Endeavor Egypt welcomes Suhail Torky, Chairman of Buffalo Burger, and Luay Torky, CEO of Buffalo Burger, to its network of high-impact entrepreneurs. Buffalo Burger operates one of the leading fast food chains in the market, Buffalo Burger, with over 30 branches across the country.

Our CEO and Co-Founder Linda Rottenberg once said, “when economies turn down, entrepreneurs turn up.” And that’s exactly what we’re seeing today. As we experience the unfolding COVID-19 repercussions and navigate the turbulent uncertainties and challenges it poses on our communities and economies, Endeavor Entrepreneurs across the globe are stepping up to the challenge and disrupting the status-quo. They are taking the lead and initiative and instigating exceptional measures to support their teams, customers and economies in a multitude of ways to battle the ongoing effects of this crisis. We have compiled some of the unique ways Endeavor Entrepreneurs globally are responding to the COVID-19 outbreak, illustrating the power of high-impact entrepreneurship in inspiring acts of solidarity among our communities and in demonstrating the kind of role model leadership our world today needs. #OneEndeavor

Introducing a new way to support Endeavor Entrepreneurs in scaling-up their businesses, Endeavor Egypt launched the first edition of ‘First Followers’: a program designed to professionally develop and empower the executive and management teams in companies led by Endeavor Entrepreneurs (EEs).

Endeavor Entrepreneur Maged Fawzy founded WellSpring in 2009 with a vision to build a purpose-driven company that directly and tangibly impacts Egypt’s youth through experiential learning camps. Every year since, WellSpring has been growing and with it its impact: bringing together thousands of children from across Egypt through its programs and camps.

With more than a decade of experience in the healthcare industry up his sleeve, Endeavor Entrepreneur Amr El-Tayeb developed the entrepreneurial mindset that drove him to build one of Egypt’s most promising, high-impact healthcare companies, Smart Medical Services. Amr founded Smart Medical Services in 2009 as a social mission to tackle a problem of massive scale, affecting between 50-60 million Egyptians: lack of access to healthcare services. Fast forward to today, Smart Medical Services offers customized and discounted healthcare plans to thousands of corporate clients, individuals, and families across Egypt.

Endeavor Egypt welcomes renowned publishing and education entrepreneur and expert Dalia Ibrahim to its Board of Directors.

Endeavor Egypt welcomes Belal El-Megharbel, CEO of MaxAB, and Mohamed Ben Halim, Co-Founder & COO of MaxAB, to its network of high-impact entrepreneurs.

Endeavor Egypt welcomes renowned serial entrepreneur, investor and ecosystem icon Youssri Helmy to its Board of Directors.

In the global market of today, every business is facing an increasingly unique set of challenges on its path to becoming the company it needs to be – where making it big requires an ever-increasing amount of expert support. In a market like Egypt, local businesses have been taking leaps and strides to ultimately reach their pinnacle. At Endeavor we work with some of the most forward-thinking founders who are leading these businesses. However, even the most solid business models and brightest minds reach a point where high and impactful growth might stagger or be challenged, and that’s where the Endeavor Outliers program comes in – a program curated to be the springboard for exponential growth for high potential Endeavor Entrepreneur-led companies at a defining stage in their business.

Endeavor Egypt welcomes Ahmed Sheikha and Mohamed Abdulaziz, Co-Founders of Brimore, to its network of high-impact entrepreneurs.

Endeavor, the leading global community of high-impact entrepreneurs, has announced it has appointed Heba Ali as its new Managing Director of Egypt.

It is a proud moment for all of us in Egypt and the Middle East as Endeavor Egypt and Endeavor Catalyst portfolio company Swvl breaks through the ceiling of expectations by being the fastest growing unicorn in Egypt to be listed on Nasdaq, making Mostafa Kandil the second youngest CEO of a publicly traded company on the exchange.