10 Speakers to Watch at Egypt Innovation Week's Techne Summit 2025

This year, Techne Summit takes a giant leap, as it officially kicks-off Egypt Innovation Week 2025, a landmark moment that further cements the long-running summit as a premier space for innovation, conversation and exchange. 
From September 29th to October 6th, the week will touch down in Cairo, Alexandria and other cities, with some 300 speakers from 70 countries lined-up.
Setting the stage for this an eventful week, a powerful mix of both Egyptian and international voices is ready to take the stage. Top 5 Egyptian Speakers to Watch:
Sara Metwally
Sara Metwally is Chief Marketing Officer at MNT-Halan, Egypt’s first fintech unicorn, and will be speaking on panels like ‘The Role of Government in Supporting Innovation and Entrepreneurship’.
Ahmed Aly
Ahmed Aly is a Digital Health and Innovation Partner at Roche Middle East and will participate in the ‘Is Pharma Finally Going Digital—for Real This Time?’ session.
Dalia Ibrahim
Dalia Ibrahim is part of ‘From Spark to Scale: The EdTech Founder’s Formula’ as the CEO and Founder of Nahdet Misr.
Yehia Abouelwafa
Yehia Abouelwafa is the Co-Founder and CIO of DisrupTech Ventures and will be speaking in ‘Fintech Forward: Investing in the Future of Finance’.
Ramez El-Serafy
Ramez El-Serafy is Co-Founder and General Partner at F6VC and will appear in ‘Cracking the Code: How to Stand Out in a Competitive Funding Landscape’. Top 5 International Speakers to Watch:
Said Baaghil
Said Baaghil is The Brand Scientist at The Baaghil and is one of the international speakers coming from Turkey. He will be speaking on ‘Brand in the Age of AI and Digitalisation’. 
Onyi Anyado
From the United Kingdom, Onyi Anyado is a Global Leadership Speaker, Futurist and Corporate Trainer and works at Onyi Anyado Media House. He will be speaking in workshops like ‘The Era of Creative Distinction: Leading With Value Driven Disruption To The 2030’s and Beyond’.
Paula Tavangar
Paula Tavangar is coming to Cairo from the UAE as the Chief Investment Officer at Injaz Capital. Her background is in venture capital and quantitative strategies and will appear in ‘What It Really Takes: Fundraising as a First-Time GP.’
Fabio Lorenzon
Fabio Lorenzon is the Founder and CEO of Italian company SolutioAI and will be speaking in sessions such as ‘AI as Strategy: How Enterprises Unlock Growth at Scale.’
Ilkay Demirdag
Ilkay Demirdag is the Co-Founder of Energy Shift Forum, a Turkish company. She is featured as a speaker in the session: ‘Returns with Purpose: Can Impact and Profit Coexist?’
To attend, head over to the Techne Summit website.