Young Leaders Egypt - Wirtschaftsjunioren Ägypten

Offers a focused platform for members under the age of 40 with leadership potential to acquire added insight into the Egyptian-German business world.

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We are a network of young professionals and leaders, coming from different sectors and having a high interest/passion in German-Egyptian Business Relations.

If you are German living in Egypt, or Egyptian with a relation to Germany, you are welcomed in our group. We, the Young Leaders are supporting each other with our expertise in the respective fields, our specific country knowledge and / or our experiences in the German-Egyptian cooperation

Our Activities

We are interested in developing our professional skills, expanding our network, broadening our personal knowledge and sharing our experiences. Our aim is to organize events, which will benefit our personal growth and career enhancement. Young Leaders Egypt are living from active contribution and engagement. If you will be part of the group, we would appreciate your ideas, suggestions and help in organizing our regular networking events, workshops and fireside talks.

Global Network

Young Leaders Egypt are part of the global network of “Wirtschaftsjunioren Deutschland (WJD)” (www.wjd.de), consisting of 215 regional and 11 federal state networks in Germany, as well as 11 foreign networking circles in Europe, Asia and South America.

Target Group:

Young leaders, entrepreneurs, managers and others living and working in Egypt, who want to actively engage in workshop activities and events organized in the fields of Business, Culture & Society 

As precondition for becoming a Young Leader, you should meet the following criteria:

  • Age between 25 and 40 years
  • At least two years of professional experience
  • Work stay in Egypt for more than one year · Management responsibility
  • Your company is a member of the German Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

How to become active with the Young Leaders?

You want to benefit from the broad network and the professional as well as country-specific expertise of the Young Leaders Egypt? Then engage with our community and become an active part of the Young Leaders! When you meet the above-mentioned criteria for Young Leaders.

To join please fill in the application form.

Our last workshops:

6.6.2024 - My Why … Exploring One’s Why

 Workshop Details:

  • Date: Thursday, 6th of June 2024 / 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
  • Topic Covered:  My Why … Exploring One’s Why
  • Speaker: Nermeen Edrees, Executive and Leadership Coach
  • Location:  Online – Microsoft Teams Platform
  • Language: English 
  • Fees: Participation is free for members

12.2.2024 - Happiness Hacks: How to Cultivate a Positive Workplace and Increase Employee Productivity

 Workshop Details:

  • Date: Monday, 12th of February 2024 / 10:00 am – 11:00 am
  • Topic Covered:  Happiness Hacks: How to Cultivate a Positive Workplace and Increase Employee Productivity
  • Speaker: Sabrina Wahr, Certified Happiness Trainer, ALH Germany
  • Target audience: Employees under 40 years old 
  • Location:  Online – Microsoft Teams Platform
  • Language: English 
  • Fees: Participation is free for members

21.11.2023 - A journey to understand yourself and your team using the Enneagram

 Workshop Details:

  • Date: Tuesday 21st of November 2023 / 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
  • Topic Covered:  A journey to understand yourself and your team using the Enneagram
  • Speaker: May Gad, Certified Enneagram Trainer & Certified Executive Coach
  • Target audience: Employees under 40 years old 
  • Location:  The German-Arab Chamber Premises. 21, Soliman Abaza St., off Jamet El Dowel El Arabia, St., Mohandessin. 11th floor, Cairo Conference Room
  • Language: Arabic - English 
  • Fees: Participation is free for members

20.6.2023 - Leadership Skills

 Workshop Details:

  • Date: Tuesday 20th of June 2023 / 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • Topic Covered: Leadership Skills
  • Speaker: Dr. Amgad Fahmy, prof.of management & marketing, Arab Academy for Science, Trade & Maritime Transport (AASTMT) 
  • Target audience: Employees under 40 years old 
  • Location:  The German-Arab Chamber Premises. 21, Soliman Abaza St., off Jamet El Dowel El Arabia, St., Mohandessin. 11th floor, Cairo Conference Room
  • Language: Arabic - English 
  • Fees: Participation is free for members

18.4.2022 - Presentation Skills -The ART of Elevator Pitch

 Workshop Details:

  • Date: Tuesday 18th of April 2022 / 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
  • Topic Covered: Presentation Skills -The ART of Elevator Pitch
  • Speaker: Wael ElAlfy, Business Development Manager for Bechtel’s Infrastructure Unit in Egypt
  • Location:  Microsoft teams platform (Link will be send one day before the webinar)
  • Language: English
  • Fees: Participation is free for members

12.10.2021 - Is Happiness an Inside Job?

