Salah Gomaa is the CEO of Gates Hub, a Dubai-registered company. He is also an acquisition director in one of the leading DeFi (Decentralized Finance) Projects in the blockchain space. During a visit to a blockchain event in Dubai, himself and his three other business partners started Gates Hub in Dubai. Salah, along with his team, has been tackling all the hurdles that came in the way. Their goal is to help enhance the wealth and mindsets of people residing in the Middle East and Africa. They want to help ordinary people achieve extraordinary success and achievements.
Salah and his team at Gates Hub have more than 25 years of combined experience and are pioneers in the online business and blockchain space in the Middle East and Africa. During this journey, the main challenge for Gates Hub was clearing the doubts, fears, and uncertainties. However, they adapted to the changes and focused on being persistent and working with complete dedication. This thinking has brought Salah along with his team to this position.
Let’s know more about it from Salah himself through the interview below.
Explain the background of you and the company in detail.
About “Me”
My name is Salah Gomaa; I am the CEO of a Dubai registered company called Gates Hub and an acquisition director in one of the leading DeFi (Decentralized Finance) Projects in the blockchain space.
My story ( Salah Gomaa )
Following my stint with Unilever Egypt, I decided to exit the corporate world and move to entrepreneurship and e-business in 2010. My online business started growing after medium-term challenges posed by the Egyptian revolution in 2011. During my subsequent four-year stay in Nigeria, where I continued to run my online business, then I discovered the cryptocurrency space, and by 2017 I was entirely convinced that Africa and the Middle East are missing out on this “digital revolution.”
Despite many challenges and setbacks, I preserved and introduced the Digitization concept in the Middle East and expanded the reach to some African countries. My personal experiences further fueled my belief that the blockchain revolution brings about indisputable opportunities and clear potential in the MENA market.
“About Gates Hub”
Gates Hub was established by four partners who equally believe in the revolutionizing impact of the decentralized financial system. In an unexpected turn of events that changed all four partners’ lives, a visit to a blockchain event in Dubai quickly turned to the unplanned yet determined conception of Gates Hub and a permanent stay in the UAE with little else but the clothes in their suitcases. Gates Hub is a one-stop shop for financial, technological, and personal development solutions; Gates Hub is a smart gateway into the underexplored decentralized segment in both the Middle East and Africa.
Next to providing comprehensive consultancy and portfolio management services, the company aims to consolidate educational content and provide access to diversified investment programs. In doing so, it seeks to increase users’ knowledge and understanding of the digital universe and further enhance their capabilities through additional supporting knowledge, skills, and leadership camps & summits.
What are your goals?
We aim to accelerate the growth of people’s mindsets and wealth in the Middle East and Africa, markets with plenty of potential and untapped opportunities. Through a combined offering of consultancy, support, and educational services, the group looks to facilitate entry into the segment and dissolve the “fear” factor surrounding newer investment methods. Our main goal is to give an ordinary man and woman a chance to achieve extraordinary results.
What do you feel is the biggest strength of yourself/company right now?
We are pioneers in the blockchain space and online business in the Middle East and Africa with 25+ years of combined experience, introducing a new entry point into the future of investments and personal development. During the past few years, we have also built a strong community that believes in us and what we do.
What was the path you/your company took to get to where you are today?
Our Continuous knowledge and education. We believe that “The fastest way to go backwards is to stay where we are.”
Getting out of our comfort zones
We believe that “To achieve things we have never achieved before, we have to do things we have never done before.”
We stopped listening to the world.
We believe that “If we stop listening to the world, very soon the world will start listening to us.”
Growing with every challenge we faced
We believe that “Challenges are blessings and that if we stop growing, we start dying.”
Adapting to the changes
We believe that “For things to change, WE HAVE TO CHANGE.”
Why did you start (or want to be the head of) this company?
MAD (Making A Difference) was our driving force to start this company! We wanted to positively impact people’s lives with all the acquired knowledge and experiences we gained through the past few years. Through Gates Hub, information about the world of digitalization should be made accessible to all, from beginners to advanced users.
What have been the biggest challenges you’ve had to overcome?
People’s ignorance about basic Blockchain/Crypto knowledge and, of course, the FUD “Fear, Uncertainty & Doubts,” but we have been able to overcome it by providing the proper and required education.
Give us one word that describes you the best.
Persistence
What makes you excited about Mondays?
Nothing really special about Mondays! As an entrepreneur, every day for me is a Monday. Every day means a new day, a new milestone, a new opportunity, and a new challenge.
What do you value most about your culture and vision?
Advancement: We are in constant pursuit of advanced knowledge and solutions, and as pioneers in the regional market, we aim to remain ahead of new developments at all times.
Professionalism: We consistently deliver with professionalism and integrity and represent our business with confidence and skill integrity: We do not collaborate under any circumstances with unethical practices or with any resources used for illegal activities.
“Our business’s foundations are transparency, integrity, and responsible behavior.”
Excellence: We understand our community and tailor our services to reflect their best interests and needs.
Respect: We acknowledge and respect the remarkable role that the centralized industry plays in growing global investments and think of ourselves as an ally, not a competitor.
Trust: We use extensive consultation, networking, and experience to steer clear from untrusted or unauthorized sources and cultivate a no-sales culture where we build trust with the community interested in coming on board.
Tell us about a project that forced you to be innovative and creative.
It’s not actually a specific project. It’s the entire digital revolution and a decentralized world that got us super excited and innovative.
What are your company’s strategies, and how do they stand unique from your competitors?
We aim to help millions of people profit through smart investments.
To do so, we will operate on multiple fronts in parallel to reform and bolster our community’s understanding and capabilities. As such, we aim to:
- Raise awareness about the digitalization of finance – what it is, how it operates.
- Promote new means of investment and expand users’ viewpoint on what makes a good investment.
- Make the cryptocurrency world more accessible for people who do not possess the knowledge or know-how by providing opportunities to learn and execute without specialized backgrounds.
- Change people’s habits by helping them overcome their concerns, challenge their comfort zones, and encourage them to stay updated on new trends through our unique training & Leadership boot camps.
What are the key values that helped you overcome the roadblocks/challenges in your career? Tell us something about your memorable incident in your leadership?
Under promising and over-delivering, determination and consistency.
Salah Gomaa, How do you see the company changing in two years, and how do you see yourself creating that change?
The blockchain and digital space are growing rapidly, whether in the financial sector or the gaming and Metaverse space. Our main focus will be coping with those changes and maintaining our speed in learning everything new in the market.
Salah Gomaa, Where is your leadership going?
Being Pioneers in what we do, we’ve decided to keep building what we have started by launching Gates Hub here in the UAE, as it is one of the most advanced digital economies worldwide. Dubai embraced our mission. Dubai promotes blockchain adoption by encouraging Blockchain businesses to acquire their licenses through the DMCC Crypto Center. It’s amazing to see Dubai leading the way in the blockchain space.
Salah Gomaa, What services/solutions or products are offered by your company at par with the current industry standards? Tell us something about your upcoming products or services?
Gates Hub represents many gates. Currently, we are focusing on C-Gate, which is the gate to crypto and blockchain, and very soon will introduce T-Gate & D-Gate. *T-Gate (Gate to Technology) that will help in increasing adoption through our Crypto payment Gateway. *D-Gate (Gate to Development) is designed to help people overcome their fears and self-doubts and realize their full potential to become successful, happy individuals. This will be achieved by conducting a series of Leadership Bootcamps.
Financial digitalization is set to become the leader of the investment sector,
and all monetary transactions are well on their way toward embracing the digital
transformation!