Iqbal Quadir
Iqbal Quadir
Iqbal Z. Quadiris an accomplished entrepreneur and a long-time champion of the critical role of entrepreneurship and innovations in creating prosperity in low-income countries. "In 1993, before others imagined the possibility, and only one percent of Americans were using mobile phones, Quadir saw mobiles as productivity tools to lift up the poorest in the world. He worked tirelessly for over two decades to provide the poor access to mobiles and to find them other means of economic empowerment." He is...
NationalityBangladeshi
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth13 August 1958
CityJessore District, Bangladesh
CountryBangladesh
China has an almost infinite need for energy, and frankly, the world would be better off if much of that need goes in the direction of wind power.
Connectivity is productivity - whether it's in a modern office or an underdeveloped village.
In America, people buy cars, and they put very little money down. They get a car, and they go to work. The work pays them a salary; the salary allows them to pay for the car over time. The car pays for itself.
Just as entrepreneurs developed America, they can develop other countries, too.