Samhaa El-Beltagy; Source: LinkedIn
Egypt-based real estate marketplace Nawy has announced the appointment of Samhaa El-Beltagy as its first chief AI officer.
She will be responsible for designing and implementing the company’s AI strategy and ensuring that its use of AI remains ethical and responsible.
El-Beltagy steps into the position after a long and varied career in tech. In 2018, she co-founded AIM Technologies, an AI company founded in 2018 to provide businesses with software to help process and respond to customer feedback.
In addition, she has held the role of head of research and development at Optamatica, been a professor at Cairo University and was the founding dean of the school of information technology at Newgiza University.
Nawy was founded in 2019 by CMO Abdel-Aziz Osman, CBDO Ahmed Rafea, COO Mohamed Abou Ghanima, CCO Aly Rafea and CEO Mostafa El-Beltagy.
It raised $75 million in funding — $52 million in Series A equity and $23 million in debt — in May of this year.
In July, the company entered the Gulf Market through its acquisition of a majority stake in Dubai-based SmartCrowd, a fractional real estate investment company.
