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Mohamed Sadok Krifa has an extensive career in management and marketing and

is serving as CEO ofMSK - a high tech, organic, sustainable and environmentally

friendly shrimp farm. MSKs biological treatment of water allows water purification andreuse.

Medi Seafood & Krustacean (MSK) - Agriculture, Tunisia

Anum Imtiaz, who is currently pursuing her Masters in Environmental Engineering,

developed NANO-TECH Pvt Ltd. - an organization that specializes in design and

manufacture of high quality water filtration and treatment products using emerging

technologies to serve as barriers against harmful micro-organisms, to provide pure and

safe drinking water.

NANO-TECH - Health, Pakistan

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Last Day to Vote is

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http://bit.ly/NanoTech90

Adam Eldaba is a serial entrepreneur who founded two successful software

companies, one of which is AdvanTag. AdvanTag is a loyalty platform empowered by

social media that allows consumers to have access to the supplier base and provides

them with the ability to share rewards with friends on social networks.

AdvanTag - ICT, United Arab Emirates

http://bit.ly/advantagg

Umme Aminun Naherserves as CEO of B-Green Compost Biofertilizerand Senior

Scientific Officer for the Rice Research Institute in Bangladesh.B-Green Compost

Biofertilizer is an organic biofertilizer which increases the yield of crop by using natural

sources of phosphate rock.

B-Green Compost Biofertilizer - Agriculture, Bangladesh

http://bit.ly/BGreenCompost

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Saadia Qamar is a student at the National University of Science and Technology

and the Cofounder of Demyst - a brain computer interface designed for paralyzed

individuals that decodes brain signals. The software allows users to control computerapplications that will in turn, through a hardware circuitry, control appliances.

Demyst - Health/ICT, Pakistan

Ahmed Mansour is Cofounder ofULostIFound. ULostIFound an online global lost and

found office connecting owners or people who have lost something with people who can

help track down whats lost, and allowing both parties to post on the platform. The service

is currently available in seven languages.

ULostIFound - ICT, Egypt

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Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/Demyst90

http://bit.ly/ULostIFound

Anwar Almojarkesh started inventing devices to help people with special needs at a

young age. One of his investions is Braci. Braci is a wireless solution for the hearing

impaired that detects a broad range of sounds and alerts them through vibration and

flashing lights.

Braci - Health/ICT, Jordan

http://bit.ly/Braci

Badreddine Zebbiche is Cofounder and CEO ofGuideMe - a detection device for the

visually impaired. The device communicates between a smart phone application and

the customers shoe to detect potential obstacles in their walking path and provide audio

instruction.

GuideMe - Health/ICT, Algeria

http://bit.ly/GuideMe90

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Muhammad Jafry is Cofounder of Vehicle Cartaker - a smartphone application

that allows people whose car has broken down to find a mechanic nearby or request

onsite services. Through the platform, users are able to able to rate the services of themechanic.

Vehicle Cartaker - ICT, Pakistan

Alexander Winata has over 9 years of experience in marketing working at Procter &

Gamble and Unilever brands. He is the CEO ofBabybind - a journal that helps mothers to

get relevant information on parenting based on their baby age automatically and to share

their baby milestones instantly to family and friends with integration to social media.

Babybind - ICT, Indonesia

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Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/Cartaker

http://bit.ly/Babybind

Christian Wirawan is the mastermind behind Imagi - a B2B augmented reality mobile

application allowing shoppers visualize how an item, such as furniture, would fit in their

space. People can scan an items QR Code, and immediately see the item in either

their camera, or their photos.

Imagi - ICT, Indonesia

http://bit.ly/Imagi90

Oyehmi Begho is the mastermind behind i-Connect Project. The project is an education

solution adapted to the needs of Nigerians that provides ICT education on wheels. Buses

equipped with networked computers with internet access, locally stored curriculum

material, videos, educational training programs and certified courses.

i-Connect Project - ICT, Nigeria

http://bit.ly/IConnect

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Nizar Ben Neji, who specializes in computer engineering, is the inventor of the

QR++ concept. QR++ Service is a standard QR code offering wider storage capacity

compared to standard codes. Up to 4 megabytes of data comprised of audio and videoimages, as well as huge texts can be saved, even without internet access.

QR++ Service - ICT, Tunisia

Aroosha Baig is a student at the University of Lahore and a Cofounder ofPINK RIBBON.

