01
Training & Mentorship
Coaching aspiring developers through the Digital Egypt Pioneers Initiative — portfolios, freelancing, client work, and the career part nobody teaches.
Karim Akl
Karim Akl — Building Things. Sharing the Journey.
I'm Karim Akl — a software engineer, entrepreneur and business builder. From my father's woodworking workshop to technology, mentorship and co-founding AKL HOME, I'm sharing the journey as it happens.
Entrepreneur · Software Engineer · Business Builder
The person behind the work
Not just a developer. A builder at heart.
I grew up in a workshop before I ever grew up in an editor. My father makes furniture, and long before I wrote a line of code I understood what it takes to turn raw material into something a person uses every day.
Software came later and changed what I could reach. It never replaced the first instinct — code is a material too, it just fails faster and costs less to try again.
The company
From craftsmanship to company building.
In 2025 I co-founded AKL HOME with four of my cousins — an Egyptian furniture business that joins real manufacturing to a modern online operation. I lead the technology and the systems behind it.
My role
Co-Founder & CTO
Founded 2025
One of five founding partners
Beyond building businesses
The company isn't the whole story.
Three other things take up my time, and each of them feeds the first.
02
Events & Community
Organising technology events and workshops with the Huawei Cloud Developer Group in New Cairo — logistics, speakers, partnerships and the people who turn up.
03
Speaking & Impact
A television conversation about digital skills in Egypt, and a Cairo conference on what young people can build without leaving.
Selected work
Things I've worked on
Websites and digital systems built for companies across Egypt, the Gulf and Europe.
aklhome.com
Furniture E-CommerceEgypt
AKL HOME
The online store for the furniture company I co-founded. A Cairo-based retailer of handcrafted wooden furniture for homes and offices — desks, storage, shelving, tables, TV units and consoles — with nationwide shipping and instalment payments.
Visit websiteshary.eg
Property MarketplaceEgypt
Shary
An Egyptian property marketplace where buyers browse new developments and resale units, compare payment plans, and follow a price index per square metre across areas like New Cairo, Sheikh Zayed and the North Coast.
Visit websitexealkhalej.com
Recruitment ServicesSaudi Arabia
XE Al Khalej
A Musaned-licensed recruitment office in Buraydah placing household workers and drivers. The site presents its direct-recruitment service, monthly hire and sponsorship transfer, and lets visitors browse worker profiles and request service over WhatsApp.
Visit websitegsc-ae.com
Industrial EquipmentUAE
GSC
A Dubai-based distributor of power-transmission equipment and sole agent for the Italian brand Motovario — gear motors, electric motors, transmission belts and oil seals, positioned as a single source for industrial clients.
Visit websitesawaedalraha.com
Recruitment ServicesSaudi Arabia
Sawaed Al Raha
A licensed Saudi recruitment office for domestic and skilled workers — drivers, cooks, technicians and nurses. The site walks clients through the full process: Musaned contracts, visas, travel and post-arrival procedures.
Visit websitecentro-tecnologia.com
Industrial SupplyItaly
Centro Tecnologia
An industrial equipment supplier near Milan with a deep catalogue — gearboxes, gearmotors, brake motors, pumps and valves, conveyor components and servo actuators from makers such as SEW-Eurodrive, Motovario and Lenze.
Visit websiteAlong the way
Some moments worth keeping
Television, a conference on migration and opportunity, and the national programme that opened the door.
TelevisionAl-Mehwar TV
On localising technology skills in Egypt
A studio conversation about the "Builders of Digital Egypt" initiative and about my own route into technology — what training programmes and freelancing actually change for a young engineer here.
ConferenceYouth Conference on Migration · Cairo · December 2024
Digital skills as an alternative to irregular migration
A conference on irregular migration where the discussion turned to what young people can build without leaving: training initiatives, employment, and freelance work that pays in foreign currency from a desk in Egypt.
RecognitionMinistry of Communications and Information Technology · April — October 2024
Digital Egypt Pioneers Initiative
Completed the Digital Egypt Pioneers Program on the Software Development — React Web Developer track, and was honoured at the Digital Egypt generations ceremony.
I'm Still at the Beginning.
Building businesses, learning from real experiences, and sharing the journey along the way.