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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. I’ll be Jordan and Morocco in March, 2011).

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African tech took center stage in 2021

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But two months into 2020, the pandemic did an excellent job of lowering expectations as investment activities from local and international investors slowed down. A handful of local acquisitions and a monumental exit. Last year, the trend of seeing local companies buy each other played out and continued into 2021.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To localize Networked Nonprofit concepts to an Arab NGO context, as appropriate, for improved project outcomes. 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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African fintech Flutterwave triples valuation to over $3B after $250M Series D

TechCrunch

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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E-Mediat: Networked Capacity Building in the Middle East

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The goal is to train over 150-250 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, Morocco, and other countries and help them put social media skills into practice. Establish local networks of individuals and organizations using social media to help build stronger organizations and more participatory societies.

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Chinese battery maker Gotion begins production at first EU factory

TechNode

16 that it has begun production at its first European plant in Gottingen, Germany, and expects to begin supplying local markets next month. billion factory in Morocco and is considering setting up a joint facility for making battery cells at an annual capacity of 40 GWh with Slovakian battery startup InoBat in the eastern European country.

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E-Mediat: Reflections from the Conference in Fez, Morocco

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The conference in Morocco was a “tri-lingual event” and was translated into French, English, and Arabic, although the content and instructional design were identical to the event in Jordan. 1. Facilitating Tri-Lingual Events: Not Lost in Translation. Group Photo with Certificates. Advanced preparation is important.

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