Roya Mahboob

Roya Mahboob is an Afghan entrepreneur and businesswoman. She is Founder and CEO of the Afghan Citadel Software Company, a full-service software development company based in Herat, Afghanistan and Digital Citizen Fund, an organization that aims to increase digital literacy and education through technology. She has received attention for being among the first IT female CEOs in Afghanistan, where it is still relatively rare for women to work outside the home. In 2013, Roya was named to TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People In The World for her work in building internet classrooms in high schools in Afghanistan and for Women's Annex, a multilingual blog and video site hosted by Film Annex. She is also known for her work with online film distribution platform and Web Television Network Film Annex on the Afghan Development Project.