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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Nairobi, the capital of Nigeria, is often pointed out as the birth place of the so-called Silicon Savanah which gave the rise to the Africa’s tech scene between 2007 and 2010. Egypt is highly dependent on oil production and the economy is very sensitive to the oil price fluctuations.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

I was watching Meet the Press this morning and they put a big screen behind the guests with TweetDeck open and showing the constant stream of information about Egypt. It was 2007. Walking into an office at the London Underground and seeing every workstation open and using our product. Don’t go into VC.”. I was baffled.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

I was watching Meet the Press this morning and they put a big screen behind the guests with TweetDeck open and showing the constant stream of information about Egypt. It was 2007. Walking into an office at the London Underground and seeing every workstation open and using our product. Don’t go into VC.”. I was baffled.

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Master mobile navigation

www.netmagazine.com

With the advent of the iPhone in 2007 our concept of what it meant to access the web from a mobile device changed dramatically. That number is higher in places such as Egypt, Brazil, and South Africa, and it’s growing worldwide. And when you did so, you went right to the site, got the information you needed, and left.

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Twitter, Jobs, Democracy & The US Elections

Both Sides of the Table

As in Tunisia , Egypt , Syria & Iran. In 2011 it is too early to say what the story of the 2012 election will be, but I’m certain that social media will play a large role in it and that it won’t look like the social media campaigns of 2007-08. Social Media helps change that.

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