Ihab El Fouly

Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship

Ihab El Fouly is Co-founder and Chairman of Balsamee. Ihab is also Co-founder and CEO of Tamkeen Capital, a venture capital firm deeply believing in enabling game-changing entrepreneurs to build market-disruptive companies, aspiring for sustainable development of our nation. Other than establishing through Tamkeen a unique and innovative 5 Points Support System for startups and incubators, Ihab also innovated a matchless Development Platform concept based on which Raneen was built (www.raneenhub.com). Through Raneen Ihab targets to create an effective mechanism to supports SMEs – to result in synergy and integration, through stimulation, enabling, and integrating crowds, groups and companies.

Ihab has an extensive record of accomplishment and experience in the fields of Telecommunications and Medical Technology. Ihab comes with over 30 years’ experience in diverse fields; he started his professional career in the field of Medical Technology occupying several leading positions in Siemens International, AGFA International Middle East, and GE Medical System. In SSM Cairo, Eng. Ihab provides courses in Entrepreneurship and Global negotiations, and is responsible for the Entrepreneurship Department with all its modules.

He is also the Co-founder and Chairman of Nabda Care – a unique health care network – winner of Ericsson Technology for Good Award 2012, and second place for best mobile application for 2012.

Ihab served in several C-level positions in Zain Group. Under his leadership, he collaboratively managed to turn around the two African operations to achieving unprecedented results at all levels. He was also a partner in Skopos Consulting, a consulting firm focused in Organization Development that served several fortune 500 companies in the region.

Ihab holds a B.Sc. with highest honors degree in Electronics Engineering from Alexandria University.