Whereas the world of entrepreneurship is commonly inundated with technical terminology and a relentless give attention to securing funds, Egypt’s Entrepreneur Awards (EEA) stands out by honouring pioneers who’re establishing enterprises throughout a various vary of sectors.
Whether or not it is the culinary innovators behind native eateries, trend visionaries crafting indigenous labels that resonate on a worldwide scale, entrepreneurs within the inventive discipline reshaping the content material panorama, or people who’re fostering dynamic enterprises impressed by Egypt’s wealthy arts and cultural heritage, the EEA acknowledges those that exemplify diligence, ardour, innovation, and continuous development. And the finalists this 12 months are simply as revolutionary and disruptive as ever…
CATEGORY: Business Disruptor Excellence
JURORS:
Ahmed El Alfi – Chairman, Sawari Ventures
Ale El Shalakany – Managing Companion, Acasia Ventures
Hanan Abdel Meguid – Founder & CEO, Kamelizer
FINALISTS:
ILLA Logistics Holding
Scaffolding the success of different manufacturers, ILLA permits FMCG (Quick-Transferring Shopper Items) manufacturers to have a direct relationship with the retailers, considerably reducing their prices.
iSchool
iSchool believes that coding has grow to be greater than only a talent – it’s a vital device by which to navigate the trendy world. The corporate teaches youngsters code to assist them get an early begin on our digitised world.
Poultry Sync
With the purpose of streamlining poultry processes to make sure most effectivity and manufacturing, Poultry Sync prioritises farm-to-fork traceability.
CATEGORY: Trend Vanguard
JURORS:
Mohamed Talaat – CEO, Concrete
Paolo Roviera – Chief Inventive Officer, Furla
Mayssa Wasfi – Founder & CEO, MW Trend Consultancy
FINALISTS:
Up-Fuse
Since its inception in 2013, Up-Fuse has been devoted to pioneering a future in sustainable trend, recycling plastic baggage and bottles into trendy baggage, clothes and jewelry.
Pepla
Swimwear model Pepla is devoted to that tropical life, crafting modest swimwear for each women and men that brings a pop of color to each seaside in Egypt (and worldwide).
Palma
Having cemented itself as a go-to model for quirky assertion items, go-to fundamentals and bespoke equipment, Palma is a model that has made its method into each woman’s closet.
CATEGORY: Excellent Youth Entrepreneur of the Yr
JURORS:
Amr Mansi – Founder, EEA; Founder & CEO, ievents
Onsi Sawiris – Co-Founder & Managing Companion, HOF Capital
Ayman Abbas – Chairman, ADES Worldwide Holding
FINALISTS:
Fati’s
Fati’s began with a lady, a love for pastry, and a dream to convey a skill-based doughnut revolution to Egypt. It has since infiltrated our social media feeds and our properties in a document breaking period of time.
SIGHT
Crafting trendy streetwear that’s strongly impressed by founder Hussein Shahbender’s timeless sense of journey, SIGHT has made a reputation for itself on Egyptian streets.
Progressio
Ever geared in the direction of progress and progress, Progressio Options believes within the potential of merchandise – a lot in order that they carry them to success.
CATEGORY: Fintech
JURORS:
Ahmed Nafie – CEO, Masria Digital Funds (MDP)
Inji Amr Borai – Nation Supervisor, Mastercard
Sherine Shohdy – Head of Egypt Workplace & Regional Director (North Africa), British Worldwide Funding
FINALISTS:
Menthum
Menthum is a breath of contemporary air amid a spread of upcoming fintech startups, permitting customers to seek out new methods to earn cash.
Sahl
Sahl’s app is pioneering straightforward and at-home bill-paying by permitting customers to cost their electrical energy playing cards from house utilizing solely their cellphone.
Klickit
With a main give attention to schooling, Klickit facilitates seamless digitised funds to make your crucial purchases extra bearable.
CATEGORY: Sports activities & Wellness
JURORS:
Seif El Wazery – Chairman & CEO, Estadat Sports activities Investments & Vice Chairman, Sports activities United
Moataz El Etreby – Founder & CEO, Blue Ribbon Egypt
Maged Helmy – CEO, Wadi Degla Holding
FINALISTS:
Transfer
With places throughout Egypt, Transfer Health club & Health carries an agenda of wellness throughout the nation.
SR Padel
Lengthy forward of the curve, SR Padel received on the padel prepare in 2017, and have since been dedicated to offering an distinctive sporting expertise throughout a portfolio of 17 places.
