{"id":654329,"date":"2024-10-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/10\/31\/newly-merged-wasoko-and-maxab-tap-new-technical-advisor\/"},"modified":"2024-10-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T00:00:00","slug":"newly-merged-wasoko-and-maxab-tap-new-technical-advisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/10\/31\/newly-merged-wasoko-and-maxab-tap-new-technical-advisor\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly-merged Wasoko and MaxAB tap new technical advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Wasoko and MaxAB have a new technical advisor:<\/strong> The newly-merged Wasoko and MaxAB have appointed Mohamed (Mo) El Shenawy (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mohamedelshenawy\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>) as an independent board director and technical advisor, the company announced in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/10\/2631.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">press release (<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/10\/2631.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf)<\/a>. El Shenawy currently serves as president and CTO of driverless car maker <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getcruise.com\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Cruise<\/a> following a long career in the tech industry, which has seen El Shenawy found three tech startups and hold leadership positions at global tech giants like Amazon. Elshenawy also serves on Mercedes-Benz\u2019s software advisory council.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">(<strong>Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links <\/strong>to our background as well as external sources.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>\u201cEl Shenawy will be instrumental in accelerating Wasoko and MaxAB<\/strong>\u2019s technology development, scaling the company\u2019s systems and pushing the boundaries of its artificial intelligence tools and capabilities,\u201d the release read.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Sitting on the company\u2019s board: <\/strong>Alongside El Shanawy, the company\u2019s board now includes Youssef Salem, Quona Capital\u2019s Monica Engel, 4DX Venture\u2019s Peter Orth, and co-CEOs Belal El Megharbel and Daniel Yu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>ICYMI:<\/strong> Last August, Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform MaxAB and Kenya-based Wasoko <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/bfb9761f-4e1d-4e98-bc0b-957afe7fed71\/egypt%25e2%2580%2599s%253cmark%253e-maxab%253c%2Fmark%253e-and-kenya%25e2%2580%2599s-wasoko-complete-africa'\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">completed their merger<\/a> and established a Pan-African platform serving Africa's retail sector. The new entity connects more than 450k merchants to over 65 mn consumers across Egypt, Morocco, Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Shenawy currently serves as president and CTO of driverless car maker 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