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Iqbal Quadir říká: Mobilními telefony proti chudobě

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Iqbal Quadir vypráví, hek ho jeho zkušenosti chudého chlapce v Bangladéši a později bankéře v New Yorku přivedly na myšlenku založit operátora mobilních telefonů spojujícího 80 milionů venkovských Bangladéšanů -- a stát se zastáncem rozvoje "zdola-nahoru".

Iqbal Quadir vypráví, hek ho jeho zkušenosti chudého chlapce v Bangladéši a později bankéře v New Yorku přivedly na myšlenku založit operátora mobilních telefonů spojujícího 80 milionů venkovských Bangladéšanů -- a stát se zastáncem rozvoje "zdola-nahoru".

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Iqbal Quadir

Founder, GrameenPhone

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Iqbal Quadir is an advocate of business as a humanitarian tool. With GrameenPhone, he brought the first commercial telecom services to poor areas of Bangladesh. His latest project will help rural entrepreneurs build power plants.

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