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Building digital infrastructure for developing countries with Nasrat Khalid from Aseel

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On today’s episode, host Becca Szkutak is joined by our old friend Darrell Etherington to talk with Nasrat Khalid of Aseel. Aseel started as an ecommerce company making it possible for local artisans in Afghanistan to sell to customers across the world and has evolved into working in humanitarian aid delivering emergency food supplies to people in need in Afghanistan and Turkey.

They talk about:

  • How Aseel built a digital infrastructure that made it possible for artisans to sell to customers all over the world
  • How the company shifted from ecommerce to humanitarian aid when Afghanistan went into crisis
  • The struggle to get investment when the company is considered so high-risk
  • The ethical concerns that arise when your business focuses on the world’s most vulnerable populations

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