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UID:gp-eip-pitch-final@geflive
DTSTAMP:20261106T090454Z
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DTEND:20261108T125500Z
SUMMARY:Entrepreneurs Investment Program Grand Finale
LOCATION:Hall 1 · Main Auditorium\, JW Marriott Hotel\, Cairo
DESCRIPTION:Theme: Funding Ideas\, Lifting People\nShortlisted entreprene
 urs pitch to investors.\n\n11:00–11:10 AM · Opening Remarks\nDr. Francina
  Norma\, GEF Board Member\n\n11:10–11:35 AM · Keynote\nVusi Thembekwayo\,
  Founding CEO\, MyGrowthFund Venture Partners\n\n11:35 AM–12:15 PM · Pane
 l\nTopic: Partnership & Global Capital Access\nModerator: Oluwaseyi Adeno
 wo\, GEF Dealroom Lead & Partner\, Grays Capital\nSpeakers: Engy El-Sabba
 n\, Chairwoman of Community Ads\; Dr. Remi Duyile\, CEO\, Image Consultin
 g Group\; Legacy Premier Foundation\; Ambassador Afolabi Oke\, Permanent 
 Representative of Nigeria to ECOWAS\; African Union 6th Region Global & C
 EO\, Global Infoswift Consulting Limited\; Johan Richards\, CEO\, Synergo
 s Partners\; Dr. William Amponsah\, Founder\, Transformation Ghana Leader
 ship Initiative (TGLI)\; Stephen Read\, Partner\, Spaciousness Works\n\n1
 2:15–12:20 PM · Keynote Speech\nOlugbenga “GB” Agboola\, Founder and CEO\
 , Flutterwave\n\n12:20–12:40 PM · Fireside Chat\nVusi Thembekwayo\, Found
 ing CEO\, MyGrowthFund Venture Partners\; Dr. Summy Smart Francis\, Presi
 dent\, Global Entrepreneurship Festival\n\n12:40–1:25 PM · Startup Presen
 tations & Shortlist to Top 10\nShortlisted entrepreneurs pitch before the
  judging panel\, followed by questions and assessment. Top 10 entrepreneu
 rs are selected to advance.\n\n1:25–2:05 PM · Final Pitch Round & Shortli
 st to Top 5\nTop 10 entrepreneurs deliver their final pitch before invest
 ors and judges\, followed by questions and assessment. Top 5 advance to f
 inal judging.\n\n2:05–2:35 PM · Final Judging\, Certificate Presentation 
 & Recognition\nFinal judging and deliberation\, followed by certificate p
 resentation and recognition of participating entrepreneurs.\n\n2:35–2:55 
 PM · Grand Finale: Announcement of Top 3 Winners & Closing\nAnnouncement 
 and recognition of the Top 3 Winners\, closing remarks\, official photogr
 aphs and formal close of EIP 2026.\n\nhttps://0.0.0.0:3000/sessions/eip-p
 itch-final
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SUMMARY:Breakout: Artificial Intelligence\, Technology\, and Innovation
LOCATION:Hall 3\, JW Marriott Hotel\, Cairo
DESCRIPTION:Theme: The Power To Help\nTopic: Innovation\, Access and Sust
 ainable Impact\nSector-focused discussions exploring industry opportuniti
 es\, emerging trends\, innovation\, and strategic partnerships for econom
 ic growth.\n\nKeynote · Omar ElSahy (TBC)\nGeneral Manager\, Amazon Egypt
 \n\nModerator · Ahmed Rashad\nFounder of Business Belarabi platform and a
 ngel investor\n\nSpeakers · Olugbenga “GB” Agboola\, Founder and CEO\, Fl
 utterwave\; Eng. Mohamed Shebl\, Chief Business Officer\, Orange\; Mohame
 d Aboulnaga Nagaty\, Chairman\, Exits Mena\; Apurv Singh\, Founder\, HQ D
 igital - AI-First Marketing Educator and Growth Architect\; Dr. Wael Elde
 souki Bedda\, Secretary General of SKSEED\; Dr. Eslam Wageed\, Executive 
 Manager of Arab Center for Artificial Intelligence\; Saleh Kamel\, Sustai
 nable Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Development\n\nhttps://0.0.0.0:3000/s
 essions/breakout-ai-technology-innovation
URL:https://0.0.0.0:3000/sessions/breakout-ai-technology-innovation
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