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# ProTenders featured in The National

[Flo Janin](https://blog.protenders.com/author/flo-janin) *-* Nov 5, 2017 11:14:54 PM

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Karim Helal, ProTenders' founder & CEO, explains how the company's explosive growth across the region started and how he plans to further accelerate it by closing the company's first round of funding.

Read the full interview with The National at [https://www.thenational.ae/business/technology/a-construction-start-up-well-ahead-of-its-time-1.673029](https://www.thenational.ae/business/technology/a-construction-start-up-well-ahead-of-its-time-1.673029)

Topics: [Media Coverage](https://blog.protenders.com/topic/media-coverage)

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### [Flo Janin](https://blog.protenders.com/author/flo-janin)

Entrepreneur, corporate adviser and award-winning communicator, I have over 20 years experience in PR, marketing and brand strategy, consulting, corporate communications, new market entries as well as investor relations for blue chip financial corporations in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. I am bilingual, holding dual French and Australian nationality. Educated in France – where I was born, my international career includes senior corporate communications and strategic marketing positions held in Paris, Sydney, London, Dubai and Doha.

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