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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. The ‘’must have ingredients’’ of a strong start-up team are tech, product/project management, marketing, sales, and business/finance competences.

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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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How Israel and the Arab World Connect Through Technology

David Teten

I also suggest look at the UAE-Israel Technology & Finance Community/Mailing List. 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. Takwin Labs.

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