Tech Shift: U.S. State Department sponsors Muslim owned startups

Tech Shift: U.S. State Department sponsors Muslim owned startups

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Twelve startup entrepreneurs from Pakistan, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia and three other countries are in Chicago this week, it’s a U.S. State Department sponsored program that showcases American tech innovation. They’ve been here all week, at tech hub 1871, to pitch to U.S. investors. One of those entrepreneurs, Nermin Sa’d, CEO and Co-Founder of Handasiyat.net, joins us along with Jonathan Margolis, Deputy Secretary of State for Space, Science and Health.