WHAT'S NEXT for Egypt's FINTECH sector

WHAT'S NEXT for Egypt's FINTECH sector

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Meet Egypt’s first climate billionaires

For our sixth and final panel, we brought on the guys who we think are likely to be Egypt’s first climate billionaires by building one of the most exciting of Egypt's climate startups — Shift EV, which efficiently and cost-effectively converts fleets from internal combustion engi ...  Show more

Keynote interview with Leslie Reed, Mission director for Egypt, USAID

We interviewed on stage Leslie Reed, former mission director for USAID in Egypt and current director for Jordan. Leslie discussed the role development finance has in moving the needle on climate — including a dive into how USAID is trying to help us save the coral reefs along the ...  Show more

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