Nala Kamel

Built a recognised conversation platform and digital media brand with 120K+ followers, trusted MC at Cannes Lions, Web Summit Qatar and Cairo International Film Festival.

Eng. Ahmed Elzaher

Scaling digital exports while forging important partnerships to support deep tech and AI focused startups

Eng. Ahmed Elzaher

Scaling digital exports while forging important partnerships to support deep tech and AI focused startups

Mohamed Ehab Hafez

Hanan Abdel Meguid

Dedicated to accelerating startups and fostering innovation within Egypt's dynamic entrepreneurial landscape, spearheading Kamelizer, Kamelizer Spaces and Consoleya.

Hussein Mohieldin

An MIT Foundry Fellow, Hussein led RTG's evolution into a multi-venture group serving enterprises and startups at scale

Eng. Nahel Muhammad Amirah

Leads the Innovation Program at TIEC, Co-Founder of IEEE YP and Egyptian Engineering Day, National Innovation Expert and a winner of the IEEE Larry K. Wilson Award and IEEE Third Millennium Medal.

Seena Amidi

Leads Plug and Play's EMEA strategy and cross-border scaling, connecting Egyptian startups into a global platform that has backed over 3,000 startups and operates more than 60 industry-specific programmes worldwide. Drives access for Egypt-based founders to international corporates, investors and growth markets across Europe, the US and the GCC.

Katie Sieker

Brings 20+ years of experience across talent and people operations in major innovation hubs, and has led flagship programmes supporting startup growth and investor access, including the Arizona Innovation Challenge, AZ Tech Week, Deal Haus and LaunchAZ. Also plays a key role in strengthening the Phoenix startup ecosystem through nonprofit initiatives such as yesPHX and PHX Startup Week, connecting founders to capital, talent and market opportunities.

Mike Butcher MBE

Founding Editor-at-Large at TechCrunch, now founded Path Founders to tackle real challenging struggles of tech founders and ecosystem

Babak Hodjat

Babak Hodjat is best known as the inventor behind the natural language technology powering Apple's Siri. As Chief AI Officer at Cognizant, he received the prestigious Humies Gold award for advancing AI-human expert collaboration, solidifying his leadership in applied artificial intelligence.

Marc Zakher

Forbes AI 50, TIME 100 Most Influential Companies, produced CS-3, the fastest AI computer for inference and training along with Cerebras Inference, the world's fastest inference solution

Kareem Abdullah

Builds AI cloud telecom software at Ericsson; 5B users, 180+ countries, $4B R&D, 2x Challenge.

Julia Sieger

Host of the Science Segment broadcast on the English and French channels of France 24. Covers stories across various industries from health and AI to cybersecurity and space exploration

Ahmed Mansour

Dotun Daniel Adekunle

Leads technology and operations for OPay, serving 50+ million users and 1+ million merchants globally with over USD 12 billion in monthly transaction volume. Oversees OPay's Egypt operations under a Central Bank–licensed entity, including nationwide POS deployment and a prepaid card programme of up to 200,000 cards supporting local merchants and consumers.

Karima ElHakim

Leads Plug and Play Tech Center Egypt since its launch, establishing the platform's local presence and delivering multi-year acceleration and corporate innovation programmes with National Bank of Egypt, ITIDA and USAID. Has built and run Egypt-based programmes connecting founders to Plug and Play's global network, supporting enterprise pilots, government-backed initiatives and cross-border scale opportunities for Egyptian startups across fintech and smart cities.

Abdelrahman Mansour

Leads Egypt Ventures, the country's first government-backed venture capital firm, managing a portfolio spanning fintech, AI, and digital platforms. He has steered co-investments with DFIs like EBRD and IFC and scaled initiatives through Egypt's National Innovation Support Program. Under his leadership, Egypt Ventures backed 200+ startups via Falak Startups and EFG-EV, positioning it as the anchor of Egypt's AI and innovation funding ecosystem.

