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Thursday, 16 February 2023

Meet Egypt’s most powerful women, according to Forbes + Turkish TV raises bns for quake victims

Egyptian businesswomen top Forbes Middle East’s most powerful list: Coming in with 13 entries, nearly double the number in 2022, Egyptian women have worked their way up to become some of the most powerful businesswomen in the Middle East, on Forbes’ 2023 list of 100 powerful MENA businesswomen. The banking and financial services sector was the most represented on the list, with 23 leaders, followed by 11 diversified business leaders, eight investment professionals, six retail executives, and five healthcare professionals. UAE businesswomen had the most representation, followed by Egypt, then Saudi Arabia.

All of the Egyptian businesswomen recognized in the list:

  • Dalia El Baz, vice chair of National Bank of Egypt (#13)
  • Pakinam Kafafi, CEO of TAQA Arabia (#21)
  • Rawya Mansour, founder of RAMSCO (#27)
  • Reem Asaad, Middle East and Africa vice president of Cisco (#39)
  • Hend El-Sherbini, CEO of LSE-listed IDH (#42)
  • Yasmine and Farida Khamis, chair and vice-chair of Oriental Weavers Group (#43)
  • Mona Zulficar, founder of Zulficar & Partners and chair of EFG Hermes Holding and Egyptian Microfinance Federation (#48)
  • Hoda Mansour, SVP & Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa Regional Head of Business Process Transformation (#53)
  • Elham Mahfouz, CEO of Commercial Bank of Kuwait (#56)
  • Hilda Louca, founder of Mitcha (#62)
  • Omnia Kelig, deputy CEO of Naeem Holding (#84)
  • Abir Leheta, CEO of EgyTrans (#87)
  • Abeer Helmy Saleh, managing director of Misr Life Ins., Takaful (#99)

Turkish TV channels raise USD 6 bn for earthquake victims: A seven-hour live show broadcast jointly on hundreds of TV and radio channels in Turkey has raised USD 6 bn (TRY 115.1 bn) for survivors of the devastating earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria earlier this month, killing more than 40k people in the two countries, Bloomberg reports. The fundraising campaign, named “Türkiye One Heart,” is being led by the country’s central bank — which itself is donating TRY 30 bn. Other donors include several state-run banks, Turkish Airlines, mobile companies, and the Turkish bourse.

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