Radwa Rostom – Founder and CEO of ‘Hand Over’, a Non-Profit Sustainable Green Enterprise , Egypt

Radwa Rostom. Engineer. Social Entrepreneur. Changemaker.

Founder and CEO of ‘Hand Over’.

A non-profit dedicated to develop models to reduce the cost of construction by 50 percent or more. Ensuring construction models to bringing sustainable buildings to Egypt’s masses.

Education:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Civil) – Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Awards/ Honours:

  • An Ashoka Fellow
  • Ranked by Arabian Business Magazine as No.30 of the 100 most powerful Arabs Under 40 2015)
  • Awarded a grant from the World Bank for the ‘Women for Resilient Cities’ competition (2015)
  • Winner ‘Tamayouz Excellence Award’ for Women in Architecture (2021)

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Echoing Green Finalist Portrait / pix: fellows.echoinggreen.org

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EGYPT