Campus Report :
Md. Sabur Khan Chairman, Daffodil International University and Daffodil Family represented Daffodil and Bangladesh in the grand 4 days event Global Entrepreneurship Congress- GEC 2017 held at Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa from13th to 16th March with representation of more than 170 countries.
Cyril Ramaphosa, Deputy President, Government of South Africa; Lindiwe Zulu, Minister of Small Business Development, SA; David Makhura, Premier of Gauteng; Herman Mashaba, Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Jonathan Ortmans, President of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN), Kizito Okechukwu, Executive Head of SEA Africa; leaders of business, government and civil society, development partners, along with many other dignitaries and successful entrepreneurs and guests from around the globe were also present.
Since it launched in 2009, the Global Entrepreneurship Congress is an inter-disciplinary yearly gathering of startup champions from around the world-where entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, thought leaders and policymakers work together to identify new ways of helping founders start and scale new ventures around the world.
In an occasion, Khan handed over his recently published book “A Journey towards Entrepreneurship” to Jonathan Ortmans, GEN President, who appreciated the attempt of Mr. Khan to facilitated entrepreneurship around the globe, which is also a theme of GEN.
During the congress Khan gave a vibrant interview with GEN TV where Sabur Khan focused on entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship, venture capital, startup, angel investment, etc. which was appreciated by the audience. His active participation opened up scope to flourish Daffodil and Bangladesh with many country representatives to build a large scale international networking & contacts.
