Dr Heba Labib

Heba Labib, PhD is the Director of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness Center, IECC, at Nile University. She is also the director of NilePreneurs, a nationwide initiative to support startups and SMEs through capacity building, incubation, and innovation support. From 2014 through 2016, she managed the Technology Commercialization and Industry Relations Office at Nile University. From 2011 through 2014, she was the founder and executive director of NU100, a nationwide entrepreneurship initiative for techpreneurs with developmental ideas. The initiative resulted in the establishment of 18 companies. In 2004, Ms. Labib started Nile’s Gift, a company that processes and exports “Medicinal and Aromatic Plants”. In 2007, she partnered in setting up Palm Paper, a wastepaper recycling mill. Prior to these ventures, her experience includes diligent studies on utilizing rice straw waste for MDF production and conducting a research study for the FAO on “Gender Roles in the Production of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants”. Heba Labib holds a BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from Oakland University, MI, and later she shifted focus to the field of Management of Technology, earning both an MSc and a PhD from Nile University, Egypt.