SPEAKERS
RISEUP SUMMIT 2026 SPEAKERS
Abdelrahman Emam
Co-Founder at Apes Solutions
Abdelrahman Hassan
Principal at Enza Capital
Abdelrahman Roshdy
Singer at null
Abdulaziz Elgammal
Co-founder & CPO of Proteinea at Proteinea
Abdullah Metwally
Founder & Creative Director at Takeed Group
Abdulrahman Aljiffry
Partner at 500 Global
Adel Mamdouh
Director Growth & Strategy at Arrw
Adham Madkour
CEO at SAFE Investments
Aditya Kathpalia
Director - MENA & India at Orbit Ventures
Ahmad Medhat
CEO at TUT
Ahmed Abd El Azim
Head of Business Finance at Money Fellows
Ahmed Abokandil
Cyber Manager at Deloitte Innovation Hub
Ahmed Al-Qatatsheh
IBM Quantum Lead, MEA at IBM
Ahmed Azzam
Investment Associate at A15
Ahmed Fakhry Aboulella
VP of R&D, GlobalFoundries at GlobalFoundries
Ahmed Gamal Arafa
Art Director at 101 Platform
Ahmed Nafie
Business Consultant at 1TO1 Consultancy & Management Services
Ahmed Radwan
Actor at null
Ahmed Rostom
CEO at Wuilt
Ahmed Samir
Head of Growth at seven
Ahmed Seif
Regional Strategy Experience Senior Manager (Australia, New Zealand, and Egypt) at DiDi
Ahmed Tarek Ahmed Thabet
Co-Founder & Robotics Team Lead at Egrobots
Ahmed Wasfie
Founder & CEO at AWStreams
Ahmed Zaghmouri
VP of Revenue at Maqsam
Akinyi Wavinya
Head of Portfolio Success at Madica
Akram Marwan
Co-founder & CEO of iCareer | Founder Recruitera at iCareer/ BasharSoft
Alexandra Saad
People & Culture Senior Director at Nawy
Alexis Philippart de Foy
Sr. Solutions Architect at AWS
Ali Abdelhady
Chief Commercial Officer at seven
Ali Ahmed
Founder & Managing partner at The Mind Space at The Mind Space
Ali Ayman Saleh
Ventures Associate at Plug and Play
Ali Hustler
null at Content Creator
Ali Mokhtar
CEO and Managing Partner at Beltone Venture Capital
Alicia Iannacone
Sports TV Presenter and Content Creator at null
Aly Osman
CEO at The Influencers
Amal Dokhan
Managing Partner at 500 Global
Amina Khalil
Actress at Cinema
Amira Ziada
Head of Business Development and Partnerships at seven
Amirah Aulaqi
null at null
Amna Alredha
Manager Start-ups & External Ventures at Emirates Airline
Amoye Henry
Managing Partner at FoundHers Ventures
Amr Abdelmoneim Awadallah
Artificial Intelligence Expert and Founder of Vectara and Cloudera. at Artificial Intelligence Expert and Founder of Vectara and Cloudera
Amr Afifi
Co-Founder & CEO at Amtaar
Amr El Abd
Entrepreneurship Advisor to the Prime Minister of Egypt | Regional Managing Director, MENA | Endeavor at Endeavor
Amr Elselouky
CEO at Manara
Amr Sakr
Product operations manager at TikTok
Amr Salama
Filmmaker at null
Amy Mowafi
Co-founder & CEO at MO4
Anastacia Ngunjiri
Associate at iGravity (Impact-Linked Fund for Gender-Inclusive Fintech)
Andreas Horn
Head of AIOps (EMEA) at IBM
Ankush Arora
Group CEO at MANSOUR AUTOMOTIVE GROUP
Ashley Lewis
Managing Partner - Venture Capital at Development Partners International
Asmaa Al Zohairy
Founder of Rowin for Sports Activities and Functional Fitness Coach at Rowin and LA7 Gym
Aya AbdelHakeem
TV presenter at Freelancer
Aymen Sarraj
Growth & Partnerships Architect _ Africa @Betawaves at Betawaves
Bassem Raafat
Principal at A15
Bill Cilluffo
Partner, Head of Global Early Stage Investments at QED Investors
Cathy Hackl
CEO / Futurist at Future Dynamics
Ceasar Nyagah
General Partner at Chui Ventures
Clara Cedeño
AWS TalentBridge Global Program Lead - Community Impact, AWS Specialists and Partners at Amazon Web Services
Dara Ghosheh
CEO at Daras Ice Cream
Deena Gergis
Head of AI & Data Analytics at Eva Pharma
Dina Dash
CEO of Dash Management at DASH Management
Dina El Mofty
Entrepreneur/Investor at Founder Injaz - co Founder Soulful - partner Escape code
Dina el-Shenoufy
Co-Founder & General Partner at F6 Ventures
Diya K. Wynn