Timeout Sports activities Administration
To assist athletes hold their eyes on the prize, Timeout Sports activities Administration company manages their enterprise careers with years of experience up their sleeve.
CATEGORY: Environmental Sustainability
JURORS:
Ahmed Shalaby – President & CEO, Tatweer Misr
Mohamed Mansour – Co-Founder & CEO, Infinity Group
Pakinam Kafafi – CEO, TAQA Arabia
FINALISTS:
Mozna
In opposition to the fixed drilling of our meals with manufactured options and an overload of chemical substances, Mozna creates natural liquid fertilisers which are gentler on us and on the planet.
Tulima Farms
By utilising a completely hydroponic farm system, Tulima’s produce is pesticide-free and climate-positive.
Becom
Becom digitises the method of recycling, making it so simple as clicking a button on a web site to have your trash collected, recycled and financially compensated for.
CATEGORY: Digital Options & CX Expertise
JURORS:
Hisham El Nazer – Managing Director, Google Egypt & MENA, New Market Growth
Omar El Sahy – GM Amazon, Egypt
Shehab Marzban – Co-Founder & Managing Companion, Camel Ventures
FINALISTS:
Rawmart
To assist constructors and realtors take pleasure in seamless building procedures, Rawmart is an ecommerce platform for uncooked constructing supplies.
Dxwand
Dxwand believes within the energy of human conversations, significantly the facility these conversations can play in advertising and marketing schemes. They assist manufacturers generate AI assistants that may reply to clients successfully and in actual time.
Synapse Analytics
When approaching large choices, it may be tough to contemplate all of the choices in a brief period of time. Synapse creates AI merchandise that allow enterprises to make quick choices based mostly on the accessible information.
CATEGORY: Artwork to Enterprise
JURORS:
Amir Fayo – Model Architect, Amir Fayo Consultancy
Tarek El Ganainy – Founder & CEO, TVision for Media Productions
Hisham Mahdy – Founder & CEO, Cairo Design Week, Psychological Flame
FINALISTS:
2oolameme
Believing within the energy of play, gaming firm 2oolameme is consistently trying to create new board and card video games to assist populate our tabletops.
Bazarna
Bazarna is a neighborhood initiative devoted to nurturing the native manufacturers of tomorrow by spotlighting them in occasions.
Artwork Cairo
With a mission of navigating the up to date artwork scene in Egypt, Artwork Cairo – initially often called Egypt Worldwide Artwork Honest – leads crowds in the direction of the trendy Cairene artwork scene.
CATEGORY: Fast Serve Heroes (QSR)
JURORS:
Ahmed Seddik – CEO, Board Member & Sports activities Entrepreneur, Alamar Meals Firm
Alaa Hashem – Founder & Government Companion, Transcendium
Omar Fathy – CEO, Thrive for Restaurant Administration
FINALISTS:
Koffee Kulture
Koffee Kulture has made itself a staple in Cairenes’ lives due to their scrumptious espresso, which is served quick and, for much more comfort, in a can.
JJ’s
Regardless of being hottest for his or her burgers, JJ’s is dedicated to an array of quick meals gadgets which are assured to attract in peckish passersby, together with concoctions like taco burgers.
Willy’s Kitchen
A basic alternative, Willy’s Kitchen has been serving up burgers in addition to their very own model of locally-made cola.
CATEGORY: Disruptive Duo
JURORS:
Moataz Kotb – Co-Chair, AmCham Entrepreneurship and Innovation Committee; CEO, CultArk
Gamal Abou Ali – Board Member, AmCham Egypt; Companion, Hassouna and Abou Ali Regulation Places of work
Sherif Kamel – Dean, Faculty of Enterprise, American College of Cairo (AUC)
Nada Shousha – Co-Chair, AmCham Funding and Capital Market Committee; Vice Chairman, Egyptian American Enterprise Fund
Amal Enan – Committee Member, AmCham Entrepreneurship and Innovation Committee; Chief Funding Officer, American College in Cairo (AUC)
FINALISTS:
Danone & Shift EV
Ever marvel why your neighbourhood grocery store doesn’t run out of Danette? Properly, that’s because of Shift EV, the corporate electrifying fleets in rising markets in Egypt.
Rology & AstraZeneca
Rology and AstraZeneca’s collaboration brings thrilling updates to the healthcare business by creating revolutionary AI-powered teleradiology options.
Yodawy & Metlife
The partnership between Yodawy and Metlife comes from a have to simplify the method of accessing treatment. Via the Yodawy app, MetLife saves its customers from the tedious and prolonged utility course of by personalising the expertise utilizing a MetLife card.
