IT'sAf™ 2024

There is no country in the world with greater untapped economic potential than Afghanistan

I am an Italian social entrepreneur who has lived and worked most of my life in Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Kuwait and visited over 50 other countries. Since the end of 2001, I have worked on reconstruction and development projects in Afghanistan, where I represented several foreign companies and also registered my sole proprietorship: Ivo Toniut Services Afghanistan - ITSAF. My extensive network of personal and professional relations in Central Asia, always made me a reliable reference point for foreign companies interested in doing business in/with Afghanistan and neighbouring countries by investing in, or trading with local companies. I enhance competitiveness of Afghan entrepreneurship by developing commercial ties with foreign business communities. My interests are mainly (but not only!) focused on transport infrastructure, construction, agriculture and international trade. For more information you can view my LinkedIn profile: www.linkedin.com/in/ivotoniut

Cancer and acquired disability have completely changed my life, but I don't give up and move forward

In July 2018, I was rushed from Afghanistan to a hospital in northern Italy with severe, life-threatening breathing difficulties, and I underwent emergency surgery as soon as I landed in Milan Airport. In the following days, I was diagnosed with metastatic cancer which left me permanently disabled. Since then, due to cancer treatments and disability, and then the pandemic, I have had to put my business on hold. Now I would like to return to work and trade Afghan products under my new project ITsAf 2024.