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4 keys to international expansion

TechCrunch

After an initial success helping Groupon scale internationally via a merger with Rocket’s incubation firm CityDeal, Rocket’s team have aggressively scaled businesses from Algeria to Zimbabwe — sometimes in a matter of weeks. A rush to crush an international competitor caused the demise of a would-be unicorn.

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Gulf states using COVID-19 contact tracing apps as mass surveillance tools, report says

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Photo by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images. A new study analyzing COVID-19 contact tracing apps conducted by Amnesty International has found that Bahrain and Kuwait are using their public health apps as mass surveillance tools. BBC now reports you can opt out of the show if you don’t want to run the risk of being called.).

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Egypt’s Mylerz raises $9.6M for its e-commerce fulfillment service, eyes Africa-wide growth

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As Mylerz expands to Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, Fawry, its payments partner, will come along to provide electronic payment and cash collection services. Mylerz growth funding round was led by Lorax Capital Partners, an Egypt-based private equity firm with participation from Fawry, one of the biggest e-payment companies in Egypt.

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Tunisian edtech startup GOMYCODE raises $8M to expand across Africa and the Middle East

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Within this timeline, he interned at several companies in Palo Alto, California. In addition to Tunisia, GOMYCODE is present in Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Nigeria. Yahya Bouhlel started coding in his early teens. Most of his work revolved around building apps and iPhone games.

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Asset financiers to the rescue as Bolt plans to sign-up 200,000 new drivers in Africa to meet growing demand for ride-hailing services

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Image Credits: Bolt. Image Credits: Bolt. Image Credits: Bolt. Russia’s inDriver entered Algeria, as Uber introduced PoolChance , a feature that allows riders heading the same direction to get discounted rides when they share cabs. Paddy Partridge, Africa regional director, Bolt Ride Hailing.

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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

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March 14, 2023 OpenAI launches GPT-4, available through ChatGPT Plus GPT-4 is a powerful image- and text-understanding AI model from OpenAI. The tech giant created a chatbot that some engineers are internally referring to as “Apple GPT,” but Apple has yet to determine a strategy for releasing the AI to consumers.

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