TTN #543 Insights: How CIPE Supports the Digital Economy & Small Businesses During the Pandemic

Abdulwahab Alkebsi // Managing Director of Programs // & // Louisa Tomar // Global Program Officer // Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)

Abdulwahab Alkebsi and Louisa Tomar

Abdulwahab Alkebsi is the Managing Director for Programs at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). Alkebsi oversees more than 120 programs in over 55 countries and supervises a staff across nine countries, including Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Tunisia, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Ukraine, and at CIPE’s head office in Washington, DC.

Louisa Tomar is a Program Officer on the Global team at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). Tomar specializes in public policy on anti-corruption, digital economy, and digital rights. Tomar oversees cross-regional projects on democratic governance, anti-corruption compliance, and the intersection of technology and democracy.

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) is the only institution in the world that works to support democracy and to strengthen the private sector by working with local business leaders to expand the opportunity for inclusive growth through market-led solutions.

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You can find CIPE’s Digital Economy Guidebook here.
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