Speaking & mentoring

The part of the job I'd do for free.

Knowledge-sharing is the part of this career I care about most. I speak at conferences, run hands-on workshops for marketing teams, take university sessions, and mentor young professionals building their path in marketing.

Mohamed Younis presenting the Halan rebranding strategy to the MNT-Halan marketing team, June 2022

Topics

What I speak about.

Practical, from real work, and tuned to the room: students, founders or marketing teams.

  • Growth marketing that survives a board meeting
  • AI tools for marketers: what actually works day to day
  • Building a brand people trust in MENA (Middle East and North Africa)
  • Automating marketing with a small team
  • Freelancing as a career accelerator
  • Building opportunities before you feel ready
  • Digital career skills for students and juniors

Formats

How I show up.

Stage

Keynotes & panels

Conferences and industry events.

Teams

Workshops

Hands-on sessions for marketing teams, on their real work.

Universities

University sessions

Especially for students and young professionals outside Cairo.

One-to-one

Mentoring

Founders and young marketers, through programmes and directly.

Beyond the day job

Advising FinTech founders. Mentoring the next ones.

Alongside full-time roles, I advise FinTech startups across Africa and the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) on growth, go-to-market and building marketing teams, and I mentor founders and students at startup programmes, competitions and university events.

  • Technovation Challenge Global (UN Women & MIT)
  • Startup Cup Griffinworx Egypt
  • University sessions & workshops
Mohamed Younis, fintech marketing and growth advisor, at the Africa Fintech Summit
Mohamed Younis, CMO of mazeed, at the Seamless fintech and e-commerce industry event
Mohamed Younis, CMO of mazeed, at the mazeed AI-powered accounting software stand at Seamless

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Mentoring & recognition

Giving back, on the record.

Mentor, Technovation Challenge Global

Semifinals mentor, UN Women & MIT, 2017/18

Mentor, Startup Cup Griffinworx Egypt

Supporting early-stage founders

3rd place, Most Innovative App

Startup MENA competition, 2014

Best Team Award

El Mashrou3 TV Show, entrepreneurial events