A software engineer by training, he creates AI and robotics solutions to automate farm management. His innovations have won him several awards.  

Akhlad Alabhar (photo) is the founder and CEO of Egrobots, a startup developing smart agricultural solutions. The Egyptian-born tech entrepreneur studied at Alexandria University's Faculty of Engineering, graduating in 2010 with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering.

In 2021, he founded Egrobots to help farmers grow crops more efficiently with minimum resources. His company enables farmers to cover more hectares by making strategic use of products, improving not only plant health and yield but also management and sustainability.

Egrobots uses cutting-edge imaging and artificial intelligence, robotics, and machine learning technologies to give suppliers and planters information to enable them to make informed decisions.

Through Egrobots, Akhlad Alabhar offers several products. Among them, Roboscoot uses AI to gather information about farmers' fields. Shagarah detects crop diseases, analyzes vegetation, humidity, and weather conditions, and makes recommendations to farmers.

The company recently took second place on the international stage in the Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East (POESAM) 2023. It also won first prize of 30,000 euros in the INTECMED ENI CBC Med transformation project.

Before becoming an entrepreneur, Akhlad Alabhar worked at Alinma Bank in Saudi Arabia. Hired in 2013 as an IT consultant, he successively held the positions of data analysis consultant and AI team leader before leaving in June 2023. He was also a project manager at Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Finance from 2018 to 2019.

Melchior Koba