The rise of Egypt's technopreneurs
Khaled Ismail and Sysdsoft are shaping the way WiMax works around the globe. Ahmed Ibrahim and Karim Khorshed's EgyptNetwork is exporting SMS platforms to the region's telecom players. They're the new faces of technology: Grown in Egypt, globally competitive.
If we're looking for a model of how to transform the national economy, we could do worse than looking at South Korea.
Entrepreneurship and technology are two themes we'll never get tired of here at Business Today Egypt. On their own, they represent two essential aspects of any nation's economic progress. Combined, they are probably the most powerful force for wealth creation and socioeconomic progress available today. Think we might be overselling things just a little? Two words for you: South Korea...
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