PINK RIBBONis a gel designed to detect breast cancer at a very early stage by exploiting

the unique nature of cancer or tumor cells of releasing above normal temperatures. The

special properties of the gel change color with temperature change.

PINK RIBBON - Health, Pakistan

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Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/QRServCodes

http://bit.ly/PinkRibbon90

Mert Kucukozkan, who has experience in mobile and residential device as well as

data service strategies, is the founder of TaxiBUL. TaxiBUL is a mobile taxi finding

solution using location based technologies to direct taxi drivers to customers within

close proximity.

TaxiBUL - ICT, Turkey

http://bit.ly/TaxiBul

Abdesselam Guerroudj is the team lead for3EDU. 3EDU is specifically designed with

students in mind - it takes complex 3D concepts, such as certain spatial geography and

geometry, and offers a way to visualize these concepts for students through a 3D wireless

hologram projector for smartphones.

3EDU - ICT, Algeria

http://bit.ly/3EDU90

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Ala Khalifeh is the team lead forPresto Wireless and Assistant Professor at German

Jordanian University working to improve the transmission quality of voice and audio

over wireless mobile networks. Presto Wireless enables wireless data users toexperience faster speeds and higher coverage and reliability.

Presto Wireless - ICT, Jordan

Tonmoy Paul is a stdent at the University of Dhaka and serves as the Chief Marketing

and Brand Communications Officer of diaSMAH. diaSMASH Beverage is an engineered

health drink that utilizes its core ingredient, mushrooms, to reduce blood glucose and

cholesterol as well as protects against kidney disease.

diaSMASH Beverage - Health, Bangladesh

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Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/PrestoWireless

http://bit.ly/diaSmash

Snene Wassim is an Assistant Technologist at the Higher Institute of Technology

Studies and the lead for Smart Mouse. Smart Mouse is a computer mouse that

monitors employee health, by tracking their body temperature and other behavioral

indicators that would indicate that he or she is falling sick.

Smart Mouse - Health, Tunisia

http://bit.ly/SmartMouse90

Jeremi Al is a CEO ofIT Pills. IT Pills is a smart bottle equipped with an electronic system

that sends reminders to the customers to take their medications. The device can also be

set to keep a record of prescription use of the patient and allows patients to forward their

treatment plan to guide doctors in prescribing medication.

IT Pills - Health, Morocco

http://bit.ly/itPills

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Mohamed Bakry is founder and CEO ofCOR - a smart phone app that measures the

signal coverage of a provider both indoors and outdoors. The data gathered with this

app will be shared on GoogleMaps daily for outdoor coverage and indoor includingeach floor for all buildings.

Cellular Operator Reporter (COR) - ICT, Egypt

Salma Jafri is the founder ofContent Repurposing Tool. It is a software solution that

allows marketers to easily and cost-effectively reuse the content (videos, pictures, blog

posts, articles, podcasts) they already have and repackage it as brand new to increase

search visibility, traffic, SEO, and brand retention.

Content Repurposing Tool - ICT, Pakistan

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Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/CellOpRep

http://bit.ly/ContRepTool

Maha Khalaf, who specializes in developing websites for businesses, is the founder of

Chef Maha. Chef Maha is an e-catering business for healthy food. The idea is to extend

it into a healthy, environment-friendly, casual dining environment, where orders are

placed electronically using touch screens.

Chef Maha - Health, Jordan

http://bit.ly/ChefMaha

Emre Aksoy credits his business acumen to his combination of education and real world

experience. He is the inventor of Bvrjuva, a mobile catalogue and commerce application

that browses hundreds of online stores daily to pick out top quality products. Users are

able to view, like, save, share and buy the products instantly.

Bvrjuva - ICT, Turkey

http://bit.ly/BVRJUVA

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Dmytro Krasnoshtan currently works as a Research Assistant at Masdar Institute

for Science and Technology in the UAE and moonlights as an entrepreneur with such

ventures as HappiBus. HappiBus is a web platform that allows people to track buses inreal-time, check routes, and plan trip itineraries around bus routes to places of interest.

HappiBus - ICT, United Arab Emirates

Burc Taniris the CEO ofPrisync - a fully-automated competitor tracking and monitoring

application designed and developed for e-commerce companies. The application tracks

and monitors the prices and stock availabilities of competitors products and sends

notifications when there is a change in the market

Prisync - ICT, Turkey

http://bit.lyGISTTechIVote

Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/happibus

http://bit.ly/prisync

Zakaria Ben Hamouche has a MSc in Software Engineering and is the Co-Founder

ofExa.io. Exa provides services for animation studios & freelancers, by helping them

enjoy a 100x speedup in the rendering process without the fixed costs.

