3:30 pm
Corporate Venture Building: From Strategy to First Product
Nada Shaheen 
Mohamed Mounir Alexandria · Corporate Innovation
From POC to Contract: Fixing the Startup-Corporate Sales Cycle
Sunday 4 October · 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm
One of the biggest complaints from MENA startups is that corporate partnerships get stuck in endless proof-of-concept loops that never convert. This panel brings together startup founders and corporate procurement leaders to diagnose why this happens and design faster, fairer pathways from pilot to purchase.
With
Moderator Gehad abdallah Program Manager, Plug and Play 
Mohanned El Gohary Customer Excellence & Capability Building Lead, Novartis 
Ahmed Mokhtar Innovation COnsultant 
Amr Abodraiaa CEO, Rology 
Samar Refaat Head of Fintech & Startups Partnerships Digital Banking Innovation & Retail Support, Saib Bank Next on this stage
Nada Shaheen Mohamed Mounir 4:45 pm
The Fintech Convergence: Where Payments, Credit, Savings & Wealth Meet
Amr Elharony 
Ahmed Wadi 
Tawfik Mahmoud 
Ayman El Sawy +1 5:30 pm
The Next Big Fintech Solution: Investment
Lina Zalat 
Rafy Kourouian 
Ahmed Sakr 
Fady Kamel +1