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Among the top 50 African entrepreneurs, How did an Egyptian engineer establish a $3 million company?


Among the top 50 African entrepreneurs... How did an Egyptian engineer establish a $3 million company?  The field of startups is one of the vital fields in the Arab region recently, which is based mainly on filling the needs of the market in a sector of various sectors such as education, culture, health, security and others.  One of those companies that made a qualitative leap in its market value over the past years, which amounted to $3 million, was the “Kutubna” platform for personal publishing, which aims to help young writers publish their work easily and through various services that will reach a wide audience of readers.  The Sanad Agency for Monitoring and Verification of News on conducted a lengthy interview with the young Egyptian Mohamed Gamal, founder of Kutbuna Company, who was chosen among the 50 best African entrepreneurs for 2022, by Africa's Business Heroes.  Jamal talked about his journey in establishing his own company, his future goals, as well as the advantages of working in the field of entrepreneurship, and the current generation of Arab writers, stressing that he has characteristics and a special style due to the availability of many sources for ideas and a wide knowledge of different cultures, in addition to mastering Literary and academic tools in specialized works.  First of all, tell us about yourself, who is Mohamed Gamal? My name is Mohamed Gamal, founder of our book platform for personal publishing, I graduated in 2014 in the field of computer engineering, and worked for 12 years in the field of software and start-ups in the field of information technology.  Why did you decide to leave engineering and start your own company? In addition to my work in the field of engineering, I work as a fiction writer, and in 2014, I tried to publish my first work by going to more than 20 Egyptian and Arab publishing houses. It helps Arab and Egyptian youth to access personal publishing services, whether electronically, written or audio, and to profit from their business.  There are those who believe that the reading rate among young people is declining, what do you think about this matter? There are misconceptions and rumors circulated about Arabs' reluctance to read, which is completely wrong. One event such as the Cairo International Book Fair is visited annually by 5 to 6 million readers. The same is true for electronic reading platforms, where it can exceed the number of downloads of one book more than 50 thousand times.  The challenge lies in the ability to reach the reader in an easier and more diverse way by printing books on demand, producing audio books, or publishing e-books on the Internet, and this is what we are trying to provide to Arab readers in our books platform.  How do you see the level of writing of the younger generation compared to the older generations? Was the level different from previous generations, or was it just a natural development of the language? Each generation has its own style and characteristics, and we have a group of young writers today who are very beautiful and creative, given their knowledge of the world and other cultures around them.  There are many sources from which the current generation finds its ideas, such as films, drama series, documentaries, and cultural discussions through communication platforms, where it is exposed to a huge amount of narratives, in addition to mastering the language and literary and sometimes academic tools in specialized works.  Mohamed Gamal, founder of the Kutubuna platform for personal publishing, graduated in 2014 in Computer Engineering, and worked for 12 years in software and IT startups.  communication Web-sites Mohamed Jamal, founder of our book platform, graduated in 2014 in the field of computer engineering, and worked for 12 years in the field of software and startups in the field of information technology (social networking sites) How do you see the future of paper reading? Is it disappearing in favor of e-books and audiobooks? The paper book is still of special importance to the Arab reader, who always likes to read directly in it and take notes and marks about important information, in addition to keeping it in his private library, or even gifting it to his friends.  On the other hand, the e-book industry in America has not exceeded 40% of the volume of the book market, although annual expectations indicate the possibility of exceeding 50%, but so far there is no indication that paper books can disappear, it is just like the disappearance of television versus devices. Computational.  There is a famous example of the same, which is Newsweek, which celebrated the release of the last print issue of the magazine earlier, but it did not last long, and soon returned to print editions again due to the increasing demand from readers.  What are the most notable achievements of our book platform so far? Over the past 7 years, we have succeeded in publishing 1,550 printed paper books, as well as 1,850 e-books in all fields, 50 of which have been converted into audio works through various audiobook platforms.  We have a number of young writers who have managed to reach a number of prestigious cultural awards in our Arab world, such as the Sawiris Book Award, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, as well as the Mahmoud Kahil Award, and the annual iRead Award.  In 2015, our Kutubuna platform won the "mit arab competition", which was held in Kuwait at the time.  How do you see the trend among young people to establish their own companies early? There is a tendency among young people to establish their own start-up companies after graduating from university and even while they are at university, and this is very healthy because it usually entails finding solutions to tangible problems in the Arab market.  On the other hand, this should not mean that young people neglect the stage of experimentation, work in more than one place and move between different experiences, and form a wide network of relationships, so that they are in a high level of readiness before entering the largest professional stage in their career by establishing their own company.  What next steps do you hope to achieve soon? In our office, we aim to move towards the Arab world through a series of offices in the Gulf countries, in addition to designing our own audiobook platform; Which aims to convert most of our work into audio books after the success of our first experience in converting 50 books of our own works. We also aim to start establishing a series of libraries to distribute our most prominent works and the works of other publishing houses in Egypt and the Arab world.

