The Enterprise Company

Making It

Business EN ↓ 30 episodes

A show about building a great business in the region. Each episode is a one-on-one sit-down with a CEO or founder at the top of their game, leaders across industries going through different stages of growth. We talk to them about the issues they face, the challenges they have to overcome, and what it takes to make it. Making It is a production of EnterpriseAM.

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The team player: How Karim Awad has grown EFG Hermes from a regional giant into a global player 05.12.2019 34:07

Karim Awad started at EFG Hermes as an analyst and rose to become the head of EFG’s high-profile investment banking unit — a job he held until he was tapped to run the firm as Group CEO in 2013. In an industry known for its outsized egos, Karim is Scottie Pippen, the consummate team player from the 1990s Chicago Bulls.  In this week’s episode, Karim talks about the firm&rsqu...

Mr and Mrs Claus: The couple behind the killer concierge app Elves 28.11.2019 29:14

Seeing the rapid growth of digital assistants, Abeer El Sisi and Karim El Sahy co-founded Elves in 2016, along with Ahmed Kassem. They looked at the deficiencies in current digital assistants and realized the human element was still needed. By efficiently connecting people with human assistants, Elves’ AI platform learns from these interactions and in turn becomes more efficient and better a...

Back from the brink: How Gourmet Egypt survived the float of the EGP 21.11.2019 26:03

After a ten-year run leading a high-end retailer of imported food in Egypt, Jalal Abu Gazaleh nearly fell off a cliff when the devaluation of the EGP saw prices skyrocket, inflation go through the roof — and an effective ban on imports put in place.  In today’s episode, Jalal talks with us about how he built the business from a one-desk meat importer into a retail powerhouse and a...

Making It: The Introduction 19.11.2019 3:02

An introduction to Making It , by one of our hosts Patrick, Enterprise's editor-in-chief and co-founder. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trailer | Season 1 14.11.2019 2:02

Introducing Enterprise's first podcast series that tackles great businesses in Egypt and the stories behind them, straight from the founders and CEOs themselves.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.