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ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT

October 7-10

2023

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H.E. Amr Talaat
  • H.E. Amr Talaat
  • Minister of Communic..
  • Minister of Communications and Information Technology
  • Egypt
  • Amr Talaat has been appointed the Minister of Communications and Information

    Technology since June 2018, to the Cabinet of the Prime Minister Dr. MostafaMadbouly.

    Talaat possesses over 30 years of solid experience in communications and information technology areas, with a wide experience in developing and implementing strategies across a vast spectrum of activities in Egypt.

    Talaat joined IBM-Egypt in August 1988 and held various managerial positions. On May 23 rd , 2010, Amr Talaat held the position of the Country General Manager of IBM, and also served as IBM Egypt Territory Manager since 2005.

    He held various managerial positions within IBM Egypt including Business Partner Organization (BPO) Manager as well as Systems and Technology Group Manager.

    During his tenure, his scope transcended financial goals to strategic and operational elements such as building human capital, fortifying customer loyalty, corporate social responsibility and employees’ Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

    He also sought to establish relationships with key officials and executives of various sectors, both at the national and international levels, to attract major investments, and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) deals.

    In addition, Talaat was an adjunct professor at Cairo University; teaching marketing and & sales strategies and tactics, organizational behavior and strategic management. He was, also, an honorary member at the ICT Board at Cairo University and member of the ICT Board of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) and the Chairman of ICT Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham).

    Talaat graduated in 1983 from the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, completing his undergraduate studies in Electrical Engineering at Cairo University.

    He earned his PhD or doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) from the University of Paris - Paris School of Business (PSB) and Masters of Science in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), in addition to an MBA from Paris ESLSCA Business School, France.

H.E. Ambassador Håkan Emsgård
  • H.E. Ambassador Håkan Emsgård
  • Swedish Ambassador i..
  • Swedish Ambassador in Egypt
  • Sweden

Ahmed Alfi
  • Ahmed Alfi
  • Chairman
  • Chairman
  • Sawari Ventures LLC
  • Sawari Ventures LLC
  • Egypt
  • 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 over 30 years, translating to an extensive experience in funding and 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. From 2010 to 2013 he founded Sawari Ventures, Flat6Labs, Nafham, and TATP. Flat6Labs is 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 has given over 100 million free video lessons to students. TATP took over management of half of the American University in Cairo's Tahrir Square campus to form The GrEEK Campus; a 25,000 square meter office park where over 130 companies work and collaborate. In addition to Sawari Ventures' portfolio of investments, his current portfolio includes NeuroTrainer, Pacific Toxicology, as well as Zignal Labs. 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 has served on the Boards of Directors or Advisors of several corporate boards as well as multiple academic institutions.

Neveen El Tahri
  • Neveen El Tahri
  • Chairperson
  • Chairperson
  • Delta Shield
  • Delta Shield
  • Egypt
  • Graduated from faculty of Economics & Political science, Cairo University and is an alumna of London Business School and Harvard Business School. Joined Commercial Int’l Bank (previously Chase National Bank of Egypt) in 1980 to ultimately head the Petroleum, Tourism & Electronic corporate banking divisions. With the revival of the Egyptian Capital Market in 1994 moved into the entrepreneurial space establishing Delta Brokerage, ABN AMRO Delta Asset Management 1997, Nuun Fund Services 2008, Upper Egypt Leasing 2009 and Delta Financial Investments 2007 which was to focus on incubating SME's; all of these were either fully or partially divested by 2011. Currently chairperson of Delta Shield for Investment, an organization founded after the 2011 revolution to focus on youth, entrepreneurship & SME activities that enhance growth and employment. Delta Shield span off it’s Incubator and Accelerator management to "Delta Inspire" to manage the newly established fund company “138 Pyramids” targeting Egyptian start-ups & early stage companies. The first woman to sit on the board of the Egyptian Stock Exchange and the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority, El-Tahri was twice named by the Financial Times as one of the leading businesswomen in the Arab world, won various awards; locally for her contribution to the Egyptian investment environment and internationally for her economic empowerment of women. She is the country representative of the Royal Bank of Scotland, sat on several private- and public-sector boards, such as Banque Misr, Telecom Egypt, Mobinil (France Telecom’s local operator), General Authority for Investments, Egyptian American Enterprise Fund, Regina for Pasta & Food Industries, Egyptian Arab Land Bank, Egyptian Mortgage guarantee Fund, Egyptian Railway Projects & Transport Co., EGID, Arab Moltaqa Investments and Cairo Oil & Soap and. Neveen is involved with numerous non-profit & professional associations (INJAZ Egypt, Endeavor, CEO & YPO/WPO).