Exa.io - ICT, Bahrain

http://bit.ly/exaio

Tonee Ndungu is a technology enthusiast and founder of Kytabu - a textbook

subscription application that allows users to access curriculum textbooks locally stored on

a mobile payment gateway. The user is able to purchase only the part of the book that he

or she desires.

Kytabu Textbook Subscription - ICT, Kenya

http://bit.ly/kytabu

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Syed Hassan serves as Team Leader for SMART SurgiSol. SMARTSurgiSol is

working on the Tele-Surgical Training Robot & Simulator for minimally invasive surgery

is a robotic device that allows surgeons to conduct minimally invasive surgery withincreased accuracy and with potential benefits for patients.

SMART SurgiSol - Health, Pakistan

Nermin Sad, Founder ofHandasiyat.net., has over twelve years of experience working

as a freelance engineer for leading companies in Jordan. Handasiyat.net is a virtual online

office that offers tailored mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire-fighting, and technical

services for a variety of building design purposes.

Handasiyat.net - ICT, Jordan

http://bit.lyGISTTechIVote

Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/smartsurgisol

http://bit.ly/handasiyat

Mooneer El-Assaad is the Cofounder of Arab Interns - an innovative platform

designed to connect college students and fresh graduates with growing companies

in the Gulf and MENA through internships, and is set to be the Arabs first Internship

platform: Internships Made Easy.

Arab Interns - ICT, Lebanon

http://bit.ly/arabinterns

Mohammed Eliyan, the Managing Director ofSSD. SSD is a device that uses exhaled

breath to measure blood glucose. Diabetes patients must measure their blood glucose

level 3-6 times per day, and as of now blood collection is the method utilized. SSD means

diabetes with no pain.

SSD - Health, Jordan

http://bit.ly/ssd37

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Syed Nasir Alsagoffis the founder of GEMPALOCATE - a mobile application utilizing

Accelerometer, Bluetooth triangulation, WIFI triangulation and Digital Dog Whistle

in a cell phone to facilitate the search and rescue efforts for an individual trapped in acollapsed structure in the aftermath of an earthquake.

GEMPALOCATE - ICT, Malaysia

Ridwan Ridwan is the team lead for a seven person team based at Jakarta State

Polytechnic in West Java. Polytech is a machine that converts plastic waste into fuel. The

plastic will come from garbage banks, where individuals and companies will deposit their

plastic wastes for a set fee.

Polytech - Energy, Indonesia

http://bit.lyGISTTechIVote

Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/GEMPALOCATE

http://bit.ly/Polytech

Makame Mahmud, is a student at the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh who founded

HealthyCaps. HealthyCaps is the sole company in the world that will produce capsule

shells by utilizing fish fins and scales instead of pig skins and bovine hides.

HealthyCaps - Health, Bangladesh

http://bit.ly/HealthCaps

Eric Tan is the team lead of four electronic engineers working on VIPs. VIPs is a

smartphone application that reserves parking spaces. VIPs is designed to empower any

shopper to have a better shopping experience by eliminating the need to look for parking

lot.

Vehicle Intelligent Parking System (VIPs) - ICT, Malaysia

http://bit.ly/VIPark90

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Hussein AlSarabi, General Manager and Business Development manager is an

electronic engineer with an MBA from the German Jordanian University. Bangaia is

an online platform that provides integrated online and mobile applications for differentkinds of communities to help them connect, create, promote and engage.

Bangaia - ICT, Jordan

Louay A Otba, Founder, is a pharmaceuitical scientist trained at the National University of

Science in Qatar. Nobelchemist has created a chlorine-free and biodegradable product,

that disinfects water anywhere, anytime safely, easily and at very low price. There is a

prototype.

Nobelchemist - Health, Qatar

http://bit.lyGISTTechIVote

Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/Bangaia

http://bit.ly/NobelChemist

Khaled Dassouki is a founding team member of UbilityNet. UbilityNet is network

element that enables mobile customers to create and customize their own data plans

(mobile internet offers) instead of being charged by Wi-Fi network controllers (public

places that provide Wi-Fi) based on data or time usage.