Principal, Responsible AI Lead at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Dr. Abdel Aziz Ghoniem
Ex. President at Egyptian Boxing federation
Dr. Abdel Aziz Ghoniem
null at Egyptian Boxing Federation
Dr. Dotun Olowoporoku
Managing Partner at Ventures Platform
Dr. Khaled Nofal
First Deputy Minister of Finance for Administrative & Technical Development at Ministery Of Finance
Dr.Ahmed Ghoneim
CEO at Grand Egyptian Museum
Eduardo Frias
Field CTO, Enterprise at Shopify
Eduardo Ordax
Principal GTM GenAI at Amazon Web Services
Ehab Khaled Fawzi
Creative Director at CAT
Emna Guizani
Co-founder & Lead media & communication at Slide
Emon Shakoor
CEO & Founder at Blossom Accelerator
Essam Hawash
Founder, CEO at Mada Capital
Estelle Kone
General Partner at Sabou Capital
Evgenia Matrosova
Chief Ride-Hailing Officer at inDrive
Fabio Lorenzon
CEO and Founder at SolutioAI // Lorenzon Srl
Farah Emara
Co-Founder at FreshSource
Faried Omarah
Creative Director at 101
Farouk El Hamzawi
Head of GTM, MENA at OpenAI
Fawzi Harfouch
Sr. Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services
Frederik Obasi
Co Founder CEO at Prospa
Gaelle Bou Abdo, Msc.
CEO at Ivy & Company
Gasser Akila
Director of Product at Dsquares
Gbite Oduneye
Managing Partner at ODBA
Gehad Hossam El Din
Actress at Actress
H.E Mark Bryson-Richardson
null at British Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt
H.H. Princess Loulwa bint Yazeed Al Saud
Co-Founder & CEO at RiseUp Saudi
Habeeba Hamed Saad
Marketing Manager at Dash Management at Dash Management
Hadi Halabi
Founder & CEO at Stryde
Hana Abdulla
Programs Associate at RiseUp at RiseUp
Hana Zaghloul
Co-Founder & COO at Dayra
Hanan Ezzeldin
Founder of The Family Hub & Podcaster at The Family Hub
Hannah Attalah
Founder & Creative Director at Oceanus
Hasan Haider
Managing Partner at Plus VC
Hassan El Sokkary
Chairperson QETRAA at Qetraa
Hazem Serry
Founder, Homus.com at Homus.com
Hend Elkhouly
Senior PR & Communications Manager at Maison Pyramide
Himanshu Shrimali
Co-founder & CEO at Menthum
Hossam Ali
Co-founder & CEO at Yozo
Hossam Shafick
Partner at Silicon Badia
Howayda Abou-Heif
Production Company Owner, TV Presenter, and Senior Content Producer at Clair et Net Production
Hussein Abdeldayem
Chairman at Ignite for Sports Projects
Hussein Attar
CEO at Tech Invest Com
Ibrahim Sagna
Executive Chairman, Silverbacks Holdings at Silverbacks Holdings
Ihsan Anabtawi
Technology & AI Executive | Host, Future Now Podcast at
Iman ElNashar
Director of Product and Digital Experience at eXtra
Imen Meliane
Senior Advisor at Africa Adaptation Initiative
Ismael Faro
VP Quantum+AI, DE at IBM
Javier Villamizar
Operating Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers
Jennifer Javornik
Chief Partnerships Officer at Filament Games, LLC
Jeremy Adams
Film, Television/Comic Book Writer, and producer at DC comics
Jessica Hope
Founder & CEO at Wimbart
John Sharp
Founding Partner at Hatcher+
Juergen Weichenberger
Partner Data & AI at Ernst & Young LLP
Kareem Abdullah
Head of AI & Cloud SW Product Development at Ericsson
Kareem Abou Gamrah
CEO at Peace Cake
Karim Abadir
Investing Partner at BECO Capital
Karim Akram
Managing Director at Lyve App
Karim Hussein
Managing Partner at Algebra Ventures
Karim Tadjeddine
Qantara Tech Fund, Founder at Qantara Tech Fund
Karim Tawfik
Cofounder & CTO at Sympl
Karima El Hakim
Partner, Africa at Plug and Play Tech Center
Kartik Renjen
Head of Startups & VC - Amazon Web Services at Amazon Web Services
Khaled Hashem
Board Member at The Sovereign Fund of Egypt - Infrastructure
Kim Fox
Founder, PodFest Cairo at PodFest Cairo and The American University in Cairo (AUC)
Kola Aina
Founding Partner at Ventures Platform
Kristin Wilson
Managing Partner at Innovate Africa Fund
Leen Al Halawani
Radio and TV presenter at -
