Five African entrepreneurs are among 24 high impact entrepreneurs from 12 markets, selected to join Endeavor’s global community. They were selected recently at the 91st International Selection Panel (ISP) in Istanbul, Turkey.
The ISP is the culmination of a rigorous multi-step selection process to identify high-impact entrepreneurs who demonstrate the potential to leverage Endeavor’s resources and mentorship to create large-scale wealth and jobs, and are committed to reinvesting their time and money in their local entrepreneurship ecosystems to help others take off.
The five African entrepreneurs are as follows:
- Karim Khorshed of Cequens (Egypt): Cequens is a leading cloud communication platform in the MEA region that provides Omni-Channel communication API’s enabling enterprises and developers to communicate with their customer base worldwide.
- Omar Gabr and Moataz Soliman of Instabug (Egypt): Instabug is a platform for mobile developers that helps them communicate with their users, collaborate with their teams and build better quality apps.
- Chijioke Dozie and Ngozi Dozie of Carbon (Nigeria): Carbon is a digital lending platform. By analyzing a consumer’s digital footprint, Carbon is able to assess credit-worthiness and provide short term, unsecured loans to any Nigerian with a smartphone and a bank account within 5 minutes, via a mobile app
The full list of entrepreneurs are listed here
“Over the years, even as Endeavor has evolved, our selection process has remained the same. The ISP is really where you can see the power of Endeavor’s global network in action, and the candid conversations and caliber of the entrepreneurs this week in Istanbul is a testament to that.” said Endeavor Co-founder and CEO Linda Rottenberg. “We’re thrilled to welcome the 24 new Endeavor Entrepreneurs to our high-impact global community.”
Endeavor now supports 1,992 entrepreneurs leading 1,243 companies in 35+ markets around the world.
