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イクバル・カディーア貧困と戦う携帯を語る

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Iqbal Quadir |

TEDGlobal 2005

• July 2005

イクバル・カディーアが、草の根開発の英雄になるまでを語ります。子供の時の貧しいバングラデシュでの出来事やニューヨークでの銀行員当時のある経験から、地方に暮らす８千万のバングラデシュ人を携帯電話でつなぐ事業を成功させる物語です。

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イクバル・カディーアが、草の根開発の英雄になるまでを語ります。子供の時の貧しいバングラデシュでの出来事やニューヨークでの銀行員当時のある経験から、地方に暮らす８千万のバングラデシュ人を携帯電話でつなぐ事業を成功させる物語です。

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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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