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

Transformify

Facing a high unemployment rate among graduates, Kenya encourages entrepreneurship in an effort to create more jobs in the technology sector. The ‘’must have ingredients’’ of a strong start-up team are tech, product/project management, marketing, sales, and business/finance competences. Business / Finance.

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Aspen Institute Maghreb Investor Delegation, next week in NY and CA

David Teten

The group is about 22 people; managing directors, partners and COO’s of major investments firms in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, and Tunisia. Monday, January 14 th : Technology Investing – 3-4:30 PM, NYU Wagner at 295 Lafayette Street (Puck Building ). What are the key sectors where social financing can have significant impact?

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