Entreprenelle

Rania is Founder and CEO of Entreprenelle, the social enterprise supporting and economically empowering Egyptian women through education, training, and connecting them with entrepreneurship resources. Rania was inspired by her experiences as a young women entrepreneur to assist other women in entrepreneurial spaces. Entreprenelle’s work has four pillars: raising awareness, providing education, offering access to resources, and fostering economic development to aspiring women entrepreneurs. 

Rania attended the One Young World Summit in Manchester, 2022, during which she had the opportunity to speak with international media about her work, leading to significant exposure for Entreprenelle. Rania has stayed in touch with Ambassadors from Algeria, Lebanon, and Egypt, collaborating on Entreprenelle’s content production, events, and networks.

Entreprenelle has directly impacted 300,000 women throughout its programmes, initiatives and events. Its flagship day-long event, SHE CAN, has had 40,000 attendees in more than 20 cities. SHE CAN mini-events have reached 5,000 women with entrepreneurship training in partnership with 10 universities. Entreprenelle’s acceleration programmes, focused on fashion, food, and crafts, offer training on business management, product development skills, on-site visits to factories, and meetings with potential business partners. Entreprenelle has also launched the Elle Studio in the Mall of Egypt to offer women-owned businesses a place to showcase and sell their products. The organisation is now working with more than 5,000 projects annually, with 40% still operational after three years compared to a national average of 12%. These projects have in turn created 100,000 jobs with Entreprenelle’s support.

“At the Summit, I was connected with media opportunities to talk about SHE CAN and my entrepreneurial journey, which was a boom for us. The visibility it gave me was amazing and it helped me create a network of support and people interested in my work outside of Egypt.”