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

Transformify

Most young people can’t afford to study abroad without government subsidies or scholarships. To diversify the economy, the government put an emphasis on the services and sugarcane industries. Egypt is highly dependent on oil production and the economy is very sensitive to the oil price fluctuations.

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Please Help My Friend Colin Recover His Kidnapped Children #noorramsay

Both Sides of the Table

His wife created forged passports in a fake name and kidnapped his two children by illegally flying back to Cairo on Egypt Air. Colin has now won visitation rights in an Egyptian court, but Mirvat didn’t show up at the legally required meeting day / time in Egypt. Mirvat’s family is well connected in Egypt.

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Data Visualization Inspiration: Analysis To Insights To Action, Faster!

Occam's Razor

This example is about the very sad reality of the Ebola epidemic and the sadder still inaction by governments (like ours). I'm sure that information like this played a key role in getting our government, and likely others, to jump and take action when they did. China, South Africa, Egypt. Let's look at some more.

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