for 7 years in the investment department, he was responsible for studying and evaluating investment opportunities, analyzing market conditions to determine the optimum time to execute securities transactions, and fundamental analysis of the companies that are traded on the stock exchange, as well as attending general assemblies of the companies in which the bank has shares in. Hany holds CLBB “Certified Lender Business Banker, and Diploma in Investment and Finance, and holds his Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, from Ain Shams University. In addition, he participated in Italy, an Exposure visit for BDS 4 Growth, Kuwait, "OECD" Good practice for SMEs and access to finance policies, Malaysia, Round table discussion of Islamic finance, and SMEs development and finance, Germany, best practice of Agribusiness financing, and General Banking system, Italy, Various models of implementing Venture Capital, and Venture capital by UC Berkeley, Integrated Banking & Capital market Systems in Restructuring, Refinancing and Problem Loans.

Sara Enan
  • Sara Enan
  • Principal
  • Principal
  • VentureSouq
  • VentureSouq
  • Egypt
  • Sara Enan, a Principal at VentureSouq (VSQ) who leads its investments in Egypt. Prior to VSQ, Sara worked at Global Ventures and Flat6Labs. She started her career in economic consulting, working as an analyst focusing on antitrust litigation in Washington, DC, until moving to Egypt and joining Rocket Internet's e-commerce platform, Jumia.com. Sara holds a BA from Brandeis University with a triple major in mathematics, economics, and business. She is an avid hiker, cyclist, and diver.

Stephen Mooney
  • Stephen Mooney
  • Dealmaker
  • Dealmaker
  • Global Entrepreneur..
  • Global Entrepreneur Programme
  • Egypt
  • Stephen is a director, entrepreneur, and investor with extensive experience in sustainable finance and innovation and a strong track record of growing early-stage technology companies. He serves in the UK Government's Department of International Trade's Global Entrepreneur Programme to help bring high-quality foreign direct investment to the UK where he has supported global scale-up ventures across Africa including Kuda, Piggyvest, and Ukheshe. Through his network in the public and private sectors, he has helped to deliver project financing and impact programs through a variety of capital sources across government as well as corporate and venture investors. Stephen also serves as an advisor and board representative to a number of high-growth impact scale-ups from around the world through Unbound. Global. Previously as a co-founder of iVeridis and Carbonetworks, a pioneer of business-driven analysis of greenhouse gas and environmental data, he has developed a strong understanding of business issues relating to carbon markets, innovation, sustainability, and finance and has created an extensive network of individuals and corporations looking to improve global sustainable performance.

Eamon Tuhami
  • Eamon Tuhami
  • Founding Partner
  • Founding Partner
  • Unbound Global
  • Unbound Global
  • Egypt

Mariam Kamel
  • Mariam Kamel
  • Manager
  • Manager
  • AUC Angels
  • AUC Angels
  • Egypt
  • Mariam Kamel is an investment professional with 15+ years of experience working across a wide range of the capital markets spectrum, from publicly listed companies to legacy family businesses, to her current and more active role, advising and investing in early-stage tech startups. Ms. Kamel began her career in Investment Banking advising mid- and large-cap companies in connection with corporate restructuring, equity- and debt financing, mergers and acquisitions, and equity capital markets transactions, in the form of capital increases through private placements and Initial Public Offerings. She then provided Investor Relations advisory services for a number of publicly-listed companies and family conglomerates. Ms. Kamel co-founded FLOW, a wellness center, whose operations spanned multiple locations. Ms. Kamel leads AUC Angels, the first alumni-based angel investor network in the MENA region, supporting Egypt’s dynamic early-stage startup's secure seed funding. Ms. Kamel is a board member of Tiye Angels, a network of female angel investors guided by a gender lens investment thesis in Egypt. Ms. Kamel also invests across Africa, with portfolio companies in Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, and Uganda.

Mohamed Aladdin
  • Mohamed Aladdin
  • Principal
  • Principal
  • Global Ventures
  • Global Ventures
  • Egypt
  • Mohamed Aladdin is a Principal at Global Ventures, leading Investments and portfolio management for North Africa and the Levant. Aladdin comes from a European venture capital background with investment experience across the EU, the US, and Southeast Asia. Before Investments, Aladdin was an operator working for multiple early and late-stage Tech companies in the FinTech and HealthTech domains.