UbilityNet - ICT, Lebanon

http://bit.ly/UbilityNet

Jackson Masakia is the agricultural engineer on a five person team comprising the

founding members of Mobile Farming Information System. This system enables

farmers to access via mobile phone the best agricultural practices, livestock keeping

information, production techniques and weather.

Mobile Farming Information System - Agriculture, Tanzania

http://bit.ly/MobFarmSys

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Syed Ataullah Ibrahim is serving as CEO of Teletest and currently a Bachelor

Candidate in Business Administration at the University of Dhaka. Teletest uses mobile

technology to create an affordable online interactive distance learning experience forstudents for students in Bangladesh.

Teletest - ICT, Bangladesh

Sidra Qasim is a graduate of Punjab University and the Co-CEO of Hometown.

Hometown is a startup shoe company based in Lahore, Pakistan. The company

sells handmade shoes and connects buyers with artisans from around the world.

Hometown - Other, Pakistan

http://bit.lyGISTTechIVote

Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/Teletest

http://bit.ly/Hometown90

Alex Muriu was voted among the top 25 Mobile Startup Entrepreneurs in East Africa.

He works on Farmspace Africa - an online platform for farmers to apply for loans and

vet their application through local banks. The application is then posted to Farmspace

Africas web platform for crowdsourcing from organizations and private individuals.

Farmspace Africa - Agriculture, Kenya

http://bit.ly/FarmSpace

Emmanuel Bukenya is a team lead of Mwoto Factories with years of experience in

energy consulting . Mwoto Factories Ltd is a micro franchise that specializes in energy

efficient stoves. These stoves cut household energy expenses by 50%, and in the process

of carbonizing the fuels, reduces emissions by 90%.

Mwoto Factories Ltd. - Energy, Uganda

http://bit.ly/MwotoFactory

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Brian Arfi Faridhi, Founder and CEO, has over ten years of experience in website

development. Shoop! E-Commerce Assistant is a web and mobile app that helps

small business owners sell their products directly from the cell phone. With the app,uploads to multiple marketplaces, classified ads, and platforms are done at one time.

Shoop! E-Commerce Assistant - ICT, Indonesia

Zahid Abro is a committed fair trade advocate and Co-Founder of Indus Crafts and

eTraid. eTraid is a social enterprise that brings e-commerce to the doorsteps of

marginalized artisans of Pakistan and providing them with the opportunity to directly sell

their handicrafts to ethical buyers worldwide.

eTraid - ICT, Pakistan

http://bit.lyGISTTechIVote

Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/Shoop90

http://bit.ly/Etraid90

Nehal Hassan is the founder ofPrinTete.com, a website and mobile app that allows

users to easily upload their photos for printing and framing. It is more affordable than

local photo printing station, and ships the final product to the clients address.

PrinTete.com - ICT, Egypt

http://bit.ly/PrinTete

Medhanita Renanti is a Lecturer in Diploma Program of Bogor Agricultural University.

This software would be used to identify the meaning of the infant cries with the Dunstan

Baby Language approach. Newborn babies have the ability to express their basic needs

through sounds.

Software for infant cries - ICT, Indonesia

http://bit.ly/BabyCry90

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Rizky Ario Ehas received much national and international recognitions as the CEO of

EUIS. EUIS a cloud-based application that provides information on the users home

electricity usage and offers ways to change behavior depending on the results using anon-intrusive single sensor installed in the Electricity Meter called SmarterMeter.

Electricity Usage Intelligent System (EUIS) - Energy, Indonesia

Judith Owigar is the owner ofJuaKali - an online platform that connects school youth

who have technical skills with their potential clients. These youth on the platform will also

have access to training workshops on entrepreneurship and technology skills, in order to

enable them to build their own micro enterprises.

JuaKali - ICT, Kenya

http://bit.lyGISTTechIVote

Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/EUIS90

http://bit.ly/JuaKali

Ayooluwa Alfonso has worked with a number of tech and construction startups and

has experience in the marketing field. His company, GEOSHOPPR is a hyper-local

daily deal finder platform with the aim of conducting and making possible neighborhood

commerce through various location systems to reach users.

GeoShoppr - ICT, Nigeria

http://bit.ly/GeoShoppr

Mohamed Zied Chaari is the Founder of Robot Wireless Battery Charger. Chaari

designed a system to charge the inspection robots used in oil pipelines wirelessly. This

solution reduces the cost of oil and gas companies while increasing their efficiency.

