About
Emad is the founder and Managing Director of Ezdehar Management, an emerging Egyptian Mid-Cap investment management firm. Previously, Emad was Co-Founder and Partner of 8 Miles LLP (2010-2015), an Africa-focused private equity fund where he raised app. US$ 200 million and executed investments in Egypt, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia. Earlier, Emad spent 10 years (1999-2009) in various senior management roles within the Orascom Telecom Group. Initially, he was the Operations Support Director at Mobinil (1999-2001), Egypt’s first telecom operator. Then he became Founder and CFO of Djezzy (2001-2003), an Algerian telecom operator that is currently one of the largest telecom operators in the region with app. US$ 2 billion of turnover. Subsequently, Emad assumed the role of Chairman and CEO at OrasInvest Holding (2003-2008), a telecom tower construction company, that was sold to a PE consortium for US$ 180 million (MoM of app. 9x) – which was known to be the MENA region’s largest LBO at the ti
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- • 160 investors hold the Founder & Managing Director role in VCSift. Emad Barsoum is one of them.
- • 212 investors are based in Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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- Cairo, Egypt
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