Karima ElHakim

Leads Plug and Play Tech Center Egypt since its launch, establishing the platform's local presence and delivering multi-year acceleration and corporate innovation programmes with National Bank of Egypt, ITIDA and USAID. Has built and run Egypt-based programmes connecting founders to Plug and Play's global network, supporting enterprise pilots, government-backed initiatives and cross-border scale opportunities for Egyptian startups across fintech and smart cities.

Basma Rady

Leads Robin, the AI-driven fintech arm of Beltone, recently valued at over $200M. Rady oversees the development of AI-powered investment platforms and robo-advisory solutions, making Robin one of the first homegrown AI wealthtech scale-ups in Egypt. With her dual role as MD and Chief Data Scientist, she bridges advanced data science with commercial execution. Her claim to fame is pioneering AI in Egypt's capital markets, positioning Robin/Beltone as a regional leader in digital wealth management.

Kris Wadia

Strategy-to-execution leader for Fortune 100s and high-growth startups

Dalia Ibrahim

Leads Egypt's first education-focused corporate venture fund, backing 30+ edtech startups and institutionalising edtech investing across Egypt and MENA.

Mohamed Aladdin

Part of the senior investment leadership at DPI, one of Africa's largest private equity and growth investors with over USD 3 billion raised across multiple funds. Has led and overseen investments in high-growth companies across Africa and the Middle East, backing scaled businesses in fintech, healthcare, logistics and consumer services that serve tens of millions of customers across emerging markets. Brings deep experience in deploying institutional capital into complex, high-growth economies at scale.

Ibrahim Ramadan

Leads Sawari Ventures' investment strategy and fund structuring, having co-designed and raised its first two institutional funds. Sawari manages over $70–150 million AUM cross early-stage tech, fintech, and AI ventures, and is preparing a new $150 million Egypt and North Africa fund. Under Ramadan's leadership, Sawari has backed scale-ups like SWVL and MoneyFellows

Gerald Ko

US$2 billion AUM, manages a portfolio of over 400 companies, supported emerging ecosystems, built a proven track record of 75 exits and counting.

Neil Hughes

Runs podcasts for a highly engaged audience with over four million article views, over 3,500 interviews with tech leaders, and more than 4.5 million podcast downloads across 165 countries

Sherif Nessim

Built an early-stage venture portfolio with 19+ investments and 1 recorded exit across Africa, with a strong concentration in AI-first, fintech and data-driven startups. Has backed Egyptian companies including ElGameya and Fincart, positioning Jedar Capital as an active investor in Egypt's early-stage tech ecosystem.

Uwem Uwemakpan

Overseen investments in more than 100 startups across 20+ African countries, helping build one of the continent's most geographically diverse early-stage portfolios. ​

Zaid Farekh

50M‑dollar AI Fund III backing AI infrastructure and AI‑native startups across MENA–US. operates across Amman, Riyadh, Boston, and Silicon Valley.

Muhammad Nagi

Leads WRK+, bringing together The GrEEK Campus and MQR into one of the region's largest workspace platforms and is a recognised voice on workspace transformation, proptech, and the future of work.

Hany Al-Sonbaty

Built Egypt's first institutional startup accelerator, backing 450+ startups across Egypt and MENA and laying the foundation of the country's modern venture ecosystem.

Karim Hussein

Managing Egypt's largest VC firm with USD 154 million across two funds, backing 20+ companies across fintech, e-commerce and enterprise software, and shaping Egypt's early-stage tech ecosystem.

Omar Maher

Co-founded Monta AI, an Egypt-based applied AI company building enterprise-grade solutions across computer vision and data intelligence. Entered the market five years ago and has since scaled rapidly, with the company positioning itself as the largest player in its segment and among the fastest-growing in Egypt's applied-AI space. Leads commercial and product strategy, working with corporate and government clients to deploy AI systems that move beyond pilots into live operational use cases.

Catherine Byaruhanga

Fronting TV bulletins from London and continuing to report on major stories from the UK and around the world.