The field of startups is one of the vital fields in the Arab region recently, which is based mainly on filling the needs of the market in a sector of various sectors such as education, culture, health, security and others.

One of those companies that made a qualitative leap in its market value over the past years, which amounted to $3 million, was the “Kutubna” platform for personal publishing, which aims to help young writers publish their work easily and through various services that will reach a wide audience of readers.

The Sanad Agency for Monitoring and Verification of News on conducted a lengthy interview with the young Egyptian Mohamed Gamal, founder of Kutbuna Company, who was chosen among the 50 best African entrepreneurs for 2022, by Africa's Business Heroes.

Jamal talked about his journey in establishing his own company, his future goals, as well as the advantages of working in the field of entrepreneurship, and the current generation of Arab writers, stressing that he has characteristics and a special style due to the availability of many sources for ideas and a wide knowledge of different cultures, in addition to mastering Literary and academic tools in specialized works.

First of all, tell us about yourself, who is Mohamed Gamal?
My name is Mohamed Gamal, founder of our book platform for personal publishing, I graduated in 2014 in the field of computer engineering, and worked for 12 years in the field of software and start-ups in the field of information technology.

Why did you decide to leave engineering and start your own company?
In addition to my work in the field of engineering, I work as a fiction writer, and in 2014, I tried to publish my first work by going to more than 20 Egyptian and Arab publishing houses. It helps Arab and Egyptian youth to access personal publishing services, whether electronically, written or audio, and to profit from their business.

There are those who believe that the reading rate among young people is declining, what do you think about this matter?
There are misconceptions and rumors circulated about Arabs' reluctance to read, which is completely wrong. One event such as the Cairo International Book Fair is visited annually by 5 to 6 million readers. The same is true for electronic reading platforms, where it can exceed the number of downloads of one book more than 50 thousand times.

The challenge lies in the ability to reach the reader in an easier and more diverse way by printing books on demand, producing audio books, or publishing e-books on the Internet, and this is what we are trying to provide to Arab readers in our books platform.

How do you see the level of writing of the younger generation compared to the older generations? Was the level different from previous generations, or was it just a natural development of the language?
Each generation has its own style and characteristics, and we have a group of young writers today who are very beautiful and creative, given their knowledge of the world and other cultures around them.

There are many sources from which the current generation finds its ideas, such as films, drama series, documentaries, and cultural discussions through communication platforms, where it is exposed to a huge amount of narratives, in addition to mastering the language and literary and sometimes academic tools in specialized works.

Mohamed Gamal, founder of the Kutubuna platform for personal publishing, graduated in 2014 in Computer Engineering, and worked for 12 years in software and IT startups.  communication Web-sites
Mohamed Jamal, founder of our book platform, graduated in 2014 in the field of computer engineering, and worked for 12 years in the field of software and startups in the field of information technology (social networking sites)
How do you see the future of paper reading? Is it disappearing in favor of e-books and audiobooks?
The paper book is still of special importance to the Arab reader, who always likes to read directly in it and take notes and marks about important information, in addition to keeping it in his private library, or even gifting it to his friends.

On the other hand, the e-book industry in America has not exceeded 40% of the volume of the book market, although annual expectations indicate the possibility of exceeding 50%, but so far there is no indication that paper books can disappear, it is just like the disappearance of television versus devices. Computational.

There is a famous example of the same, which is Newsweek, which celebrated the release of the last print issue of the magazine earlier, but it did not last long, and soon returned to print editions again due to the increasing demand from readers.

What are the most notable achievements of our book platform so far?
Over the past 7 years, we have succeeded in publishing 1,550 printed paper books, as well as 1,850 e-books in all fields, 50 of which have been converted into audio works through various audiobook platforms.

We have a number of young writers who have managed to reach a number of prestigious cultural awards in our Arab world, such as the Sawiris Book Award, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, as well as the Mahmoud Kahil Award, and the annual iRead Award.

In 2015, our Kutubuna platform won the "mit arab competition", which was held in Kuwait at the time.

How do you see the trend among young people to establish their own companies early?
There is a tendency among young people to establish their own start-up companies after graduating from university and even while they are at university, and this is very healthy because it usually entails finding solutions to tangible problems in the Arab market.

On the other hand, this should not mean that young people neglect the stage of experimentation, work in more than one place and move between different experiences, and form a wide network of relationships, so that they are in a high level of readiness before entering the largest professional stage in their career by establishing their own company.

What next steps do you hope to achieve soon?
In our office, we aim to move towards the Arab world through a series of offices in the Gulf countries, in addition to designing our own audiobook platform; Which aims to convert most of our work into audio books after the success of our first experience in converting 50 books of our own works. We also aim to start establishing a series of libraries to distribute our most prominent works and the works of other publishing houses in Egypt and the Arab world.

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