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Iqbal Quadir dit que les téléphones portables combattent la pauvreté.

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Iqbal Quadir |

TEDGlobal 2005

• July 2005

Iqbal Quadir raconte comment son expérience d'enfant pauvre au Bangladesh, puis de banquier à New York l'a conduit à lancer une start-up opératrice de téléphonie mobile connectant 80 millions de Bangladais ruraux -- et devenir un champion du développement de bas en haut.

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Iqbal Quadir raconte comment son expérience d'enfant pauvre au Bangladesh, puis de banquier à New York l'a conduit à lancer une start-up opératrice de téléphonie mobile connectant 80 millions de Bangladais ruraux -- et devenir un champion du développement de bas en haut.

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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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