
Botir Arifdjanov
Co-Founder of Le Bazar Uzbekistan
Botir is serial tech entrepreneur with main focus in fintech and e-commerce. His first payment startup Paynet is one of the most well known local brands in Uzbekistan. Botir is also founder of one of the biggest payment networks in Egypt and had up and downs with several e-commerce projects in Dubai, Moscow and Istanbul. Botir’s latest e-commerce startup Lebazar.uz is recognized as #1 in Uzbekistan for last two years in a row.
Two years ago, Botir and Nigora (his spouse) started first private charity NGO “Bilim Online” to support online education in Uzbekistan. As first project, the initiative is localizing world known US based KhanAcademy.org into Uzbek. The initiative is supported by EBRD, US Embassy and many other donors and brought together hundreds of professional Uzbeks living abroad.