The Startup Agenda

CEO Mahmoud El-Gendy crisscrosses the realms of biochemistry engineering and artificial intelligence to explain his company's mission to make protein synthesis accessible, affordable and scalable. 

In a knowledge economy, digital upskilling becomes essential for socio-economic mobility and inclusion. Sprints Founder and CEO, Ayman Bazaraa explains how his platform bridges the talent gap, matches companies with employees, and creates a growing workforce adept in AI, cloud computing, machine learning and other disciplines way above my head. 

Universal access to electricity and water remain major challenges in Africa requiring substantial investments. Pylon Founder and CEO, Ahmed Ashour, talks about how their software solution can help increase the profitability of power and water distributors in emerging markets and how the company plans on making a huge impact in the global fight against climate change. 

This is the Startup Agenda, where I look for tech solutions from Egypt that can be scaled to address African challenges.