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Akan Ismaili - Kosovo and Nation-Building
Rumi ForumFormer telecommunications entrepreneur and CEO Akan Ismaili was credentialed as the Republic of Kosovo's second Ambassador to the United States on May 2. Immediately after the NATO bombing ended in 1999, Mr. Ismaili co-founded Internet Project Kosovo (IPKO), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the use of information and communications technology as a tool to foster rebuilding and development in Kosovo. IPKO has been credited with bringing the internet to Kosovo. In 2001, IPKO split into two entities: IPKOnet and IPKO Institute, and Mr. Ismaili served as the CEO of IPKOnet, a compaRead moreShow less
Former telecommunications entrepreneur and CEO Akan Ismaili was credentialed as the Republic of Kosovo's second Ambassador to the United States on May 2.
Immediately after the NATO bombing ended in 1999, Mr. Ismaili co-founded Internet Project Kosovo (IPKO), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the use of information and communications technology as a tool to foster rebuilding and development in Kosovo. IPKO has been credited with bringing the internet to Kosovo. In 2001, IPKO split into two entities: IPKOnet and IPKO Institute, and Mr. Ismaili served as the CEO of IPKOnet, a company that expanded access to broadband, mobile, fixed telephone and television in Kosovo. Over his 10 year tenure, IPKO became a modern enterprise and is now recognized as one of the fastest growing telecommunications companies in Europe and a fundamental pillar of the new economy in Kosovo.
During the same time, Mr. Ismaili co-founded the American University Foundation in Kosovo, which draws support from Kosovar citizens and its diaspora to establish an American-style higher education institution in Kosovo. To date, the foundation has raised more than 8 million dollars which it has used for numerous programs in conjunction with New York's Rochester Institute of Technology.
Mr. Ismaili's work has been featured by The Advocacy Project, WIRED and the New York Times.
In December 2007, the Economic Chamber of Kosova (ECK) named him "Manager of the Year."
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Immediately after the NATO bombing ended in 1999, Mr. Ismaili co-founded Internet Project Kosovo (IPKO), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the use of information and communications technology as a tool to foster rebuilding and development in Kosovo. IPKO has been credited with bringing the internet to Kosovo. In 2001, IPKO split into two entities: IPKOnet and IPKO Institute, and Mr. Ismaili served as the CEO of IPKOnet, a company that expanded access to broadband, mobile, fixed telephone and television in Kosovo. Over his 10 year tenure, IPKO became a modern enterprise and is now recognized as one of the fastest growing telecommunications companies in Europe and a fundamental pillar of the new economy in Kosovo.
During the same time, Mr. Ismaili co-founded the American University Foundation in Kosovo, which draws support from Kosovar citizens and its diaspora to establish an American-style higher education institution in Kosovo. To date, the foundation has raised more than 8 million dollars which it has used for numerous programs in conjunction with New York's Rochester Institute of Technology.
Mr. Ismaili's work has been featured by The Advocacy Project, WIRED and the New York Times.
In December 2007, the Economic Chamber of Kosova (ECK) named him "Manager of the Year."
See full event here:
http://rumiforum.org/kosovo-nation-building/
http://www.rumiforum.org, http://rumiforum.blogspot.com,
http://www.youtube.com/user/RumiForum, http://twitter.com/#!/rumiforum
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rumi-Forum/270743316210
http://picasaweb.google.com/110222538312634006729