Leen Ashraf ElShikh
Senior Creative Consultant at Dash Management
Lenah Hassaballah
Presenter at CNN Business Arabic
Lina Gebrail Matta
Director Shahid AVOD, MBC 2, MBC 4, MBC Max at MBC Group
Loulou Khazen
Founder at with Loulou
Luca Etter
null at Embassy of Switzerland
MOHAB ELTAWILA
Founder and CEO at Ingame Sports
Maged Ghoneima
General Partner & Founder at M-Empire Angels
Maher El Mallakh
Music Producer and Artist at null
Mahmoud El Esseily
Music Producer, Composer, and Singer at null
Mahmoud Gomaa
Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer at DXwand
Mahmoud Tarif
Head of Strategy at El Gouna - Orascom Development
Malak Fouad
Founder & Director at A&T Media
Malek
null at Sultan
Malek Sultan
Partner at DisrupTech Ventures
Margreet Magdy
Founder at You Are س
Maria S. Muñoz
Co Founder at Maison Pyramide
Mariam EL Sharkawy
Head Of AGRITECH and ECommerce at Easwaaq Misr ( subsidiary of Efinance Group)
Mariam Kamel
General Partner at LoftyInc
Marriam Mossalli
Founder & CEO at Niche Arabia
Marwa Benhalim
Co-Founder/Co-Director of Cairo Art Book Fair & Director of Switchboard Curatorial Studio at Switchboard Curatorial Studio & Cairo Art Book Fair
Marwan Moukarzel
Owner & CEO at Mooqua Consulting
Matthew Neff
Chief Product Officer at Snoonu
Merette El Sayed
CEO at Legacy - Hassan Allam
Meïssa Gueye
Head of Venture Capital, Africa at IFC
Mike Butcher
Founder & Editor at Pathfounders
Moataz Salah
Chairman and CEO| CyberTalents at CyberTalents Group
Mobola da-Silva
Partner at Capria Ventures
Moe Ibrahim
Data & AI Lead at Google Switzerland
Mohamed Abdel Rahman
Co-Founder at MARSES Robotics
Mohamed Abdel-motaleb
Head of NBA Egypt, VP of NBA Africa at NBA Africa
Mohamed AlaaEldin Moustafa
CEO at Shezlong
Mohamed Amer
CTO at MNGM
Mohamed Ashour
CEO Orascom Touristic Establishment at Orascom Development
Mohamed F. Ahmed
Global Head of GenAI for Startups at Amazon Web Services
Mohamed Ghaith
Founder & CEO at Stunning AI
Mohamed Ghareeb
Cofounder & CTO at HNDL Fleet Management
Mohamed Helmy
External Affairs Manager at DiDi
Mohamed Mostafa
CTO at WideBot
Mohamed Mostafa Abdelwahed
Chief strategy officer of Mezatech Group and Executive Manager of black mint at Mezatech Group & Black Mint
Mohamed Nabil
Founder & CEO at WideBot AI
Mohamed Oka
Personal Branding Expert at Fame Maker
Mohamed Okasha
Managing Partner Disruptech Ventures at Disruptech Ventures
Mohamed Omar
Strategic Partner Manager for Established Talents, MENA, Global Partnerships at Meta Platforms Inc. at Meta Platforms Inc.
Mohamed Rasheedy
Founder of 101, and Executive director the Post Office at Mohamed Rasheedy Founder of 101 Executive director the Post Office
Mohamed Zaki
Founder, CEO at BENCHMARK CONSUMER PRODUCTS, BCP
Mohamed Zayed
Head of Merchants Partnerships & Sales BNPL at seven
Mohamed aboulnaga nagaty
Executive chairman at Exits mena
Mona El Naggar
null at International Journalist
Mona Seleim
Chief of staff at RiseUp
Monica Brand Engel
Co-founder & Managing Partner at Quona Capital
Mostafa Elwany
Marcom Director at seven
Mostafa Fathy Awad
MEP Commercial Manager at Redcon Construction
Mostafa Menessy
Cofounder & CTO at Paymob
Mostafa Salem
Architect/Founder of Coconut/ Initiator of Cairo Makeover at Coconut Premium Interiors
Mostafa Yousif Marwan
Afro Instructor at Central Studio
Muhannad Ebwini
Founder & CEO at HyperPay
Mustafa Eid
CTO at MoneyHash
Nada Abdrabou
Content Director Augustus Misr at Augustus Media
Nader Bassit
null at Mada Capital
Nader Maurice
CEO at Zammit (Zid Egypt County Manager) at Zammit (Zid Egypt)
Nala Kamel
Founder of Nala Says, MC & Moderator at Nala Says Media Platform
Nao FUWA
Expert for Innovation and Startup Ecosystems at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Nesma El Shazly
