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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. In 2012, the government rolled out projects aiming to create 750 000 jobs and to address the youth unemployment.

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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. What role can government agencies both in the U.S. More details. Tuesday, January 15 th : Impact Investment Roundtable – 3-4:30pm, Offices of Morgan Stanley (522 5 th Avenue).

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Victoria: Investing In Morocco’s Future

YoungUpstarts

Casablanca is also one of the largest financial centres in North Africa, as Morocco is a key participant in the Maghreb agreement that facilitates trade with its neighbours: Algeria, Libya, Mauritania and Tunisia. In cooperation with the Moroccan government, a hands-on management team guides progress and oversees fruition of the project.

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Governments or Social Networks?

Venture Chronicles

He hailed the role of the Internet in helping protestors organise recent Arab uprisings such as the revolutions in Tunisia and but insisted it must be underpinned by “values&# and “rules.&#. currency). I don’t have an answer, I am simply asking the question.

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Twitter, Jobs, Democracy & The US Elections

Both Sides of the Table

As in Tunisia , Egypt , Syria & Iran. used radio to change the way he governed, J.F.K. We want a media system where you don’t have one powerful leader who controls the media and you also don’t want a system where you have one powerful media who controls the power. Social Media helps change that.

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