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The 5 Hottest International Money Transfer Startups

The Startup Magazine

Their advocacy stemmed from its founder Dr. Ismail Ahmed’s frustrations over sending cash to his relatives in Somalia through offline, agent-based services. This financial organization was founded in 2010 and initially focused on international money transfers to migrant communities.

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[INTERVIEW] Zakaria Hersi, Founder Of Orten.io

YoungUpstarts

On one hand, he’s a tech innovator and entrepreneur whose creativity has earned him awards and accolades on two continents – Europe (Sweden, to be more exact) and Africa (eastern, and in countries like Nairobi, his native Somalia and Mauritius). On the other hand, he’s a zealous engineer of social change.

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Vacation – To Tell or Not To Tell

ithacaVC

But honestly, if someone is visiting Somalia it might impact some planning activities. I would seem to me that knowing at least a month in advance is probably best. Knowing where they are going would be good (but some folks might find that intrusive). As I write this, it all sounds like common sense.

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Why the Navy Needs Disruption Now (part 2 of 2)

Steve Blank

For targets over uncontested airspace (Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Libya, etc.) The primary roles of the 44 F/A-18 strike fighters that form the core of the carrier’s air wing is to control the air and drop bombs on enemy targets. that’s pretty easy.

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Broken Hearts and Broken Minds

entrepreMusings

I heard America has the worse statistics (behind Somalia) on gun related murders per capita in the world. Can we feasibly check everyone that could potentially come in contact with a gun that someone is legally registering for? Probably not. Some say we should arm our teachers like they do in Israel or Switzerland.

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the world without altgate

Altgate

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Why It’s Time for Les Moonves to Go — You Can’t Charm Your Way out of Sexual Misconduct

Both Sides of the Table

The insider nature and reflective views on how empowering Warlords and turning away negotiations with enemies, for example, had worse ultimate consequences changed my perceptions on world events from Afghanistan to Pakistan to Somalia.

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