Scholars

Amira Saber is Partner and CMO at Achimar Consulting. Amira is a Professional Certified Trainer from the American University in Cairo. She received her MBA in Marketing from ESLSCA Business School and was a regional marketer at Medtronic, the largest manufacturing company of medical devices worldwide. Her endless passion towards developing people led her to cooperate with different entities and multinationals like UNICEF, Samsung, CEDO, Ain Shams University, and Cairo University to provide training to more than 4,000 students, recent graduates, and professionals. Amira an American Express Leadership Academy Fellow. She has in depth experience in policy making, analysis, and communication. Amira delivers marketing for start-ups and social entrepreneurship trainings in different European countries through Erasmus Mundus programs and is currently responsible for the marketing and communications strategy for one of the largest local NGOs in the field of child and maternal health. She recently graduated from Ashoka’s Visionary program, which enables social entrepreneurs to gain the skills needed to master both entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial challenges and to generate social impact. She is a member of the Coordination Committee of Party’s Youth Leaders and Politicians, a leading political entity that empowers youth from different political streams and backgrounds to be part of political decision making process in Egypt.

Menna Saed is an expert in peace education, gender equality and youth engagement. Menna has worked for over four years on community resilience building, racial justice, nonviolent communities, and peaceful dialogue. She has professional experience in program management, research, and advocacy. Menna holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and pursued her Master’s degree in Gender and Development from Institute of Development Studies. Menna believes in collaborations that advocate for racial and social justice and inclusive communities.

Mostafa Shahin is a dedicated and proactive young man with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Suez Canal University. Mostafa has a long record of civic engagement with organizations such as Resala, Enactus, Tedx SCU, Aiesec, Eyouth, and the ECDC. In 2016, Mostafa travelled to India to work with startups and local businesses as a business developer. Mostafa spent the past two years working at Blom Bank of Egypt and Ahli Bank of Kuwait. In 2019, Mostafa joined the American University in Cairo at the Venture Lab startup accelerator as the program coordinator, closely working with entrepreneurs to refine and scale their businesses. Mostafa’s long term goal is initiating a consultancy platform for startups and small to medium enterprises, with the aim of finding solutions to different issues faced by entrepreneurs. After analyzing their business plan, the platform will provide them with a development strategy to follow, ensuring success and a boost to the economy.