Fadi Ghandour On Amazon's Acquisition Of Souq, And Why MENA Should Do MoreA veteran of the MENA ecosystem, Fadi Ghandour discusses the implications of Amazon's acquisition of Souq.com, his advice to budding entrepreneurs, and more.

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As founder and Vice Chairman of Aramex, Executive Chairman of Wamda Ventures, Managing Partner of MENA Venture Investments, as well as Founder and Chairman of Ruwwad for Development, among other various roles,Fadi Ghandourhas certainly seen the growth of entrepreneurship in the Middle East. InEntrepreneur Middle East's #EntMETalks, Ghandour discusses how the variety of startups have taken new ideas to tackle and generate solutions for nascent problems, and his views on the implications of亚马逊收购Souq.comfor the e-commerce space, the region, and the consumer. "Put your money where your mouth is, and the region needs to put money where its mouth is," he says, onwhy investors should take risks on today's startupsfor the development of the ecosystem.

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