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Supporting and recognizing our country’s entrepreneurs is very important because it shows how the country appreciates their hard work and dedication. Entrepreneurs are essential for any country that wants to reach a bright future. Entrepreneurs are visionary people who look towards the future with their creative minds and solve market gaps. Egypt’s Entrepreneur Awards (EEA) is an important event that recognizes entrepreneurs’ hard work and dedication and how they contribute to a brighter future for the country. We all must think like entrepreneurs to fill market gaps and help our country’s future generations. It is great that our country has people that can take our country to new places.
The Theme and Purpose of the 2023 EEA
This year’s EEA edition is themed ‘Breaking Silos Together: Building Resilience and Embracing Opportunity, reflecting the platform’s unwavering commitment to developing the entrepreneurship ecosystem.
In this context, Amr Mansi, founder, and CEO of Ievents and Egypt’s Entrepreneur Awards, expressed his pride, saying: “We are proud to continue organizing this event for the fourth consecutive year, as we witness remarkable growth in the capabilities and creativity of Egyptian youth. Our support for them is not just a commitment but a part of our strategic vision that aligns with Egypt’s 2030 vision for social and economic sustainability. From this standpoint, we are working to expand the scope of this platform to include more partners and initiatives, aiming to provide real opportunities and create an integrated community that goes beyond traditional competition. Additionally, the fourth edition saw exceptional regional participation in terms of submitted projects and members of the judging panel.”
The Winners of the 2023 EEA:
Outstanding Youth Entrepreneur Award: Sight, Hussein Shahbender: Founder
Sports and Wellness Award: SR Padel, Khaled Nagy: CEO and Seif Abousenna: COO
Disruptor of Traditional Industries Award: ILLA Logistics, Mahmoud Elzomor: CEO Alaa Jarkas: COO and Ahmed Sakr: COO
Art to Business Award: 2oolameme, Abdelrahman Selim: CEO, and Sarah Abouelkhair: Chief Creative Officer
Content Innovation Award: Peace Cake, Kareem Abou Gamrah: CEO, Ahmed Youssef: Commercial Director, Randa Habib: Account Director & Head of Client Servicing, Ahmed Safi: Content Lead and Marwan Imam: Content Lead
Digital Solutions and Customer Experience Award: Synapse Analytics, Ahmed Abaza: CEO, and Galal El Beshbishy: COO
Environmental Sustainability Award: Mozna, Mousa Khalil, CEO
Fashion Vanguard Award: Pepla, Dina El-Mosalami: Chief Creative Officer, Farah El-Mosalami: COO and Omar El-Azhary: CFO
Fintech Excellence Award: Menthum, Himanshu Shrimali: CEO and Ismail Sarhank: COO
Global Reach Achievement Award: Technobit, Ahmed Osman: CEO
Local Hero Award: Raw African, Yasmine Fikry: CEO, Dina Fikry: Co-Founder and Dalia Fikry: Co-Founder
Product Design & Innovation Award: SAL, Salsabeel Amin: Chief Designer
Quick Serve Restaurant Champion Award: Willy’s, Wael El Shorafa: CEO and Mohamed Anwar: CIO
Rising Star Award: Reme-D, Salma Tammam: CEO, and Aly Magdy: Head of Automation
Disruptive Duo Award: Rology & Astrazeneca, Amr Abodraiaa: CEO, Rology , Mahmoud El Defrawy: Chief Medical Officer: Rology, Moaaz Hossam: Chief Business Officer, Rology, Yara Essam: Digital Business Partner, Astrazeneca, Mohamed Saber: Medical Science Liaison Immuno-oncology, Astrazeneca.
Partners and Sponsors of the 2023 EEA
The fourth edition of EEA must be organized by ievents with Tatweer Misr as the powered by partner, EGBANK as the official bank partner, Orange Egypt and PepsiCo as co-partners for the fourth year in a row, Startup Scene as the official media partner, Concrete as the official fashion partner for the third consecutive year, Nestlé as the sustainability partner, Seven as the consumer finance partner, Influence Group as the communication partner. This year’s award ceremony is hosted by Hassan Allam Holding at the Grand Egyptian Museum. Additionally, the event is supported by Meta, sponsored by The Sage Experience and Dina Iskander. EEA ecosystem partners include LOGIC Consulting and the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (AmCham).
