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We Have a Treaty…and It’s Great!

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Diplomatic leaders leaders gathered in Marrakesh, Morocco. Last month, leaders from around the world gathered in Marrakesh, Morocco, with the hope of taking a huge step forward and designing that international model. We help more than 250,000 people with print disabilities thanks to our U.S. copyright exception.

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The Road to Accessibility without Borders: Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of the Marrakesh Treaty

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One year ago, on June 28, 2013, at a diplomatic conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, the World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) agreed on a historic international copyright exception for people with print disabilities. a11y accessibility blind Bookshare copyright IP Marrakesh Treaty print disabilities visual impairment WIPO'

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Chari, a Moroccan startup digitizing mom and pop stores, raises $5M at $70M valuation

TechCrunch

Today, a new activity takes us to Morocco, where YC-backed company Chari just raised a $5 million seed round at a valuation of $70million. Rocket Internet, Global Founders Capital and P1 Ventures co-led the round, which is the largest of its kind in Morocco at the moment. Image Credits: Chari. million monthly, said Belkhayat.

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Flutterwave and PayPal collaborate to allow African merchants to accept and make payments

TechCrunch

That might be a thing of the past for some businesses as African payments company Flutterwave today is announcing a collaboration with PayPal to allow PayPal customers globally to pay African merchants through its ‘Pay with PayPal’ feature. Going by this partnership, we can expect the majority of them to be global plays.

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Nigeria’s Curacel raises funding to power insurance offerings and expand into North Africa

TechCrunch

of Africans are insured , which is less than half the global average of 6.3%, making it the least insured continent in the world. The three-year-old company is unbundling insurance products for several businesses to increase inclusion and adoption on the continent. As many as 2.8% Despite the abysmal number, there’s some good news.

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African tech took center stage in 2021

TechCrunch

Two years ago, the African tech ecosystem saw newfound attention from global players that translated to the continent’s best year of receiving venture capital. While global investors have previously invested in African startups, their activity seemed more prominent in 2021, probably because of their participation across the board.

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The First AI Center of Excellence Announced in the United Arab Emirates – Powered by DataRobot

DataRobot

” Just recently, e& enterprise entered a strategic three-year alliance with DataRobot , global AI platform provider, to launch the first AI as a Service (AlaaS) offering in the UAE, Egypt, and Morocco.