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Meet Nesma Amin, founder of the first Egyptian-speaking app for women’s reproductive health
Amin knew she wanted to build for Egypt’s mass market. Local startups mostly served the 5-6% of Egyptians who are…
Founder Spotlight: Almah’s Manal Saleh
Donors sent 1950s fabric, too classic for the families the Clothing Bank serves. Manal Saleh turned it into a fashion…
Meet the Founder: Plume’s Ahmed El Hakim
Plume runs hotel-grade bedding without owning a factory, an asset-light model that turns Egypt’s contract-manufacturing capacity into a speed advantage
Meet Egyptian 3D concrete printing company Layn’s Zeyad Zein
🏗️ OUR FOUNDER OF THE MONTH — Every month, Founder of the Month looks at how a successful member of…
Meet our Founder of the Month: Biddex’s Amr Allam
Biddex is an end-to-end online car marketplace — letting buyers browse, get financing approved, and buy a car without setting…
Meet our Founder of the Month: Arise Media’s Amall Askar
“My interest in AI began as a solution to a production problem I’d been living with for years as a…
Former FRA head Sherif Samy pushes back on credit bubble worries
Samy and financial analyst Ahmed Ezz El-din argue Egypt’s consumer finance sector isn’t a credit bubble — the real systemic…
Kahhal 1871’s Mohamed El Kahhal on building brands, preserving family heritage, and weaving the path forward
“Part of our success can be attributed to the fact that we collaborate with a community of talented designers and…
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