Arthur Attwell

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Arthur Attwell is the co-founder and CEO of Electric Book Works, a digital publishing and R&D company. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, EBW finds and tests ways to apply digital-publishing best practice in developing countries. Arthur's background is in educational and scholarly publishing, working for two multinational publishers before starting EBW. He was runner-up in the British Council's International Young Publishing Entrepreneur award in 2009.

Arthur was born in Durban in 1976, grew up in Amanzimtoti, White River, and Pretoria, and attended the University of Cape Town. He lives in Cape Town with his wife Michelle Matthews.