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
When leaders are no longer beholden to the people who elected them, corruption results and the recruitment of extremists becomes easier.
The rapid proliferation of cell phones in Afghanistan proves that anything that adds value to people's lives spreads like brushfire - and commerce is certainly a force that could add value for Afghanis.
A lot of technologies in the world were unusual in the beginning, and became standard. That's the beauty of bottom-up entrepreneurship and innovations.