Belal is the co-founder and CEO of MaxAB, after getting his BASs from Virginia Tech in the States, Belal decided to join his family business and worked there for 2 years before joining the famous ride-hailing app "Careem'', then he decided to walk out of a flourishing career in the middle east's first unicorn to build an app that will transform the Egyptian B2B grocery market forever! In 2018, he teamed up with Mohamed Ben Halim (Co-founder and COO) and formed the e-commerce marketplace MaxAB.
MaxAB is one of the fastest-growing B2B businesses in the retail industry in Egypt and Morocco. It provides local underserved merchants and mom-and-pop shops with the opportunity to grow and increase their revenues while enhancing their quality of life. MaxAB also offers MaxAB Payments, a bill aggregator POS machine and mobile application that allows local merchants to accept payments for different services their end customers may look for.
Contact Links
Belal’s LinkedIn account: @Belal El-Megharbel
MaxAB’s LinkedIn account: @MaxAb
MaxAB’s Website: https://www.maxab.io/
Transcript
Ali: My guest today is Eman Hylooz, Eman is an accomplished reader and Abjjad founder which has been recognized as one of the top female entrepreneurs of the MIddle East.
Eman: Thank you Ali, it's a pleasure to be here on the show.
Ali: Why don't we start with a short walkthrough of the story of Abjjad, how it all started, and what motivated the idea?
Eman: I got the idea behind Abjjad when I was at an accelerator bootcamp in Jordan.
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