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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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Aspen Institute Maghreb Investor Delegation, next week in NY and CA

David Teten

The group is about 22 people; managing directors, partners and COO’s of major investments firms in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, and Tunisia. Aspen is looking for institutional investor and entrepreneur speakers willing to share their investing insights and personal experiences. More details.

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21st Century War Propaganda: How Emerging Tech Can Help Temper the Digital War Machine

thebarefootvc

As that narrative spread on the Internet with harrowing images coming from the site, thousands of protestors mobilized from Tunisia to Jordan, with Arab leaders canceling a summit with President Biden within hours. Last week, the Middle East went further into turmoil as reports surfaced that Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza.

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