CATEGORY: Content material Innovation
JURORS:
Ahmed Younis – Chief Inventive Officer, Publicis Communications KSA & Egypt
Amy Mowafi – Co-Founder & CEO, MO4 Community
Mohamed Hefzy – Scriptwriter & Founding Director, Movie Clinic
FINALISTS:
Taste Republic
In our time on social media, one factor has made itself clear: folks like to see meals. However the technique of seeing meals could be very intricate, and it’s one Taste Republic has gotten right down to a tee.
Peace Cake
Peace Cake is broadly adored for being quirky, easy and nostalgic, enjoying on our shared consciousness as a neighborhood to convey us to tears with laughter. Their content material creation group consistently has folks questioning how they do it within the feedback.
Tayarah
Taking part in on the aspect of shock, Tayarah prides themselves on being a number one company in inventive content material and nontraditional promoting.
CATEGORY: Rising Star
JURORS:
Ahmed El Sewedy – President & CEO, El Sewedy Electrical S.A.E
Ahmed Habib – President & CEO, Harvest Holdings & Founding Member, EO Cairo
Aladdin Saba – Founding Companion, BPE Companions
Thuraya Ismail – CEO, Mentor Arabia Basis
Neveen El Tahri – Chairperson, Pyramids, Delta Encourage, The Pyramid 138 Personal Fairness, & Delta Protect Funding
Hussein Rifai – Serial Entrepreneur & Founding father of Ventures
Onsi Sawiris – Co-Founder & Managing Companion, HOF Capital
Dina El Mofty – Founder, Injaz Egypt
Wael Fakharany – CEO, Edenred Center East
FINALISTS:
Agrican
With precision on the forefront of the whole lot they do, Agrican revolutionises crop care by creating precision-specific spraying robots.
Reme-D
With an consciousness of the significance of accuracy within the technique of diagnoses, Reme-D is a deep-tech startup devoted to the revolutionary manufacturing of speedy, correct diagnostic options.
Venu
To accommodate the varied get-togethers, workshops, and summits taking place throughout Cairo all 12 months spherical, Venu is a platform that permits customers to browse lots of of potential venues and permits different customers to host theirs.
CATEGORY: Product Design Innovation
JURORS:
Alia El Tanani – Co-Founder, Residing in Interiors
Mohamed Farouk – Chairman & CEO, Mobica Group
Karim El Hayawan – Design Principal, Design Level Interiors
FINALISTS:
Ramla
Trend home Ramla designs trendy footwear that’s constructed to final, and keen to guard the Cairene foot; their designs are breathable, picturesque and protecting.
Bonocle
Revolutionary in its inclusion, Bonocle is the first-ever braille leisure platform for blind folks, which will be navigated by a small handheld gadget that acts as an immersive controller.
SAL
SAL is all about lightbulb concepts – not in a way that they’re hasty or chasing empty inspiration, however within the sense that they create revolutionary lighting options to suit our areas and desires (aesthetic and in any other case).
CATEGORY: World Attain Excellence
JURORS:
Ahmed Tarek Khalil – Basic Supervisor, Allianz Center East Ship Administration
Farida Khamis – Chair of the Board, Oriental Weavers
Mubarak Al Mansoori – President, Snacking Enterprise & Authorities Relations, Agthia Group PJSC
Maged Helmy – CEO, Wadi Degla Holding
FINALISTS:
Linah Farms
Specialising within the notoriously priceless medjool date, Linah Farms has created a reputation for itself worldwide as folks from all around the globe search their fruit.
Technobit
With premium high quality waterproofing supplies and restricted legal responsibility, Technobit is a horny suitor to world purchasers.
iLock
With a recognition {that electrical} security is among the pinnacles of making a protected house, iLock offers the best stage of safety of their electrical connections.
CATEGORY: Native Hero
JURORS:
Tawfik Diab – Chairman & CEO, Cairo Monetary Holding
Riad Armanious – CEO, EVA Pharma
Sally El Guindi – Technique, S&OP & Exercise Administration Director (MENA), Mars
FINALISTS:
Halo
Beloved by health fiends and power workplace snackers alike, Halo has made a reputation for itself by making low-calorie, high-fibre snacks accessible at each nook grocery store.
Bubblzz
Since their inception, Bubblzz have slowly however certainly been infiltrating each Egyptian house’s loos and closets with largely pure pores and skin and hair care options.
Uncooked African
Devoted to utilizing completely pure supplies, Uncooked African has made it large with its hair follicle booster and different hair care merchandise.