Heba Aguib

Dr.-Ing. Heba Aguib is Chief Executive RESPOND at the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt. Aguib joined the BMW Foundation in July 2019 with an ambition to strengthen the relationships between Tech4Good and investors in order to make a positive difference.  Previously, she was instrumental in establishing the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation's Aswan Heart Research Centre in Egypt. As head of the center's Biomedical Engineering and Innovation Laboratory and an Honorary Fellow at Imperial College London, she led multidisciplinary projects to develop new computational solutions for early diagnosis and detection of cardiovascular disease. She is also a medical technology expert in the Digital Arabia Network, established in 2018.

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Climate crisis is a food crisis: How technology can stop world hunger

The climate crisis and food crisis go hand in hand. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimates that we will have to increase food production by 70% by 2050 if we want to feed the expected 10 billion mouths.

The Challenges For Responsible Leaders In Startups

The challenges for founders of today’s tech startups are manifold: the product must be developed and constantly optimised; investors must be convinced your idea is viable; employees must be recruited and managed – and so on and so forth.