Robot Wireless Battery Charger - Energy, Tunisia

http://bit.ly/RbtBattery

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Tarikul Islam is the Founder and CEO ofFireFighter. FireFighter is a comprehensive

initial firefighting system that simultaneously enables fire extinguisher of fire affected

place, and transmits signals to the fire brigade and traffic police, so that fire brigadeforce can reach the fire affected place the fastest after a fire starts.

FireFighter - ICT, Bangladesh

Sartika Kurniali is a faculty member at BINUS University, computer and internet book

author, and a professional public speaker. He owns Property for you - a web and mobile

application portal that allows property seekers, property developers, and property agents

to find a house using interactive map with smart location based features.

Property for You - ICT, Indonesia

http://bit.lyGISTTechIVote

Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/FireFightr

http://bit.ly/Property4U

Wee Li is the Co-Founder and COO ofNetizen Testing - provides simple, affordable

and accurate usability testing for website owners who want to improve the conversion

rates of their website. This is done by showing website owners video recordings of their

crowd-sourced users displaying their behavior while accessing the clients website.

Netizen Testing - ICT, Malaysia

http://bit.ly/Netizen90

Nasser Saleh, with over 17 years of management experience, is the CEO of

MadfooatCom. MadfooatCom provides a centralized electronic bill presentation and

payment service to local markets in Jordan and the MENA region. This online service

connects banks with billers to facilitate real-time, secure bill inquiry and payment service.

MadfooatCom for ePayments - ICT, Jordan

http://bit.ly/Madfooat

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Mustapha Lakhdari is a civil engineer with professional experience in software

development and embedded system. Goutra is a system based electromechanical

device designed to measure water consumption. The device is connected to a softwareallowing the user to see a detailed report of water consumption in real time.

Goutra - Energy, Algeria

Sandra Aoun Pergola founded DAWTEC in 2003 and has since been working in

renewable energy. DAWTEC offers architectural solutions to mechanical systems without

affecting performance through its product. It transforms solar energy into thermal energy

to heat water or while preserving an aesthetic image.

DAWTEC - Energy, Lebanon

http://bit.lyGISTTechIVote

Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/Goutra

http://bit.ly/Dawtec

Pratap Kumar is the creator of Health-E-net - an online web platform that provides

patients access to doctors from the African and Asian diaspora for a second opinion on

medical diagnoses. The service allows users to retrieve and digitize their data, select

doctors to consult, mediate the consultation, and counsel patients on their next steps.

Health-E-net - Health, Kenya

http://bit.ly/HealthENet

Abdelrahim Abu Sedira has over seven years of experience in B2 Sales and B2

marketing and commercial forecasting for multinational companies. The Home Page is

an online furnishing hub. The hub allows users compare products, room designs, and

discounts using a step-by-step guide.

The Home Page - ICT, Egypt

http://bit.ly/thehomepage90

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Azm Darhas over 5 years of experience in sales and marketing that he now utilizes at

his company - Rocxial. Rocxial provides support to small businesses to sell products

through their companys Facebook page and photos. Companies are able to bypassthe Paypal payment process and sell products directly from their Facebook page.

Rocxial - ICT, Pakistan

Dr. Sajid Farooq is the CEO ofRaed Energy - a rechargeable and cordless evaporative

air cooler that is light-weight, compact and consumes just one fourth energy of

conventional air coolers while maintaining a higher RPM. It provides over two hours of

backup (charge) with an easily available 30-amps starter battery.

Raed Energy - Energy, Pakistan

http://bit.lyGISTTechIVote

Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/Rocxial

http://bit.ly/RaedEnergy

Charles Muhindo is the Founder and CEO ofBrainshare - an online web platform

that allows users to access class notes, lectures, and handouts from expert tutors. The

platform functions as an online virtual classroom, allowing teachers and students from

all over Uganda to come together and exchange resources and ideas.

BrainShare - ICT, Uganda

http://bit.ly/BrainShare90

Mostafa Farahat, Cofounder and General Manager, has a BS Archeticture Engineering

with +11 years of experience in digital field including Marketing Advertising, Web and

Mobile Design. Nafham is an online K-12 education video platform that provides five to

twenty minute crowd sourced educational videos from educators.