Keith Wallace
  • Keith Wallace
  • Chairman
  • Chairman
  • HIVOS Impact Investm..
  • HIVOS Impact Investments
  • Netherlands

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

Dave Parker
  • Dave Parker
  • CEO & Managing Direc..
  • CEO & Managing Director
  • Trajectory Media, In..
  • Trajectory Media, Inc
  • United States
  • Dave Parker – Author, Entrepreneur, & Investor

    Dave is a five-time founder and has been part of >15 transactions, as founder, operator, board member, and advisor. His primary time is spent helping founders scale their companies from growth and exit through his work at NextPath Advisors. His “20%” time (that can sometimes be 80% time) is as a community builder, and speaker he works with accelerators and startup programs worldwide.

    The author of “Trajectory: Startup – Ideation to Product/Market Fit“.  The book helps early-stage founders understand what they can test and know about their startup idea before they take the leap and leave their day job. The book also includes research on 2,564 funded companies and the 14 revenue models that made them successful. A free excerpt here. Many of Dave’s talks are available on his YouTube Channel. A partial list of programs can be found here.

Noha Rizk
  • Noha Rizk
  • Director of Product..
  • Director of Product Marketing, Commerce & Connections
  • Facebook
  • Facebook
  • United States

Mohamed Abdeldayem
  • Mohamed Abdeldayem
  • Co-founder
  • Co-founder
  • Dresscode
  • Dresscode
  • Egypt
  • CO-FOUNDER OF Q&A RETAIL
    CO-FOUNDER OF SUMS SUPPLY MANAGMENT
    CO-FOUNDER WWW.DRESSCODEME.COM

    BRAND MANAGER, GANT, AEROPOSTALE, AND BCBG

Ahmad Samir
  • Ahmad Samir
  • Customer Experience..
  • Customer Experience Planning & Design Director
  • WE Telecom Egypt
  • WE Telecom Egypt
  • Egypt
  • A customer experience professional. I have been engaged by my employer during my career journey on making a radical change in the organization from customer service/care/support into customer centric, from customer satisfaction into customer happiness, from CX in to Quality of Experience and high level of differential promoter score, using latest techniques, best practices, and digitization, from classical support into Omni channel.

Ihab Salama
  • Ihab Salama
  • CEO
  • CEO
  • El Sewedy Education
  • El Sewedy Education
  • Egypt

Waleed Alballaa
  • Waleed Alballaa
  • General Partner
  • General Partner
  • Sukna Ventures
  • Sukna Ventures
  • Egypt
  • Waleed A. Alballaa is a General Partner at Sukna Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Waleed has a proven track record in the tech industry and is a founding member in a number of associations in his field including the Saudi VC/PE association (SAVCPEA), the Saudi Business Analysis Association Group Association (BAAG), and Riyadh Angel Investors (RAI).

    Ever since he got into the VC space in 2015, Waleed has built up deep expertise in sourcing and structuring technology deals based on his long track record of working closely with founders and helping them grow and expand their businesses. Sukna Ventures is his third VC vehicle and before that he had laid the foundations of Elm’s CVC arm and had also cofounded Riyadh-based VC fund STV.

    Waleed comes from a strong operator background. A software engineer by profession, his experience includes working across different verticals in the technology ecosystem in the US where he spent eight years developing and testing products for leading industry players including Microsoft, Cadence Design, and Skyworks Solutions. His business experience includes successful launches of a number of eGov mega-programs in Saudi including Saher and Hafiz.

    Waleed holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the King Saud University in Saudi Arabia and a master’s in Computer Science from Oregon Health and Science University in the US.

Nada Helmy
  • Nada Helmy
  • Value Creation Manag..
  • Value Creation Manager
  • HALA Ventures
  • HALA Ventures
  • Egypt
  • Nada Helmy is has more than 8 years of experience in

    entrepreneurship. She graduated from the American

    University in Cairo (AUC) with a major in Integrated

    Marketing Communications and a minor in Business

    Administration. She was the Incubation & Acceleration

    Program Manager at EdVentures, an edtech VC. Prior to

    this, Nada worked at the Technology Innovation &

    Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC), a joint venture between the

    Egyptian Ministry of IT & Communications and The United

    Nations. Nada has also worked as a Project Manager at

    Vflock Co. where she supported the launch of Athar

    Accelerator and was a co-founder of an educational startup

    called Journey of Entrepreneurship (JOE) which has

    succeeded in growing internationally. Nada is also the host

    of a podcast that explores the personal side of

    entrepreneurship and likes to create content on social media

    about entrepreneurship and business. She has first-hand

    experience in building and scaling businesses and has

    served as a mentor and trainer for startups in diverse


    industries. She currently works at HALA Ventures, a Saudi-

    Based VC as the Value Creation Manager, creating projects


    and initiatives that bring value to the company, portfolio

    startups and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Hesham Afifi
  • Hesham Afifi
  • Director
  • Director
  • Egypt
  • I simply create content, and ads, I do what I love 

Maged Harby
  • Maged Harby
  • General Manager
  • General Manager
  • EdVentures
  • EdVentures
  • Egypt
  • EdVentures appointed Maged as the General Manager, a

    position he has thrived in ever since. Under his astute

    leadership, EdVentures has flourished, making substantial

    investments in 14 pioneering startups, with a total value

    surpassing an impressive 100 million USD. Maged's

    profound impact on the company has been characterized by

    his exceptional ability to deliver results and foster

    exponential growth.

