Babak Fakhamzadeh has been working in ICT4D since before the term even existed (2001) and has never strayed far from it. He has developed expertise in combining a wide range of programming languages, both front-end and back-end, to create innovative digital solutions.

In 2007, he introduced photomarathons to Africa and, together with Ismail Farouk, won the Highway Africa New Media Award. His work was selected twice to represent Uganda at the UN World Summit Award (2011, 2012), and in 2012, he won the global competition with Eduardo Cachucho. In 2016, Babak, in collaboration with Agência Pública, won and was a runner-up for the prestigious Prêmio Jornalístico Vladimir Herzog de Anistia e Direitos Humanos. In 2017, he was again chosen to represent Brazil at the UN World Summit Award, where he emerged as a winner. That same year, other works he contributed to were nominated for the Gabriel García Márquez award and the Prêmio Petrobras de Jornalismo.

Babak's accomplishments also include being featured twice in the Guinness Book of Records (1994, 2011), having both joint (2007) and solo (2011) photography exhibitions, and pioneering what is likely the first mobile phone-based city tour (2004) as well as the first QR-code assisted smartphone-based city tour (2009). He is particularly interested in creating mobile solutions that empower individuals with the tools for urban discovery and decision-making.

His 'Lorem Ipsum' of images (2014) continues to see immense popularity, accumulating around 7 million uses per month.

Babak Fakhamzadeh graduated with a Master of Science in Mathematics (1997) and has since worked across four continents and in over a dozen countries. He is now based in Brazil.