Salim Akil

Salim Akil, is an entrepreneur in the MENA region and has a degree in Communications Technology Engineering. He has long focused on e-marketing and the online PR landscape. This passion led him to create the start-up Search in MENA.com, a Business search engine and b2b marketplace designed for SMEs to promote their products to customers across the MENA region.
The business search engine aims to fill the void in the Arab e-marketing by creating new channels for businesses to build their own B2B networks.
Salim is also a member in IEEE and JCI. He has participated in a number of regional entrepreneurial competitions including The Entrepreneur TV SHOW, MENA 100, TBPC, MITEF, Arabnet. His startup project was also listed in the top 30 Best Mediterranean Startups during MedVentures’ 2010 competition in Marseille, France. 
In 2013, Salim convinced Dubai Government presented by DSOA to invest in his venture, one year later; he made a $ 2 M company and sold 20 % to the crowd investors.