The 3rd Edition of Egypt Investment Summit Kicks off Tomorrow in Cairo

As the largest VC event in North Africa and the Middle East, the summit will host 100+ regional VC Funds in downtown Cairo alongside 30 of the world’s leading fund investors.

Sponsored by GIZ Egypt, EPEA (the Egyptian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association), the World Bank, MSMEDA, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, and implementing partner Changelabs, the 2025 Egypt VC Summit kicks off on February 2nd 2025 with a series of invite-only masterclasses and concludes with 2 days of keynotes, panels, matchmaking, and networking on Feb 4th and 5th 2025.

The event will open with keynotes by Mr. Holger Illi, German Embassy in Cairo; Mr. Bassel Rahmy, MSMEDA; Stephane Guimbert, the World Bank; Dr. Mohamed Farid Saleh, Financial Regulatory Authority of Egypt; His Excellency Mr. Hassan El Khatib, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade; His Excellency Dr. Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology; and Her Excellency Mrs. Rania Al Mashat, Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation.

This year’s agenda also includes panel discussions with some of Egypt and the region’s leading experts and investors, including Dina El Shenoufi (Flat6Labs), Saman Sadeghi (Van Campen Liem), Ahmed el Alfi (Sawari Ventures), Tarek Asaad (Algebra Ventures), Ahmed el Said (NBE), Ahmed Sobhy (Banque Misr), Samuel Mogoya (African Development Bank), Jacques Meyer (CIB), Zeina Soufan (Bloomberg Asharq), Patrick Fitzpatrick (Enterprise), Isabelle Bebear (BPI France), May Yego (FSD Africa), Emad Barsoum (Ezdehar), Peter Orth (4DX Ventures), Menna Zekrallah (EBRD), and many more.

Topics that will be covered will include Egypt & Pan African Integration; Accelerating VC Investment; Amplifying Egypt and Africa in the Global Media; High Growth Early Stage Investment Opportunities; Family Office VC Investments; Egyptian Startups Creating Outsized Returns; Africa through an LP Lens; Navigating Exits in a Shifting Market; International VC Collaboration; Climate & Impact Investing; Deeptech as an Emerging VC Sector; as well as networking and on-site structured LP:GP matchmaking.

The event is supported by a wide cross section of the Egyptian and regional VC ecosystem including Van Campen Liem, Flat6Labs, MNT Halan, Breadfast, ABXelerate (Arab Bank), National Bank of Egypt (NBE), Commercial International Bank (CIB), Banque Misr, Suez Canal Bank, Avanz Manara, Shehata & Partners, Significa Ventures, Sawari Ventures, Algebra Ventures, 4DX Ventures, Enza Capital, Endeavor, and Keheilan.

For more information, visit egyptvcsummit.com.