BT100 Honors Mohamed Farid Khamis, Hussein Sabour

CAIRO – 30 March 2021: BT100 honored and remembered, Tuesday Mohamed Farid Khamis, Chairman of Oriental Weavers, and Businessman Hussein Sabour who passed away last year.

Both of the late businessmen were leading figures in fields of industry and engineering.

Khamis, who passed away in September 2020 at the age of 80 in the United States of America after a long illness, received bt100 Crystal Award in March 2019 in recognition of his leadership and impact on business growth in Egypt.

The Oriental Weavers is an Egypt-based company that is principally engaged in the production and sale of machine-woven carpets and rugs for the residential, commercial, and hospitality industries.

Businessman Hussein Sabour passed away in February 2021. He is an Egyptian civil engineer and architect who founded many real estate development companies in Egypt.

 

The fourth edition of Bt100 Awards on Tuesday handed awards to a number of ministers, figures and leading businesses in Egypt that managed to maintain good performance during the year of the pandemic.

The event came with the participation of many ministers and more than 450 businessmen and heads of economic institutions.

The event this year came to assess the economic experience in Egypt during the past year since the pandemic hit the country and to hail the most resilient sectors amid such challenges.

BT100 is one of the most prestigious events in the business world in Egypt. Its held annually with the attendance of Cabinet members, businessmen, high profile companies, start-ups, celebrities and journalists.

BT100 is a tribute to the leaders of the governmental and private sectors, and corporate for their important and effective role in improving the Egyptian economy. The ceremony aims at encouraging other companies to improve their performance, and develop their marketing methods and their selling skills.

Candidates for the prizes were chosen according to certain criteria by the jury and evaluation to select a number of companies in different sectors, including the financial, industrial and investment sectors, the real estate sector, and the communications and information technology sector.