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

Transformify

Commenced in July 2017, The Youth Enterprise Development Fund provides start-up loans to help young entrepreneurs fund their businesses at a very early stage. Egypt is highly dependent on oil production and the economy is very sensitive to the oil price fluctuations.

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How to Sell Your Roadmap Without Selling Your Soul

Both Sides of the Table

In part one I covered the need for early-stage enterprise software companies to build up professional services staff to ensure successful implementation projects. Well, I was going for the analogy of “my friend, have I got a deal for you” that you get at a bazaar in Egypt or a stall in Mexico.

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First Annual MENA Tech Summit Launches in NY, for Investors and Entrepreneurs

David Teten

ABANA is impressed with the longstanding MENA contributions to growing the US tech sector and the surge of early stage companies taking off both in the MENA region and in the US by MENA immigrants. HOF Capital – an internationally-focused early-stage VC backed by leading corporations in 8 countries. Register here: [link].

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Battery gives back to Israeli entrepreneurial community with venture creation workshop

VC Cafe

Danny is an entrepreneur, investor and Brown University Professor of Entrepreneurship , and has recently held similar workshops in China, Egypt and Portugal. The workshop was conducted by Danny Warshay using the Socratic method.

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4 Networking Tips for New Nonprofits

Up and Running

As you begin to build up a network, you can partner with other early-stage programs that are encountering similar challenges. Take, for example, Habitat for Humanity in Egypt. Creating a nonprofit network , however, can be just as challenging as building a nonprofit.

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How Israel and the Arab World Connect Through Technology

David Teten

Markets include Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, the Arabian Gulf among others. “. Hybrid “is the most far-reaching, in-depth program for early-stage ventures led by Arabs in Israel. Our investment focus includes infrastructure, agriculture, communications, financial services, health services etc.

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Why I’m Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem

Both Sides of the Table

We’re co-leading the $6 million investment with Roger Ehrenberg at IA Ventures in NY and one of the most respected early-stage investors in the country in “big data&# companies. Or just the sheer power of people being able to self organize as they have done in Egypt, Iran or Tunisia.

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