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Wednesday, 21 October 2020

How Ashraf Sabry’s 20-year work experience helped him push Fawry to success

You don’t need to be at the start of your career to launch a startup: Fawry CEO had 20 years of experience in the corporate world before launching Fawry. His time with IBM and Raya gave him a better sense of the type of product he wanted to launch: one with recurring revenue streams that leverages technology. The bill payment platform was launched in 2008 and is used today by 29 mn customers.

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