Ezz El Din Osama
  • Ezz El Din Osama
  • Portfolio Manager
  • Portfolio Manager
  • EdVentures
  • EdVentures
  • Egypt
  • Ezz is an experienced Portfolio Manager at EdVentures, with a background in investment analysis and event planning. He previously worked as a Senior Investment Analyst at Alexandria Angels Network, closing eight deals worth $5 million and reviewing 500+ startup companies in the last 18 months. Ezz holds a certificate in electromechanical engineering from Alexandria University and is pursuing an MBA from the Arab Academy for Technology and Maritime. He's been involved in the startup scene since 2018, and focused on venture capital and private equity in 2020, demonstrating his ability to navigate complex financial landscapes.

Kamel El Kholy
  • Kamel El Kholy
  • Partner
  • Partner
  • Alex Ventures
  • Alex Ventures
  • Egypt
  • A strategic projects director (PMP*) working for slb with a LBS Executive MBA and a 23-year track record of launching and globally scaling new technologies. A career spanning 12 countries across 4 continents. Currently focusing on Energy Transition technologies in the fields of green hydrogen, CCUS, battery storage and geothermal and collaborating with energy transition startups to help them scale globally. A partner in Alexandria ventures, a VC targeting Egyptian seed stage tech startups. An angel investor focused on impact investing. Mentored several startups in Egypt and advised VC funds and startup accelerators on revamping their workflows by introducing the latest frameworks from Silicon Valley and LBS.

Mareme Dieng
  • Mareme Dieng
  • Lead, Africa
  • Lead, Africa
  • 500 Global
  • 500 Global
  • United States

Keo Sar
  • Keo Sar
  • Executive Director
  • Executive Director
  • August Hill
  • August Hill
  • United States

Marion Balandra
  • Marion Balandra
  • CEO
  • CEO
  • Meridian Remote Team..
  • Meridian Remote Teams
  • United States

Amr El Selouky
  • Amr El Selouky
  • Head of Growth
  • Head of Growth
  • oktopi
  • oktopi
  • United Arab Emirates

Mohamed Okasha
  • Mohamed Okasha
  • Managing Partner
  • Managing Partner
  • Disruptech
  • Disruptech
  • Egypt

Sherif Nessim
  • Sherif Nessim
  • Founder & Managing P..
  • Founder & Managing Partner
  • Jedar Capital
  • Jedar Capital
  • United States

Maya Horgan Famodu
  • Maya Horgan Famodu
  • Founder & Partner
  • Founder & Partner
  • Ingressive Capital
  • Ingressive Capital
  • Nigeria

Ayman El Tanbouly
  • Ayman El Tanbouly
  • Co-founder & Head of..
  • Co-founder & Head of Transactions Advisory
  • Exits MENA
  • Exits MENA
  • Egypt

Noha Kandil
  • Noha Kandil
  • Manager - Entreprene..
  • Manager - Entrepreneur Selection & Growth
  • Endeavor
  • Endeavor
  • Egypt

Nour Allam
  • Nour Allam
  • Investment Analyst
  • Investment Analyst
  • Plus VC
  • Plus VC
  • Egypt

Aly Khairy
  • Aly Khairy
  • Associate
  • Associate
  • Global Ventures
  • Global Ventures
  • Egypt

Seif Aldin Bahgat
  • Seif Aldin Bahgat
  • Senior Program Scout..
  • Senior Program Scout and Head of Community Engagement - Cairo Seed Program
  • Flat6labs
  • Flat6labs
  • Egypt

Hany Al Sonbaty
  • Hany Al Sonbaty
  • Managing Partner
  • Managing Partner
  • Sawari Ventures
  • Sawari Ventures
  • Egypt

Ezzeddin Zahzah
  • Ezzeddin Zahzah
  • Program Director
  • Program Director
  • 500 Global
  • 500 Global

Nada Hosny
  • Nada Hosny
  • Associate programs
  • Associate programs
  • Acasia Group
  • Acasia Group
  • Egypt

Rana Karam
  • Rana Karam
  • Senior Associate - P..
  • Senior Associate - Programs
  • Acasia Group
  • Acasia Group
  • Egypt

Mohamed Meligy
  • Mohamed Meligy
  • Marketing and Commun..
  • Marketing and Communications Lead
  • Acasia Group
  • Acasia Group
  • Egypt

Aly Elazhary
  • Aly Elazhary
  • Manager, Entrepreneu..
  • Manager, Entrepreneur Experience
  • Endeavor
  • Endeavor