About The Speaker
Roaa Ahmed
Roaa is purpose-driven with diverse professional experience in engineering, education, entrepreneurship, and business development. She currently runs the Strategic Programs at BasharSoft (WUZZUF & Forasna) focusing on socio-economic growth for millions of people and businesses in Egypt. She also work with Facebook as FCCM Learning Mentor and FCS Regional Community Manager, MENA working on Facebook’s Global Communities Summit, impacting thousands of digital community leaders worldwide. Roaa is also an LCE certified mentor & member of the Women Entrepreneurs Network by USAID-SSA.Previously, Roaa served as Chief Growth and Operations Officer of Entreprenelle, an Egyptian startup focused on supporting women entrepreneurs through education. In 2019, she established “Entreprenelle Hub” community which digitally connected 40,000+ entrepreneurs, service providers and ecosystem players. And has been featured by Facebook as Community Leader 2020 alongside top 24 impactful community leaders chosen world-wide. Roaa led, with various teams, the design and growth of acceleration programs, launched new services and managed women entrepreneurship events with 25,000+ attendees collectively and 250+ partners in MENA region.With over 10 years’ experience in volunteer work with various NGOs & Hospitals such as 57357 Children Cancer, Save the Children, AYB and Helm, she regularly provides training and consultation on new initiatives launching and management.