Kushtrim Xhakli is an internet entrepreneur and in many aspects a brilliant generalist. In terms of information technology he understands and often even manages every aspect of a project, from initial brainstorming to implementation without loosing attention to detail.
He understands the concepts very well both from a business point and technical point of view. Beyond this, Kushtrim's major skill lies in his ability to analyze businesses and industries. In June 2007, with Ipko Institute, he launched a free e-learning education portal trajnimi.com providing free access to ICT education in Kosovo. The objective was to break the existing paradigm and offer Kosovo citizens a unique opportunity to develop their ICT skills. The portal was awarded ECDL Foundation: Best Practice Award 2008 at the ECDL CEO Summit in Vienna, 22-25 October 2008.
The concepts of marketing, user-focus and new business blends together in every single new internet and new media related project and to win you need to know how they work together. Kushtrim does this in every aspect and has a great eye for why some projects succeed or fail. He is often featured in international media such as The Economist, BBC, CNN, Die Zeit, France24, and SEE Times.
Kushtrim Xhakli is currently CEO of Fast Europe Ventures. Fast Europe Ventures is mobile payment company offering monetizing services to media publishers, advertisers and application developers in partnership with mobile operators and its partners. Fast Europe Ventures is a rapidly evolving multi-headed beast with presence across Northern and Eastern Europe with special focus on Western Balkans countries where the mobile payments are emerging. From February, 2010 Fast Europe Ventures represents UpCode 2D Bar Code technology in the Balkan market.
Kushtrim Xhakli speaking at TEDxWarsaw, Warsaw, Poland. March 24, 2011.
Kushtrim Xhakli speaking at LOGIN11 Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Kushtrim Xhakli presenting at SHiFT Conference in Lisbon, Portugal about Emerging Markets. April 16, 2010. Photo by: Ton Zylstra
Jim Friars, Chairman of ECDL Foundation awards Kushtrim Xhakli the price: Best Practice Award 2008 at ECDL CEO Summit in Vienna, 22-25 October 2008. Photo: ECDL.org
Kushtrim Xhakli presents at LIFT Conference 2008 in Geneva Switzerland the successes of national portal trajnimi.com and many transformation opportunities of Kosovar market into wider market. LIFT08 was held on 6-8 February 2008, and gathers the experts of technology fields to discuss about the opportunities and challenges in connected society. Photo: Martin Kuipers.
Kushtrim Xhakli and Alban Gerguri unveil trajnimi.com portal to the audience, June 7, 2007
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"He is particularly strong at educating people to a broad range of new technologies in challenging environments. As a man of networks and of ideas, helps you in introduction to new markets in Eastern Europe and also as a way to know what inspires the next generation of European entrepreneurs", TechMe2.eu |
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"...in less than three decades he has gone through different political contexts, a war, a refugee status, a fight for his life and hope, a brief experience abroad and the return home, to a torn apart country in desperate need for some action. And that's exactly what he did: he inspired, he led, he challenged others, he provoked, he resisted... and step by step, bit by bit, he helped changed the future of so many." The Art of Life and Work |
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