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October in Africa: Egypt stifles tech innovation, Google gets busy

The Next Web

The Egyptian government has had a busy time of late, shutting down taxi app mergers, taxing e-commerce platforms, and enforcing digital media regulation laws. Rumors have been swirling that Uber and regional equivalent Careem might be set to merge in Egypt, but it’s not going to happen.

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

Transformify

Academic Writing, Article Rewriting, Book Writing, Business Writing, Content Writing, Copy Typing, Copywriting, Editing, Report Writing, Video Editing, Email Marketing, Facebook Marketing, Marketing, Sales, Social Media Marketing, Telemarketing, SEO, Google Analytics. Business / Finance. Fundraising, Management, project budgeting, budgeting.

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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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E is for Engage

David Cohen

Social media is incredibly powerful, but it’s also incredibly dangerous as we’ve seen with recent events. I want to do this 1:1, instead of in social media marketing blasts. Eat crepes. Environment. E-sports hall of fame. E pluribus unum. Electric Vehicle. Equanimity. Entertainment. E-Techstars. Equilibrium. Eucalyptus.

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Should Your Small Business Engage In Newsjacking?

YoungUpstarts

By Jeremy Goldman, author of “ Going Social: Excite Customers, Generate Buzz, and Energize Your Brand with the Power of Social Media “ To newsjack or not to newsjack? For many young entrepreneurs and small business owners, that’s becoming an increasingly important question with respect to their social media activities.

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[Review] The Book of Business Awesome/The Book Of Business UnAwesome

YoungUpstarts

They highlight positive and negative examples of what worked – and sucked – in the fields of social media, PR, customer service, HR, branding and other related areas. With refreshing candor, Stratten’s book is laced with numerous case studies.

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American Censorship Day Is Tomorrow (11/16/11)

Feld Thoughts

It’s incredible to me that Congress would take seriously anything that censors the Internet and the American public but in the last few weeks PIPA and SOPA have burst forth with incredibly momentum, largely being underwritten by large media companies and their lobbyists.

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