Music Consultant, Songrwriter, Founder & CEO at Stardust PR
Nikita Gordeev
CTO at Snoonu
Noha Mohamed Fayed
Founder & CEO Techy Global at Techy Global
Norah Abokhodair
Head of Upskilling and AI Enablement at Scale AI
Nour Al Hassan
Founder & CEO at Arabic.AI
Nour Chamkhi
TikTok LIVE - Trust & Reputation Lead at ByteDance (TikTok)
Nour Taher
Cofounder/CEO at intella
Olivia Gao
Principal at Verod Kepple Africa Ventures
Omar Ekram
Founder & CEO at Dayra
Omar El Monayar
CEO at Sigma-Fit / Meska AI
Omar ElBorolossy
President & Managing Director at ElBorolossy Squash Academy
Omar Elfiky
CEO (Chief Executive Officer) at seven
Omar Heraiz
Chief Content Officer and Founder at SYNC
Omar Hussein Fathy
Co-Founder TRM - EATERY / OTTO / KOKOMO at Thrive for Restaurant Management
Paris Deletraz
MD Venture Lab, IE University at ie university
Peji Kanani
Regional Lead, Middle East & Africa at Carta
Plestia Alaqad
Award Winning Journalist and Author at Freelancer
Radwa Moussa- Youssef
Podcaster at نقطة و من اول السطر Turning Page
Raghda Usama
Brand communications and marketing lead at Deloitte Innovation Hub
Rahil Rangwala
Managing Partner at Accion Ventures
Rebecca Gross
AI Search Engineer at Goodie AI
Riki Yamauchi
Director at Novastar Ventures
Rowan Torky
Brand Strategist & Consultant at BYOB Consultancy
Rumbi Makanga
Managing Director at Irikore
Sabrina Salama
Head of Partnerships at Seedstars
Sadaharu Saiki
Founder & General Partner at Sunny Side Venture Partners
Said Baaghil
Global Brand Consultant at Baaghil Brand Advisory
Salma Ghazzawi
Co-Founder THE MIND SPACE. at THE MIND SPACE.
Samy Elsheikh
Attorney at Taylor Wessing LLP - Dubai Branch
Sandra William
Executive Coach & Organizational Development Consultant at DAO Leadership
Sarah Abouelkhair
Co-founder and Creative Director at 2oolameme
Sarah Hanno
Associate Director, MEA Branding & Marketing Lead at JLL
Shadi El Ghoneimi
Managing Partner, Head of Design, and Architect at El Ghoneimi International
Shady Ahmed
Artist and Presenter at Music Industry
Sharif Elerian OLY
President at Egyptian Modern Pentathlon Federation
Sharif Elerian OLY
President at Egyptian Modern Pentathlon Federation
Sherief Kesseba
Managing Partner at Climate Resilient Africa Fund (CRAF)
Sherine Sherif Arafa
TV Presenter at MBC
Shyamal Anadkat
Applied AI at Stealth Startup, ex-OpenAI
Sonic
Instructor Hip-Hop at Adams Dance Stuido
Sonic
Instructor HipHop at Adams Dance Studio
Soumaya Ben Beya
General Partner at Rasmal Ventures
Soumaya Ben Beya
General Partner at Rasmal Ventures
Sulabh Soral
Partner at Deloitte
Surayyah Ahmad
Inception CEO at Youth Investment Funds - Nigeria
Susana Garcia-Robles
Managing Partner at Capria Ventures
Tala Al Jabri
Founder & Managing Partner, Wyld VC at Wyld VC
Tamer Azer
Chief Investment Officer at Ankh Resources
Tamer Mahmoud
Chief Executive Officer at TRAIN Company
Tamim El Zein
Co-Fouder and General Partner at Seedstars Africa Ventures
Tarek ElGamal
Chairman at Redcon Construction
Toufic Kreidieh
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman at Brands for Less Group
Venus Khalil ElRayes
Master of Ceremony at null
Victoria Caña
Manager of Game Production at The Pokémon Company International
Wang Xinxi (Cici)
Economist & Advisor at World Bank
William Bao Bean
Managing General Partner at Orbit Ventures
Yahia Hassan
Senior Product Manager at Hudl
Yahya ElAraby
Staff Software Engineer | Founder @ Yehia Tech at Breadfast
Yara Yassin
Up-fuse Co-founder & CEO at Up-fuse
Yehia Hamdy
Transformation Manager at Mada Calpital
Youssef Gabriel
Actor and Singer at null
Youssef Salem
CFO at ADNOC Drilling
Zachariah George
Managing Partner at Launch Africa Ventures
Ziad Elhadary
CEO at Naydin
Zuhair Yarub Khayyat
CTO at Lucidya
khaled Shaker
null at VP Client, Madinet Masr