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E-Mediat: Social Media Capacity Building for NGOs in the Arab World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The project is training 300 NGOs in Jordan , Lebanon , Tunisia , Morocco , and other Arab countries to become networked ngos and use social media for civil society goals. A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund.

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

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million funding it has just secured. 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. Our immediate plan is expanding across Egypt, opening new markets and facilitating cross-border trade for our customers.

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Autochek acquires CoinAfrique to grow its footprint in Francophone Africa

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Autochek expands to North Africa after acquiring Morocco’s Kifal Auto. Autochek was previously present in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Uganda and Morocco. The company earns by charging a fee to dealers listing on its platforms, in addition to a loan facilitation commission from banks.

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African tech took center stage in 2021

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Stephen Deng, the co-founder and partner of DFS Lab, a firm that invests in digital commerce startups, serially compared the 2016 Southeast Asia funding landscape to where Africa might be in 2021, at $3 billion. What’s a record year of funding without some unicorns? billion and $2.8 These predictions weren’t entirely off the mark.

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E-Mediat: Day 2 – The Networked NGO in the Arab World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund. Shabakat Al Ordon trains young people in technical, professional and facilitation skills who then go out and create programs to train people in their communities. They’ve simplified and focused on what they do best.

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E-Mediat: Networked Capacity Building in the Middle East

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund. In addition to Zoetica, implementation partners include SMEX Beirut , TechSoup Global , and Meedan directly, plus a network of in-country teams and training partners.

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African fintech Flutterwave triples valuation to over $3B after $250M Series D

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Led by founder and CEO Olugbenga “GB” Agboola , Flutterwave facilitates cross-border payments transactions of small to large businesses in Africa via one API. After scaling its payments product across sub-Saharan Africa, Flutterwave has expanded its services up north to Egypt and Morocco. it didn’t run any operations there.

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