# Karim Khorshed

> Karim Khorshed is the Dubai-based co-founder and CEO of CEQUENS, the customer engagement and cloud communications company founded in January 2011. His entrepreneurial career began in 1997. Selected as an Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2019 and featured in Inc. Arabia’s 2025 Gamechangers, he leads a business whose January 2026 anniversary announcement reported more than 2,500 active customers in over 150 countries.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at CEQUENS
- **Organizations:** CEQUENS, EgyptNetwork, Endeavor
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree (field unspecified in the public listing), Tanta University
- **Known for:** Selected as an Endeavor Entrepreneur in October 2019., Featured in Inc. Arabia’s 2025 Gamechangers for his work in AI-powered customer engagement., Co-founded and leads CEQUENS, which reported more than 2,500 active customers in over 150 countries in January 2026.

## Career timeline

- **1997** — Began his entrepreneurial career; public employment listing dates his co-founder and president role at EgyptNetwork to July 1997.
- **2011-01** — Co-founded CEQUENS with Ahmed Shabrawy.
- **2019-10** — Selected as an Endeavor Entrepreneur at the 91st International Selection Panel in Istanbul.
- **2023-10** — CEQUENS announced its AI Agent.
- **2024-07** — CEQUENS GenAI Platform launch described in a July 31 GSMA announcement.
- **2025** — Featured in Inc. Arabia’s Gamechangers, published for its April/May 2025 issue.
- **2026-01** — CEQUENS marked its fifteenth anniversary.

## Achievements

- Selected as an Endeavor Entrepreneur in October 2019.
- Featured in Inc. Arabia’s 2025 Gamechangers for his work in AI-powered customer engagement.
- Co-founded and leads CEQUENS, which reported more than 2,500 active customers in over 150 countries in January 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — On October 4, CEQUENS announced recognition in QKS Group’s 2026 SPARK Matrix for CPaaS; this is a company development rather than a personal award.
- **2026-09** — On September 24, CEQUENS appointed Junaid Ahmed Country Director for Pakistan alongside his global carrier relations and partnerships responsibilities.
- **2026-01** — CEQUENS’s January 15 anniversary announcement reported 15 billion-plus customer connections since launch and platform traffic growth of more than 40 percent over the preceding year.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karimkhorshed

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Last updated: 2026-10-15