About Fintech Academy
Fintech Academy is a comprehensive program on financial technologies designed for those who want to make a difference, brought by Knowledge Officer and GIZ.
Learners will understand emerging technologies disrupting finance and how they can use them to build their own FinTech startups. Aspiring entrepreneurs will also build innovative, customer-centric Fintech solutions to accelerate Fintech transformation in Egypt.
Program Highlights
- 4 months long
- 300+ hours of online content
- 4 practical projects
- 14+ sessions and panels
- 6+ study groups and participants support sessions
- 60+ hours of mentorship
- Choose from 3 tracks:
- Entrepreneurship
- Product Management
- Development
Who is this program for?
Key Topics
Stage 1
Fintech Fundamentals
- Fintech Landscape Overview
- Lending & Investement
- The role of technology in Fintech
- Digital Payments
- Cryptocurrencies & Blockchain
- Regtech, Regulation & Standards
- Reshaping Banking Industry
- Alternative Investement
- Ask me anthing sessions
- Hackathon
Stage 2
The learners are divided into 3 tracks based on the interest they expressed in the application stage. Each learner can only be present in one track.
Track 1:
Fintech Entrepreneurs
- Customer Development
- Product Design & Product Metrics
- Business Models/Pricing Models
- Fundraising 2.0
- FinTech Panel
- Ask me anything sessions
Track 2:
Fintech
Product Managers
- Why Product Management & What is the PM Role?
- Customer Development and Validation
- Design Thinking & Product Design
- Product Metrics & Data Analytics
- Agile & Product Development Lifecycle
- GTM strategy / Product Marketing
- Product Leadership & Stakeholder Management
Track 3:
Fintech
Developers
- Backend Developers
- Frontend Developers
- Android Development
- IOS Developemnt
- AI & Machine learning
- Ask me anything sessions
Stage 3
Showcase Stage
Connecting learners to Ecosystem
Learners will be connected with eco system experts based on tracks with potential for matching making with experts, investors to materialize their work during the Academy.
Our Partners
Program Phases
Fintech Academy is divided into 3 phases:
01
Fintech Fundamentals Phase
5 Weeks
Participants are going to learn through online content, workshops, sessions and group projects.
02
Specialization Phase
9 Weeks
Participants will be encouraged to form, break and re-form teams of co-founders.
03
Showcase & Pitching phase
2 Weeks
Every team will be assigned a mentor to follow up on their execution and advise them on building traction until the end of the program.
Frequently Asked Questions
The FinTech Academy is a 4-months online program that will aim to cover Fintech Fundamentals: Banking and Future of Payments, Applying Technology in Fintech, Infrastructure & Regulation, Digital Identity & Privacy and Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies. In addition to that, participants will cover 4 main Entrepreneurship components/modules: Startups Fundamentals, Product Discovery, Business Fundamentals and Investment Cycle.
The goal is to increase capacity and literacy based on the mandate of the Egyptian government in fintech and disrupting financial technologies. Based on the tracks chosen from Entrepreneurship, product management or development. the program aim to input these calibers back to the eco system in the form of funded startups, component product owners and impact driven developers aligned with the growing fintech industry.
The program is fully funded for all accepted participants by our funding partners. There is no actual fee to join.
The program will start on the 20th of June, 2021.
The program is 100% remote and all the phases will be conducted online.
The selection process will make sure that we have as close to 33% split as possible between a domain edge and background in FinTech, Tech edge and execution (product or sales) edge among the participants. All the participants must share passion and ideas towards building in Fintech nevertheless.
Despite the obvious growth that Egypt has witnessed in the past couple of years, the industry is still facing big challenges and we need more and more capable entrepreneurs who are equipped with the right knowledge, skills, tools and network to be able to elevate the state of Fintech in Egypt.
For any inquiries about the program, please contact fintech-academy@knowledgeofficer.com
Everyone can give us a hand to graduate capable candidates who are willing to build for a better Egypt that we always dream of! If you are willing to be one of our partners to support achieving this vision, please send an email to partner@knowledgeofficer.com.
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Round 1 Mentors
Ahmed Monir
Head of Regulatory Sandbox @ Central Bank of EGYPT
George Yaryura
Chief Product Officer @ Allfunds
Sami Abou Saab
CEO @ Speed Accelerator
Nada Elshazly
Head of Economics and Fintech @ Swiss School of Management
Hosam Mahmoud
Advisor for Startup Finance @ GIZ
Mahmoud Nour
MINT Hub Director @ EGbank
Rafeh Saleh
Managing Partner @ Cubit Ventures
Ren Yi Hooi
Founder @ Lighting Social Ventures
Ridhwaan Ahmed
Compliance Operations @ Gocardless
Ahmed Elsherif
Managing Director @ Openner Ventures - Egypt
Mohamed Ali Soliman
Senior Supervisor @ Bank of England
Gehan Fathi
Investment Advisor and Angel Investor
Mostafa Ashour
Managing Partner @ NowPay
Mohamed Elsabry
Product Manager @ Transferwise
Gaia Ines
Head of Growth and Business Development @ Ikigai Data
Sara Enan
Associate @ Global Ventures
Eslam Darwish
Venture Partner @ Global Ventures
Mahmoud El Zohairy
CEO @ EFG-EV
Amal Enan
Venture Capital @ Global Ventures
Noha Shaker
Founder and Secretary-General @ The Egyptian Fintech Association
Nader Abdelrazik
Chief Business Officer @ XPay
Mohamed Abdelmottaleb
CEO @ XPay
Parker Crockford
Vice President of Growth @ Upvest
Mohamed Abdou
Founder & CEO @ Pravica
Hassan Ali
Founder & FinTech Advisor @ Teknolojia
Ibrahim Hassan
CEO @ Digified
Inji Amr
Senior Managing Consultant @ Mastercard
Hani Soliman
General Manager @ PayTabs Egypt
Adel Boseli
Founder @ VFLOCK
Mirna Soliman
Founder & CEO @ Fintech Galaxy
Mohamed Sameh
Investor Relations Officer @ Fawry
Maury G
Managing Partner @ Levels Ventures
Karam Kanan
Product @ TransferWise
Yasser Ahmed
Head of Digital Banking @ aiBANK
Kareem Tabbaa
CPO @ Wahed
Omar Alalami
Senior Strategy Consultant @ Accenture
Yasmine Ibrahim
Compliance @ Tether.to
Atilla Kaiser
Advisor, Financial Inclusion & Technology @ GIZ
Sameh Behairy
Digital Innovation Manager @ Banque Misr
Ahmed Abaza
Founder @ Synapse Analytics
Galal Elbeshbishy
Artificial Intelligence Strategist @ Synapse Analytics
Mohamed Hamza
Associate Director @ AUC Venture Lab
Malek Sultan
Partner @ Disruptech VC
Walid Hassouna
CEO @ EFG Finance
Salah Awad
CTO @ Berytech
Suleiman Arabiat
FinTech Investment Lead @ AB Ventures LP
Ahmed Mazhar
Vodafone Cash Business Development @ Vodafone Egypt
Ivo Detelinov
VC Business Development @ Hambro Perks
Abe Karar
Digital Transformation Consultant @ ALCHEMY Digital Studios
About Knowledge Officer and GIZ
Promoting Access to Financial Services for Small and Medium Enterprises (PAFSME) is a bilateral technical cooperation project, under the guidance of the Egyptian Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) with technical assistance provided by GIZ on behalf of BMZ.
Knowledge Officer collaborates with GIZ to deliver data-driven learning in Fintech to the Egyptian learner community on a mission to upskill professionals and accelerate region's digital transformation.