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Sprint Like An Egyptian: A Tech Entrepreneurship Revolution in Alexandria

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Arab countries, stretching from Morocco to the Persian Gulf, have a combined population of about 350 million, with combined GDP equal to nearly 40% of China’s.). Silicon Arabia has engineers in Russia as well as Egypt.) Distributed teams can work across multiple countries in ways that make the most efficient use of human capital.

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Emerging Entrepreneurship Ecosystems: GIST Net Launches

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This public-private partnership is part of the State Department’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative to increase innovation around the world, and was launched today at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Morocco. In 2013, the global youth unemployment rate was estimated at 12.6%, or 73 million people.

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Twitter Link Roundup #284 – Late Summer Resources for Small Business, Startups, and Design!

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Poop Transplants And Microbiome Makeovers: How We’ll Engineer Our Bacteria To Feel Better crowdspring.co/1L2BAj8. Photo, Henrik Berger Jørgensen: Fès Market in Morocco. These Shooting Range Targets Show You Who’s Really On The Other End Of The Barrel crowdspring.co/1LptDVd.

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How Israel and the Arab World Connect Through Technology

David Teten

Madatech is systematically involved in promoting STEM education for Israel’s Arab minority and also has set up projects in Morocco, Ethiopia, and elsewhere. I’m just highlighting here a few companies who have made recruiting Arab engineers a focus. Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow. SUGGESTED BACKGROUND READING.

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