With countless success stories published habitually, many seem to fall in the same category of sudden rise to wealth and fortune prospering from early life poverty & instability. What we fail to see, are those of which come from prosperity and yet boast a sense of hunger and desire to go and make a stamp on the industry. One such story is that of Omar Khaled El Dokani. Mr. El Dokani came to limelight when building his own Tech Industry based company after diverting yet being inspired by his own father. He is the son of Khaled Abdel Aziz El Dokani, the CEO at Lafarge Africa Plc. Mr. Khaled is a successful professional and a well-established figure in the construction sector, operating for the largest cement corporation in the world, LafargeHolcim.
Digesting the footsteps laid out by his father, the young and success driven entrepreneur paved his path and built his own company. He continued to work on his business model and foundations, which led him in acquiring an estimated 30,000 USD investment deal for the base concept alone during the early development stages.
From that stage on, Mr. Omar El Dokani recruited his team and founded InterJoin Limited, a professional networking platform.
The core team consists of George Dumitru as Design Lead, Piotr Kuczynski as Tech Lead and Andris Akmentins as PM.
Laying the Foundations of InterJoin
Omar El Dokani’s company, “InterJoin”, is expected to be launched to the public in May 2021. InterJoin is a startup that is being established with a mission “to address and minimize the rate of failed business ideas due to lack of funding.” With a mindset of an entrepreneur, Mr. Omar El Dokani detected the instability of the current market and observed first-hand a decline of investments in startups due to uncertainty given the external circumstances. This proved to be a decisive factor when aligning the fundamentals of the company.
The concept that Mr. El Dokani worked on was to allow users to capitalize from a mutually beneficial exchange of services, which helps to reduce or eliminate some employment costs a business would have to incur. The CEO of the soon-to-be-launched company states, “Individuals can opt to trade their skills in return for their needed service. This is our fundamental ideology and we like to call it a service exchange, …, will give the opportunity to all types of businesses, individuals and aspiring entrepreneurs to capitalize on the mutually beneficial concept we provide, and grow & enliven their ideas regardless of financial resources.”
The platform ‘InterJoin’ offers all types of transactions as users will be able to hire and get hired via the networking startup. The company additionally prides itself on the grouping of all work-related tasks in the hope of eliminating the switching between platforms to cater to all user needs. It is speculated that users will have access to all networking tools to grow their circle along with an ability to use exclusive messaging and connecting mediums on the platform.
After Mr. El Dokani’s concept received immense appreciation following the first investment deal in the very early stages of development, he and his team have executed a fully functional prototype/MVP displayable to investors.
The CEO has called for another investment round as InterJoin nears finalization of the largest Serie A Investment Deal to come out of the Middle East. The closure of the deal will settle at what is believed to be a figure of in and around 375,000 USD.
Personal background
Omar Khaled El Dokani was born on January 16, 2002, in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian-Moroccan boy grew up in a loving environment and in a world where family values were of the highest importance. He spent his childhood traveling and living in different parts of the world, “I was fortunate enough to be able to travel & experience different cultures and parts of the world at a young age. I have to thank my parents for that. I think this played a key role in my ability to adapt to different environments and challenging circumstances.” He says.
Education
Mr. El Dokani completed his high school education at Millfield School in the United Kingdom on scholarship. Prior to this he resided in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he attended Nord Anglia International School. The CEO states he will continue his university education come 2021. He has opted to take time away from scholar education to focus on corporate growth of the company and dispatch the platform out to the general public.
Despite being of young age, the corporate youngster sets no limits to his possible achievements. His confidence and decisiveness in critical situations has allowed him to reach the milestones he set out to accomplish. “I have to give thanks to my team and the people around me every day. Not many people believed in us at the start. We were able to allocate our working capital efficiently and work resourcefully with our minimal assets. We’ve started well and we aim to continue growing and adjusting every day, especially as we scale our way up to deployment. I’m proud of what the team has accomplished so far.” He concludes.