Khaled Yehia

Microsoft Technology strategist with more than 18 years of experience in Microsoft cloud solutions in both Egypt and UK markets. He worked with strategic customers, ranging from government to big commercial, to help them transform their business through digital transformation journey. Now he is in the forefront of driving Microsoft Security go-to-market strategies in MCC and shaping marketing success.

James Avenant

Azure Cloud and AI go-to-market leader, driving hyperscale adoption across industries, with an MBA focused on AI and machine learning transformation.

Yara Maher

She led large-scale AI and data transformation projects across major organizations.

Nadine Khoukaz

AI go-to-market lead for Microsoft Business Copilot and AI Agents across 100+ markets, with 20+ years global experience and Guest Lecturer at INSEAD

Nala Kamel

Built a recognised conversation platform and digital media brand with 120K+ followers, trusted MC at Cannes Lions, Web Summit Qatar and Cairo International Film Festival.

Sadaharu Saiki

Sunny Side Venture Partners is the first Asian VC based in North Africa, which has so far invested in 24 companies operating across 24 countries.

Nada Shaheen

Leads the corporate venture arm of a multi-billion-dollar industrial group operating across 10+ countries, connecting startups to large-scale platforms in mobility, auto-finance and digital services.

Catherine Byaruhanga

Fronting TV bulletins from London and continuing to report on major stories from the UK and around the world.

Matt "Jaws" Jaworowski

Leads the design and execution of applied research and commercialisation programmes connecting startups, industry partners and research institutions. Has overseen programmes that translate university-led R&D into deployable technologies, supporting founders and operators working at the intersection of deep tech, advanced manufacturing and emerging technologies. Brings hands-on experience building pathways from lab validation to market adoption.

Kris Wadia

Strategy-to-execution leader for Fortune 100s and high-growth startups

Yehia Houry

Orchestrates ecosystem development across 15 markets from Pakistan to Benin, having advised global governments and empowered over 10,000 founders through high-impact programs.

Wole Olorunleke

Oversees financial systems for a 10+ million-user business banking platform processing USD 250 billion+ annually, scaling finance and payments infrastructure to support high-volume SME banking and lending.

Abdelrahman Hassan

Managing USD 60M+ across two funds with 50 investments, leading North Africa deals across Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia, and serving on the boards of WideBot, Tuteria and Hub2.

Amal Enan

Leads 500 Global's investment strategy in Egypt and the wider region, backing more than 60 Egyptian startups and guiding around USD 30 million deployed locally while supporting a global portfolio managed within 500 Global's USD 2.3 billion AUM. Oversees programmes with Egypt's ITIDA designed to support nearly 200 startups and 60 accelerator managers across fintech, healthtech and software.

Mike Butcher MBE

Founding Editor-at-Large at TechCrunch, now founded Path Founders to tackle real challenging struggles of tech founders and ecosystem

Omar Mansour

Led the development of an Arabic speech and voice AI platform supporting 25+ dialects at 95.73% accuracy, underpinning a USD 12.5 million Series A

Dr. Lydia Kostopoulos

Strategist and advisor for key projects with UN, NATO, US Special Operations, US Secret Service, IEEE, the European Commission, Oxford Business School and MIT

Max Zaharenkov

Built a global audience of 4+ million followers across social platforms and has travelled to 113+ countries creating cinematic, story-driven content. Works with leading tourism boards, luxury hotels and global brands, specialising in high-end visual storytelling using film, drones and emerging AI tools. Also builds and advises digital products in travel and tech, helping brands convert audience reach into measurable business outcomes.

Batool Al Daawi

130K+ social audience, published by Vogue, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, exhibited during Riyadh Season, exhibited in Cairo at Zen Gallery and Darb 1718 (UN Women), Sony collaborator, photography educator, Andy Awards regional nominee.

Mahmoud Mostafa

Built El Modeeer into one of Egypt's most-followed corporate content, podcast and TV platforms with 2M+ followers, drawing on 26 years of executive leadership across management, marketing and communications.

M Abbas Yousef

Leading enterprise-grade AI and data platform development across regional client deployments