 Workshop Details:

  • Date:  Tuesday 12th of October 2021 / 11:00am – 1:00 pm
  • Location: Webinar
  • Language: Arabic
  • Fees: Participation is free for members
  • Topic Covered: Is Happiness an Inside Job?
  • Speaker: Rasha ElDesouky, A certified happiness and mindfulness coach

22.6.2021 - Influential talks with Wael ElAlfy

 Workshop Details:

  • Date: Tuesday 22nd of June 2021 / 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
  • Topic Covered: Influential talks with Wael ElAlfy
  • Speaker: Wael ElAlfy, Business Development Manager Infrastructure Bechtel 
  • Location:  Microsoft teams platform (Link will be send one day before the webinar)
  • Language: English
  • Fees: Participation is free for members
  • Target Attendees: Employees under 40 years old  

30.3.2021 - Leadership resilience

 Workshop Details:

  • Date: Tuesday 30th of March / 02:00 pm – 03:30 pm
  • Location:  Microsoft teams platform (Link will be send one day before the webinar)
  • Language: English
  • Fees: Participation is free for members
  • Speaker: Maha Fawzy, Leadership Development Consultant, Founder of Leading 365, Regional Partner of Stewart Leadership 
  • Topic Covered: Leadership resilience

17.11.2020 - Ask the CEO | Webinar

Webinar Details:

  • Topic Covered: Join our event series ‘Ask the CEO’ with Hoda Mansour
  • Speaker: Hoda Mansour, Managing Director of SAP Egypt and New Frontiers (South)
  • Date:  17th of November at 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
  • Location: Webinar | Microsoft teams platform (link will be send one day before the webinar)
  • Language: English
  • Fees: Participation is free for members

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25.6.2020 - Effective Leadership

Webinar Details:

  • Topic Covered: Effective Leadership
  • Speaker: Sandra Grimmer, and Björn Fuchs Trainers, Junior Chamber International
  • Date:  Thursday 25th of June |12:00 pm –02:00 pm
  • Location: Webinar | Zoom platform (link will be send one day before the event)
  • Language: English
  • Fees: Participation is free for members

22.4.2020 - Mental Agility | Webinar

 Webinar Details:

  • Date: Wednesday , 22 April 2020
  • Location: Webinar
  • Language: English
  • Fees: Participation is free for members
  • Speaker: Mahmoud Mostafa, General Manager, Lorenz Egypt
  • Topic Covered:  Mental Agility  

4.2.2020 - Ask The CEO

 Workshop Details:

  • Date: Thursday, 4 February 2020
  • Location: The German-Arab Chamber Premises, Nefertiti conference room
  • Language: English
  • Fees: Participation is free for members
  • Speaker: Mr. Emad Ghaly, CEO of Siemens and President of AHK Egypt
  • Topic Covered:  Ask The CEO 

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19.9.2019 - Story Telling

 Workshop Details:

  • Date: Thursday, 19 September 2019 / 10 a.m - 1.00 p.m
  • Location: Falak Startups Office at the Greek Campus in Cairo, (171 Tahrir Street, Cairo, Egypt)
  • Language: English
  • Fees: Participation is free for members
  • Speaker: Samar Sultan, Managing Director, Beyond Solutions, LLC.
  • Workshop head: Sebastian HAUSI Fuchs Oil Middle East Ltd
  • Topic Covered: Story Telling
  • AGE: This workshop is targeting employees under 40 years old

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9.7.2019 - Sprint Methodology

 Workshop Details:

  • Date: Tuesday, 9 July 2019 / 9:30 a.m - 2.30 p.m
  • Location: The German-Arab Chamber Premises, Nefertiti conference room
  • Language: English
  • Fees: Participation is free for members
  • Speakers:
    - Inji Amr, acumen consulting
    - Sandra Farid, acumen consulting
  • Workshop head: Sebastian HAUSI Fuchs Oil Middle East Ltd
  • Topic Covered: Sprint Methodology
  • Overview: A design sprint is a five-phase framework that helps answer critical business questions through rapid prototyping and user testing of a concept.

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28.2.2019 - Fekretak Sherketak "فكرتك شركتك"

 Workshop Details:

  • Date: Thursday, 28 February 2019 / 10 a.m - 12.30 p.m
  • Location: Falak Startups Office at the Greek Campus in Cairo, (171 Tahrir Street, Cairo, Egypt)
  • Language: English
  • Fees: Participation is free for members

     
  • Speakers:
    - Islam Mohamed, Managing Director of Fekretak Sherketak Service Center
    - Farah Zaki, Head of Venture Growth at Falak Startups
  • Topic Covered: Fekretak Sherketak "فكرتك شركتك"
  • Workshop head: Sebastian Hausi Fuchs Oil Middle East Ltd

18.12.2018 - Yearly Activities Plan

Workshop Details:

  • Date: Tuesday 18 December 2018 / 9am: 11am
  • Location: The German-Arab Chamber Premises, Nefertiti conference room
  • Language: English
  • Fees: Participation is free for members
  • Speaker: Fuchs Oil Middle East Ltd

27.11.2018 - Introduction about group’s objective

Workshop Details:

  • Date: Tuesday 27 November 2018 / 9am: 11am
  • Location: The German-Arab Chamber Premises, Nefertiti conference room
  • Language: English
  • Fees: Participation is free for members
  • Speaker: Fuchs Oil Middle East Ltd
  • Workshop head: Sebastian HAUSI Fuchs Oil Middle East Ltd