    A seasoned investment expert, Maged Harby's

    distinguished career trajectory exemplifies his remarkable

    proficiency in navigating the complex landscape of tech

    startups. With his visionary leadership, unwavering

    dedication, and unparalleled knowledge in Education

    Technology, Maged continues to shape the industry's future.

    His proven track record of success and unwavering

    commitment to driving innovation make him an esteemed

    figure among business professionals, economists, and

    policy makers alike.


Shaimaa ElBanna
  • Shaimaa ElBanna
  • Director Education|..
  • Director Education| Cultural Engagement
  • British Council
  • British Council
  • Egypt
  • Shaimaa ElBanna is the Director of Education at British

    Council Egypt. In her role, she oversees the education

    portfolio, encompassing higher education, transnational

    education (TNE), science, international partnerships,

    student recruitment and schools.

    Shaimaa's career journey began as a dedicated researcher,

    where she gained first-hand experience in development

    initiatives and empowering marginalized segments of

    society, with a particular focus on women and youth. With

    over 20 years of experience in international portfolio

    management, she has successfully led large-scale and

    complex multimillion-dollar contracts and programs.

    Prior to her current position, Shaimaa held several notable

    roles. As the head of training at ADEW, she effectively

    managed an EU-funded project on female empowerment.

    She also played a key role in establishing the Women

    Entrepreneurship and Leadership program at AUC in

    partnership with Wharton University. Furthermore, Shaimaa

    excelled as the Internship Program Manager, overseeing a

    12-million-dollar USAID-funded project with Illinoi University.

    Throughout her career, Shaimaa has contributed her

    expertise as a technical consultant for esteemed

    organizations such as UNDP, Save the Children, the Arab

    League, and USAID. Her diverse background has equipped

    her with a comprehensive understanding of the development

    landscape.

    Shaimaa's academic accomplishments further reflect her

    dedication to excellence. She holds a BA in Political

    Sciences from Cairo University, where she was honored with

    an honorary degree. Additionally, she pursued a diploma in

    Public Administration with a specific focus on transparency.

    Shaimaa's commitment to academic growth led her to earn

    a Master's degree with distinction in "Gender &

    Development" from Cairo University and Sussex University.

    Her thesis, titled "The Lived Experience of Women in STEM

    Careers: An Analysis of the Egyptian Context," stands as a

    testament to her expertise in the field.

Moustapha Zaalouk
  • Moustapha Zaalouk
  • Chief Business Offic..
  • Chief Business Officer
  • TAC Universe
  • TAC Universe
  • Egypt
  • Moustapha Zaalouk is a Chief Business Officer at TAC UNIVERSE and giftopiia, two innovative scale-ups that offer online solutions for businesses, e-commerce and social gifting. He is also a certified marketing expert, with credentials from HubSpot, Google, and LinkedIn, and a passion for digital marketing and branding.

    With over 10 years of experience in the industry, Moustapha has worked his way up from a Social Media Specialist to a former CEO at The App Concept, a leading digital agency in Egypt. He has successfully launched and managed multiple campaigns for high-end brands and start-ups, driving conversions, growth, and performance. He has also helped solopreneurs, CEOs, and executives grow their personal and professional brands, using cutting-edge strategies and innovative solutions. Moustapha's mission is to connect with the general public and help them achieve their goals, while inspiring them with his home-grown talent and expertise.

Karima El Hakim
  • Karima El Hakim
  • Country Director
  • Country Director
  • Plug and Play Tech C..
  • Plug and Play Tech Center
  • Egypt
70 countries
400 speakers
200 investors
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1000+ startups
30000+ attendees

What is Techne Summit?

Techne Summit is an international multi-industry focused Investment & Entrepreneurship event that aims to impact multiple sectors and stakeholders of the Startup Communities in The Mediterranean Region through showcasing different technologies and their application in each industry.

The Event Kick-Started In Alexandria, Egypt In 2015 And In 2022 Has Attracted More Than 30,000 Attendees, 400 Speakers, 1000 Startups, 180 Exhibitors, And 200 Investors, All From More Than 70 Countries.

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What makes it interesting this year is that it's one of the very few in 2020 that has adopted a hybrid interesting model. We are sharing, meeting, & networking. We’ve met a lot of people we haven’t met last year. 

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We got to experience the virtual events but honestly, when we went to Techne Summit’s hybrid edition and there was an offline part, we overachieved our targets & KPIs.

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