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Yassir pulls in $150M for its super app, led by BOND

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The African startup, first launched in Algeria, has now raised $193.25 When CEO Noureddine Tayebi started Yassir, the plan was to build a super app that included services people — in the French-speaking Maghreb region consisting of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia — had little or no access to on one platform.

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

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His new job was to open a subsidiary for a French open source tech startup and that required hiring developers on the ground. In addition to Tunisia, GOMYCODE is present in Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Nigeria. It claims to have successfully placed 80% of its students through a job-placement program.

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4 keys to international expansion

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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. As a founder, it’s your job to manage financial and operational risks.

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The latest list of YC-backed companies worth over $150M is the most geographically diverse yet

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According to the accelerator, six new countries home to these companies are making their appearance for the first time : Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal, Chile, Brazil and Singapore. But you need courage to start a company versus going and doing a job. compared to its first list, which included just seven non-U.S. It’s courage,” she said.

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Women Who Tech Around the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” Using a webinar and conference call platform, we were able to bring in participants from San Francisco, Rwanda, Kenya, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt. I organized and moderated a panel called “ Women Who Tech Globally.” Unfortunately, our presenter from Lebanon had connectivity issues and was unable to present.

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

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Should we automate away all the jobs, including the fulfilling ones? The letter reads: Contemporary AI systems are now becoming human-competitive at general tasks,[3] and we must ask ourselves: Should we let machines flood our information channels with propaganda and untruth? Should we risk loss of control of our civilization?

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