Egypt’s Entrepreneur Awards (EEA) has announced the winners of the fourth edition of its annual contest.
This year’s EEA edition was themed ‘Breaking Silos Together: Building Resilience and Embracing Opportunity, reflecting the platform’s unwavering commitment to developing the entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Amr Mansi, founder and CEO of Ievents and Egypt’s Entrepreneur Awards, expressed his pride, saying: “We are proud to continue organising 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.”
The event was organised by ievents with Tatweer Misr in collaboration with 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, and Influence Group as the communication partner.
This year’s award ceremony was 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).
As part of the program 15 Egyptian startups were named as winners in various categories.
·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