A regenerative farm. A 2030 vision. A continent in mind.
In 1999, Rawya Mansour founded RAMSCO for Architecture and Interior Design. Two decades into a successful design career, she turned her attention to a different question: what would it take for Egypt to feed itself without poisoning its land?
In 2007, just before Egypt’s food riots, she founded RAMSCO Trading and Distribution — the trading arm that would evolve into RAMSCO Egypt for Building & Construction of Eco-villages. That same year, she spoke at UNIDO in Vienna as a keynote on the green economy for Arab countries, invited as an honorary guest.
In 2012, she established Oasis Technologies in Monaco, the international research and technology arm — its name standing for Organic Agriculture for Social International Solidarity.
Today, RAMSCO operates as a 50-employee medium-sized enterprise producing 30 varieties of vegetables across a fully integrated supply chain. It functions as a carbon sink through soil sequestration. It holds international patents for organic fertilizers and biochar machines that replace chemical fertilizers and pesticides entirely. And it works alongside Egypt’s National Council for Women to bring rural women into organic farming and decent work at equal wages.
The arc runs from a Cairo design studio to the conference rooms of COP27, Abu Dhabi, and Monaco. The thread that holds it together is a single belief: environmental degradation and poverty are two sides of the same coin, and food security is fundamental to political stability.
Founder & CEO, RAMSCO Egypt · Chairperson, Oasis Technologies (Monaco) · Partner, Mansour Group
Rawya Mansour is an Egyptian businesswoman and entrepreneur, the CEO of RAMSCO Egypt for Building & Construction of Eco-villages and of Oasis Technologies Monaco. She is a renowned environmental activist specializing in regenerative agriculture, and a pioneer in sustainable development.
She is a Partner of the Mansour Group, and a partner and board member of Ertekaa for Solid Waste Management Egypt. She heads the RAMSCO Foundation for Sustainable Development, a research center focused on regenerative agriculture and organic farming across a fully integrated supply chain.
She holds international patents for the production of organic fertilizers and agricultural biochar technologies — full replacements for chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
Seven entities across two countries, working as one system — design, trade, eco-villages, technology, research, biotech, and a foundation for women’s empowerment.
The original design practice — the studio that started the journey.
The first trading arm, which evolved into the eco-villages company below.
The operating farm and eco-village company. 50 employees · 30 vegetable varieties · operates as a carbon sink.
A research center for regenerative agriculture and organic farming.
Biotech research and development — home of the Women Empowerment Initiative.
The international technology and patents arm.
Organic Agriculture for Social International Solidarity — the philanthropic arm.
Rawya Mansour serves as a partner and board member.
By 2030, RAMSCO’s model — biochar, drip irrigation, organic fertilizers, and direct rural women’s employment — can scale to:
The model addresses all 17 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It is recognized by the BRICS Businesswomen Alliance as one of the top women-empowerment practices for 2025, alongside initiatives from China and Russia.
Source: 6th Arab Water Forum keynote · Abu Dhabi · 2024Three patented systems that work as one.
A carbon-negative charcoal made by pyrolysis of agricultural waste — what would otherwise burn and pollute Egypt’s cities. Returned to soil, it locks carbon away for thousands of years while improving water retention, microbial life, and nutrient availability.
One ton of biochar in soil = three tons of CO₂ permanently removed from the atmosphere.
Microbial inoculants — bacteria, algae, and fungi — that fix nitrogen, dissolve phosphorus and potassium, and build healthy soil flora. A full replacement for chemical fertilizers, patented internationally.
Animal waste, decomposing plants, food waste, and recycled organic materials, returned to the soil as nutrient-dense compost. It closes the loop on agricultural waste and city pollution at the same time.
Measured against our own operations — not claimed, counted.
Local, regional, and global — the public record, by year.
UNIDO keynote speaker on the green economy for Arab countries, invited as an honorary guest.
↳ United Nations Industrial Development OrganizationGlobal Award for Entrepreneurship — the top global honor, for agricultural-waste recycling that addresses all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
↳ Int’l Federation of Women in Business (BPW)African Female Leader of the Year — the sole Egyptian woman on the shortlist.
↳ African Leaders MagazineRAMSCO Women Empowerment Initiative named a BRICS Businesswomen Alliance Top Practice.
↳ BRICS Businesswomen AllianceArab Women of the Year, Egypt.
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