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African Changemaker

Alain El Hajj

Alain is an Egyptian fintech enthusiast and entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of working in the financial technology industry.

He is a strong advocate for entrepreneurship and financial Inclusion as the two main cornerstones for social and economic prosperity.

Alain is the Co-Founder and COO of Paymob, a financial technology company based in Cairo on a mission to fuel SME growth in the digital economy.


Paymob offers a payments gateway that delivers the most innovative digital payment methods to businesses of all sizes. Alain started his entrepreneurial journey while studying computer science at the American University in Cairo.

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