Nafham - ICT, Egypt

http://bit.ly/Nafham90

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Thomas Kioko is a graduate of Kenya Methodist University and project lead forEasy

Parking. Easy Parking is a mobile application that quickly allows users to locate

parking spaces in a lot. In addition, users are able to pay and reserve parking spotsthrough this online application.

Easy Parking - ICT, Kenya

Saman Hamam is one of the Gweet.com team members. Gweet.com is a web platform

that offers unique accommodations to travelers. The service is offered in Arabic, matches

people to short term rentals with local hosts who offer services such as cooking lessons

and hiking at their local farm, summer house, or home.

Gweet.com - ICT, Jordan

http://bit.lyGISTTechIVote

Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/EasyParking

http://bit.ly/Gweet

Suha Tbakhi, a third year industrial engineering student studying at the University of

Jordan is the Co-Founder ofFingers Hear Sounds. Fingers Hear Sounds is a device

to help deaf people communicate effectively by converting the vibration of sound to

pulses on the fingertips.

Fingers Hear Sounds

http://bit.ly/FingerSound

Kar Fai Choong has more than 15 years of experience in the field of information

technology and operations and has held senior management positions. He is the Founder

ofOunchTag - a cloud-based solution that enhances content of marketing collaterals by

means of an easy to create microsite and QR codes.

OunchTag - ICT, Malaysia

http://bit.ly/OunchTag

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Ali Mohsen is founder ofPaperV and Service Delivery Manager for Microsoft. PaperV

brings the concept of storytelling to social media through different platforms. Photos,

videos, and audio come together through mobile application. Users are able to instantlyshare their personal experiences with friends and family.

PaperV - ICT, Bahrain

Naim Zard is Founder and Product Manager ofZima, with over 6 years in programming,

DB, CMS. Zima is an affordable and efficient Internet Service Provider (ISP) management

system. This system is a software application that provides services for authenticating,

authorizing, and accounting of an ISPs internet bandwidth.

Zima - ICT, Lebanon

http://bit.lyGISTTechIVote

Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/PaperV90

http://bit.ly/Zima90

Md Shahidul Islam is a student at the University of Dhaka and the Founder and CEO

of Eccolizer. It is an affordable eco-friendly insecticidal fertilizer prepared from the

sugarcane bagasse using an innovative technology.

Eccolizer - Agriculture, Bangladesh

http://bit.ly/Eccolizer

Noura Sad is the Founder and CEO ofTadreesna. Tadreesna is a mobile learning service

for high school students and teachers in low income districts of the Middle East. Through a

customized elearning center, it provides supplemental educational programs for an online

community that joins students who need educational improvement with online tutors.

Tadreesna - ICT, Jordan

http://bit.ly/Tadreesna

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Tarek Matar, Co-Founder ofMAWELNA, has over 8 years of experience in the banking

sector. MAWELNA is an online platform to help entrepreneurs in the Middle East gain

seed financing. The online platform uses a hybrid payment method, both online andoffline payment options are offered, to include entrepreneurs from all over the region.

MAWELNA - ICT, Lebanon

Lojain Jibawi is the Founder and CEO of Votek Technology (iArabi Ltd). Votek

Tehnology (iArabi Ltd) is an intelligent Arabic voice-enabled virtual assistant (named

Juhaina). Features include the ability to recognize speech with 95% accuracy, understand

standard and dialectical Arabic, and work offline on mobile devices.

Votek Technology (iArabi Ltd.) - ICT, Lebanon

http://bit.lyGISTTechIVote

Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/Mawelna

http://bit.ly/Votek90

Sadeq Al Gezanea represents IraqT - a traffic monitoring application that gives drivers

real time information about traffic. The data comes from an IraqT operations center and

from crowd sourcing the traffic updates to users. The system includes automatic news

feed that informs users of alternative routes, road blocks, and security situations.

IraqT - ICT, Iraq

http://bit.ly/IraqT90

Ilker Koksal, CEO, graduated from Bilkent University with a specialty in computer

engineering. Referbase is an interactive platform that measures the vocational skills of

users. The platform then serves as bridge connecting people with specific skills to those in

need of that specific skill set.

Referbase - ICT, Turkey

http://bit.ly/Referbase

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Ahmad Barqawi, CEO, has worked with many mobile and web companies with

experience in mobile industry for five years. IArabyGames combines education and

entertainment by developing educational games for kids and students. It can be usedon the web and other smart devices.

