Ismail Ahmed (ɗan kasuwa)

Ismail Ibrahim Ahmed (Somali: Ismaciil Axmed, Arabic: إسماعيل أحمد) is a Somali-British entrepreneur and the founder and chairman of WorldRemit, a money transfer company, and director of the Sahan Foundation International. [<span title="This claim needs references to reliable secondary sources. (April 2021)">non-primary source needed</span>]

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Ahmed kuma ya girma a Somaliland, inda ya girma a garin Hargeisa .  Kafin barkewar Yaƙin basasar Somaliya, an ba Ahmed tallafin karatu na Bankin Duniya don nazarin tattalin arziki a Burtaniya a Jami'ar London. Bayan barkewar yaƙi, tare da taimakon iyalinsa an fitar da Ahmed daga Somaliland don isa Ingila a matsayin ɗan gudun hijira.  

Ahmed yana da PhD a fannin tattalin arziki daga Jami'ar London da kuma MBA daga Makarantar Kasuwanci ta London . 

 Sha'awar ma'amaloli na kudi 
Yayinda yake karatu a Burtaniya, Ahmed ya yi aiki a wasu ayyukan ɗan lokaci, gami da karɓar strawberry a Kent, kuma ya aika da kuɗi gida ga iyali a Somaliland . Benady, Alex. "Changemakers: Ismael Ahmed". London Business School. Retrieved 17 April 2020.Cahill, Petra. "This former refugee now runs a $60M tech firm". NBC News. Retrieved 17 April 2020. Ayyukan aikawa da kuɗi gida yana da mahimmanci a gare shi, yana bin al'adar sauran dangin da ke aiki a kasashen waje waɗanda suka yi haka don tallafawa waɗanda ke cikin bukata a gida a Somaliland. Koyaya farashin kuɗi da lokaci na gudanar da ma'amaloli don aika kuɗi gida ya fara zama mai hanawa, wanda ya sa Ahmed ya fara tunani idan akwai "hanya mafi kyau don yin wannan".

Ahmed ya yi aiki a aikin ci gaban aikin gona na Bankin Duniya a Hargeisa, Somaliland,   kafin ya ci gaba da aiki ga Shirin Ci Gaban Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (UNDP), inda ya taimaka wajen gudanar da aikin canja wurin kuɗi. Ya tafi wurin shugabansa tare da zargin cin hanci da rashawa da ya gano a cikin shirinsa na Somalia, "Maigidan na ya ce idan na tafi ya gabatar da fayil ɗin, ba zan sake iya aiki a cikin aikawa ba, kuma na ɗauki wannan barazanar da gaske. Na rasa aikina don gano zamba".   Daga baya an gano cewa UNDP ta bi da shi ba daidai ba kuma ta diyya na £ 200,000.

 Samar da kasuwancin canja wurin kuɗi 
Ahmed daga ƙarshe ya fara haɓaka ra'ayin ƙirƙirar tsarin canja wurin kuɗi na hannu wanda zai rage farashin mafi girma na irin waɗannan ayyuka daga bankunan da tsarin canja wurin kuɗin gargajiya. Ya ƙaddamar da WorldRemit a cikin 2010.  Ta hanyar motsa ma'amaloli zuwa wayoyin hannu, ya haifar da dama ga mutane da yawa a duniya waɗanda ba su da asusun banki amma suna iya aƙalla samun damar wayar hannu.

A watan Oktoba 2020, an sanya sunan Ahmed na farko a cikin Powerlist 2020, jerin shekara-shekara na mutane 100 mafi iko na al'adun Afirka a Burtaniya. A shekara mai zuwa, kamfaninsa ya ƙaddamar da Top 10 Mafi Girma na Afirka a cikin jerin Diaspora, don bincikawa da kuma murna da gudummawar baƙi na Afirka zuwa Amurka.
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