Ameer Sherif appoints a new CEO for Wuzzuf and Forasna

BasharSoft pioneered attracting tech venture capital funding into Egypt from global investors, including 500 Startups, EBRD, VNV Global, Piton Capital, and Practical Venture Capital as first-time investors in Egypt, raising more than $10 million across the years. Local backers included Endure Capital, A15 and several angel investors. Today, many Egyptian startups are attracting huge investments from global VCs every year.

Outside BasharSoft, Ameer was recently appointed as a Board Member of ITIDA – a government agency under the Ministry of ICT responsible for developing Egypt’s tech and innovation sector.

Recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2019, Ameer said “I plan on putting more time and effort into supporting the entrepreneurship, innovation, and youth employment ecosystems in Egypt, Africa, and the Middle East. I see this as my natural next step to help more founders succeed and overcome challenges. I am engaging on multiple fronts to help attract more VC funding into Egypt, engage tech diasporas to help back home, improve ease of doing business and encourage the government to collaborate more with local tech companies in providing local innovation-based solutions aligned with Egypt’s digitization efforts and Vision 2030. With Egypt’s increasing role in Africa, I believe a lot of the learnings we had in Egypt can apply across the continent.”