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Hosam El Gamal has more than 25 years of professional experience in ICT both in private and public sectors.  After founding & managing several successful IT companies he was asked to bring his expertise into multi-stakeholder public policy management being selected in 2013 till Feb 2017 by the UN Sec. General to become one of 9 Global Business Representatives among the 55 MAG members advising on The Internet Governance Forum.

He is Founder and CEO of iKen, www.iken.co working in digital Transformation & industry 4.0 projects, representing a group with more than 600 specialized employees & hundreds of references, with more than 30 years of market experience. He has also been appointed by the International Chamber of Commerce as Ambassador of the Digital Economy Commission to Africa.

He was previously elected Chair of AfICTA www.aficta.africa from October 2018 to October 2020. he has been prior to that a board member since 2014 contributing to making synergy between African nations ICT industries, connecting with International ICT organizations, and advocating for Africa ICT industry (with focus on developing countries and SMEs) before the governing bodies to help shaping policies and achieving Africa 2030 SDGs. He was selected as an expert member on the advisory committee of the higher council for Egypt Digital Transformation during 2018-2019.

He was selected by the Egyptian Prime Minister in Dec 2015 and till May 2018 to chair the Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center IDSC (www.idsc.gov.eg) with the purpose of supporting the Egyptian Cabinet with required information gathering, analysis and decision support recommendations focusing on inclusive Development, citizen satisfaction, crisis management, and digital transformation.

Hossam was the Vice-Chairman of Eitesal Business Association www.eitesal.org till May 2015 (the leading Egyptian ICT Association) heading its executive office, advocating & boosting the industry business development, technical & entrepreneurship capabilities. During the same period, he was a member of the National Child Internet Safety Committee. Within the private sector, he is continuing as a Leader and a serial entrepreneur and is currently partner in INFORT Egypt www.infort.co  (previously its Managing Director), and partner in Telemed international www.telemedint.net  with market focus covering MEA

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