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To help modernize the textile industry in Egypt, siblings Fatma, Mahmoud and Mohamed El Esnawy after graduating from AUC Venture Labs founded Egyptian startup Shahbander in 2013. They wanted to connect, via a website, factories with clients who wish to buy finished products. Shahbander was Fatma’s idea. After she unsuccesfully tried to help some friends find textile products online, she decided to branch out of the corporate life and start her own business and, using her four years experience in web development and design.
