Biography

Osama Samir, an Economic and Youth Development practitioner, holds a B.S. in Business Administration and a Diploma in Project Management from the American University in Cairo.

He is currently pursuing an MBA at the German University of Cairo. In 2017, he graduated from the Lazord Fellowship, where he was placed in Corporate Social Responsibility at PwC Egypt. There, he collaborated with multinational corporations to raise awareness about blood donation and environmental sustainability.

In 2018, he worked at the John D. Gerhart Center at the American University in Cairo, empowering youth and designing programs for several projects funded by international organizations. Additionally, he served as a Senior Lazord Fellowship Specialist, focusing on building the capacity of youth seeking employment in the development sector.

Currently, Osama is an Organizational Capacity Building Specialist at the USAID TRADE Project, working to enhance trade support institutions’ capacity and services to support SMEs’ exporting.