Amr Sobhy is best known for his digital activist role in the Arab Spring of 2011. He co-created MorsiMeter, an online platform that documented and monitored the performance of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi. He also co-founded PushBots, an Egypt-based start-up that helps apps garner user engagement through personalised push notifications.

A Chevening scholar, he graduated from Birkbeck in 2015 with a Master’s in Public Policy and Management, focusing on fact-checking trends and impact in his thesis.

He has been named by Forbes as one of the 30 Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs in Africa and by Africa Youth Awards is named one of the Top 100 Influential Young Africans. He was nominated for the Data Journalism Award 2016 and has twice won the World Summit Youth Award.