IArabyGames - ICT, Jordan

Noureddine Laroui is the founder of Arabic skills, which is a business & vocational

E-Learning platform delivering programs in Arabic. This program targets those who cannot

access thousands of Elearning services due to their limitation in English & other foreign

languages.

Arab Skills - ICT, Algeria

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Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/IArabyGames

http://bit.ly/ArabicSkills

Nickson Nyakambi is the founder ofmHealth Innovation Centrew - a company that

intends to innovate, develop, and market ICT solutions to address the acute problems

in the African health systems. mHealth makes the latest in the science and technology

available to low-income and underserved community.

mHealth Solutions Center - Health, Kenya

http://bit.ly/mHealth90

Emmanuel Kakooza is the executive director ofK&E Company - a food and beverage

company that produces 100% natural fruit juices and soy-based products to address many

human health problems. The business also focuses on supporting local farmers through

buying their raw-materials at a fair price and encouraging them to plant more fruit trees.

K&E Company - Health/Agriculture, Uganda

http://bit.ly/KEComp

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Hiro Tien, Founder ofSocialBuzz, has successful experience founding other startups.

SocialBuzz Advertising is a virtual market place where people can connect through

an online forum to compare vocational skills from people around the globe using geo-tagging technology.

SocialBuzz Advertis ing - ICT, Brunei

Muhammad Elkharashy is the Founder of Lienzo, an online multilingual real time

collaborative tool for building business models. Lienzo aims to help e-Entrepreneurs, start-

ups and accelerators to increase their potential by providing an easy and collaborative

business generation software tool.

Lienzo - ICT, Egypt

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Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/SocialBuzz90

http://bit.ly/lienzo90

Adnan Khawaja is the Founder ofOdd Jobber. Odd Jobber is a mobile platform that

helps make odd jobs easier to find for potential workers, and thus increases income

opportunities for low skilled workers. The target odd job seekers include taxi / rickshaw

drivers, domestic workers, cooks, delivery men and construction workers.

Odd Jobber - Ideacentricity - ICT, Pakistan

http://bit.ly/oddjobber

Omar Gabris the CEO and Founder ofInstabug - a mobile application that allows users

to check feedback on a document or email instantly once reported. The application is

triggered by shaking the phone. The application allows users to highlight, annotate, and

make corrections immediately on the document.

Instabug - ICT, Egypt

http://bit.ly/Instabug

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Niyondiko Grard has over 7 years of experience as a Chemist and Technical

manager of Punch Tropical Beverage Company. Faso Soap is an anti-malaria solution

that repels mosquitos. The soap is produced from local sources and sold at anaffordable cost to low income households.

FASO Soap - Health, Burkina Faso

Mazen Salah, based on his lifelong passion for cars, founded the company StatiCap in

2012. StatiCap offers non-rotating, static wheel cap that remains static regardless of the

cars speed for purchase online. The company offers a wide variety of logos and symbols

for purchase to consumers.

Stati Cap - Energy, Jordan

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Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/FasoSoap

http://bit.ly/StatiCap

Tanju Koksolazkan is CEO ofRetireepass.com. Retireepass.com is a service aimed

to promote consumerism and public life among retirees. The company works with

cafes, restaurants and pubs to offer a 30% discount during the week during the hours

where the working and student population are not using those services.

Retireepass.com - ICT, Turkey

http://bit.ly/RetireePass

Melvin Wong, Founder ofFanXT, offers digital media platforms to sport leagues across

the world. FanXT has over 300,000 users that follow news and games through the

companys web platform. The company hopes to tap into international markets by offering

free products to sport leagues and increasing revenue through online advertisements.

FanXT - ICT, Malaysia

http://bit.ly/FanXT90

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Daniel Tonkopiy has over 9 years of experience in management consulting and is the

Founder and CEO ofX-Rift - an augmented reality mobile application. Players interact

as the shooter, hunter or hero aiming to control territories. The mobile device won BestMobile App in Europe and Central Asia in June 2013.

X-Rift - ICT, Kazakhstan

Chris Asego is Co-Founder ofWISERBridge the educational organization in rural Kenya.

Asego was the Teach for America Program Director in New York City and has teaching

experience at Harlem Village Academies. Eneza provides access to quality study material

aligned with local content using mobile devices.

Eneza Education - ICT, Kenya

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Last Day to Vote is

http://bit.ly/XRift

http://bit.ly/enezaeducation