Menna Shahin

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Born1987
NationalityEgyptian
CitizenshipEgypt
EducationFaculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University in Cairo
Known forFounder of She Travels, and Cofounder of Tekeya
Partner(s)Maxim Haartsen
Websitehttps://www.tekeya.io/Team/menna-shahin.html

Menna Shahin (Arabic language: منة شاهين‎) born in 1987, is an Egyptian entrepreneur, pharmacist, founder of She Travels, and cofounder of app to fight food waste called Tekeya.[1][2][3]

Life and education

Menna is graduated from faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine in Cairo, Egypt and majored in Pharmaceutical Industries. She holds a regional executive in a multinational pharmaceutical company in Dubai, UAE.

First Egyptian woman in travel business for women

Menna is among the first Egyptian women who started a Travel Business Exclusively for women, where she organized her travels in collaboration with certified life coaches to incorporate self-development coaching in the travel plans. She aspires to empower women to build new connections with other women and discover more about themselves through travel. Menna is actively involved in social and community work and active member in Giza horizon Rotary Club. Menna has more than 500k followers on her various social media platforms.[4][5][6][7][8]

Career

Menna is graduated from faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt in 2009, with Distinction accumulative grade and degree of honor. After graduation, She started her career working in a local pharmacy in Egypt. And after a long journey of struggles to prove herself and achieve her dreams, She became a regional executive in a multinational pharmaceutical company in Dubai, UAE. Menna has multiple platforms on social media that includes more than half a million followers she use these platforms to spread the culture of travelling, organize travels with life coaching programs, and provide information about different travel destinations. Besides, She is actively involved in social and community work in Giza horizon Rotary Club. Which promote charities in Egypt. On another hand, aiming to help the world to be a better place; she and other co-founder launched TeKeya in Egypt in April-2019. TeKeya is an application designed to fight food waste and to decrease CO2 pollution.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Media appearance

Menna is an experienced public speaker, gave a TEDx talk in 2019[17], featured in more than 20 TV interviews, interviewed with Google Arabia[18], spoke as a keynote speaker at the World Youth Forum[19] and held several coaching sessions, including a master training about food waste for future chefs in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism (Egypt)|Egyptian Ministry of Tourism. She has been featured in over a 100 articles written about her initiatives in the Middle Eastern press.[20][21][22][23]

Achievements

  • held several coaching sessions, including a master training about food waste for future chefs in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism.[28]
  • In 2019 she won one of the 50 most inspirational women in Egypt.
  • 2021 she was one of Finalist at Egypt’s Entrepreneur Award for UN SDG environmental sustainability category.[29][30][31][32]
  • 2021 Tekeya has been awarded MENA food insecurity organization of the year by MEA market’s African Excellence Awards.[33]
  • Founder of the year winner from Global Startup Awards 2021. [34]

References

  1. ↑ Shahin, Menna, Takeya, retrieved 2020-10-08
  2. ↑ "Here's Menna - founder of Tekeya which is helping reduce food waste in Egypt with technology and Google tools. See her inspiring story". Matt Brittin. March 16, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "Menna Shahin in an interview with Google". Google Arabia. Mar 15, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "Egyptian girl uses Facebook page to break tradition and inspire young women to travel alone". albawaba. January 13, 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "Menna Shahin's travels inspire women to follow their dreams". Women Of Egypt Magazine. May 20, 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ "Facebook page encourages Egyptian girls to travel alone". Egypt independent. January 9, 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ "She-Travel: 5 Insider Tips: Solo traveller Menna Shahin on smart travel planning". Egypt today. 11 Apr 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ "5 Inspiring Muslim Women". Adnan Halawi. March 28, 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ↑ "Tekeya: the food charity distribution app combating hunger in Egypt". Daily news egypt. October 11, 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ "Combating Hunger & Reducing Food Waste, Meet Menna Shahin". Cairo360. February 28, 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ "Finally… An Application to End Food Waste in Egypt!". what women want. March 18, 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ "Menna Shahin launches Tekeya, A Food Mobile App to Fight Hunger and Reduce Food Waste". women of egypt magazine. January 31, 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ↑ ""Tekeya" app: turning food waste into affordable, wholesome meals". Egypt independent. October 11, 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ↑ "TeKeya: Using Technology to Reduce Food Waste". cairo west magazine.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ↑ ""Tekeya" app: turning food waste into affordable, wholesome meals". Egypt independent. October 11, 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ↑ "One-on-one with Tekeya's Co-founder". ArabFinance. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  17. ↑ "Takeya | Menna Shahin | TEDx". Jul 23, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ↑ "Menna Shahin in an interview with Google". Mar 15, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ↑ "فيديو| «تكية منة».. قصة تطبيق مجاني لإيصال الطعام المُهدر للمحتاجين". akhbar elyom. December 14, 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ↑ "Menna Shahin - Interview on Al Nahar TV". Al Nahar TV. Feb 21, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ↑ "Menna Shahin - Interview Shara Al Nahar Program on Al Nahar TV". Al Nahar TV. Nov 26, 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ↑ "Menna Shahin - Interview on ONdrama TV". ONdrama TV. Mar 31, 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ↑ "Menna Shahin - Interview on Hya w Bas Program". Hya w Bas Program. Apr 20, 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  24. ↑ "Facebook page encourages Egyptian girls to travel alone". Egypt Independent. 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  25. ↑ "Menna Shahin's travels inspire women to follow their dreams". Women of Egypt Mag. 2018-05-20. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  26. ↑ "She-Travel: 5 Insider Tips: Solo traveller Menna Shahin on smart travel planning". EgyptToday. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  27. ↑ ???. "Egyptian entrepreneur tackling challenges of gender issues and food wastage-- ChinAfrica". www.chinafrica.cn. Retrieved 2021-07-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  28. ↑ West, Cairo (2020-03-01). "Tekeya App: Using Technology to Reduce Food Waste". Cairo West Magazine. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  29. ↑ "Finalists | Egypt's Entrepreneur Awards". www.eeawards.org. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  30. ↑ "At the First Egypt's Entrepreneur Awards Ceremony: 6 Risk-Takers Tackling Environmental Sustainability, Education, and Healthcare | 925 | The first online magazine of its kind in Egypt". 925. 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  31. ↑ "Meet the Finalists of Egypt's Entrepreneur Awards 2021". Startupscene. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  32. ↑ "At the First Egypt's Entrepreneur Awards Ceremony: 6 Risk-Takers Tackling Environmental Sustainability, Education, and Healthcare | 925 | The first online magazine of its kind in Egypt". 925. 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  33. ↑ "The startups tackling food waste in Mena". Wamda. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  34. ↑ "Country Winners – GSA". Retrieved 2021-12-17.

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