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Abwaab raises $20M Series A led by BECO Capital to expand across MENA and Pakistan

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Jordan-based online learning platform Abwaab has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round (following a $5 million seed round in March of this year), making it one of the most funded edtech startups in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan (MENAP), a region that encompasses 160 million students. Abwaab on tablet.

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Korea’s Riiid raises $175M from SoftBank to expand its AI-based learning platform to global markets

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India’s online learning platform Unacademy raises $150 million at $1.45 million students in Korea and Japan. billion valuation. It has also been partnering with third parties to expand into test prep for other exams.

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E-Mediat Day 1: A Networked Mindset To Capacity Building

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To model and practice integrating the use of social media tools and networked approaches to document, deliver, and share learning. Day 1 included a detailed project orientation as well as a design discussion about the online learning community site lead by Andrea Burton from Meedan, a partner in the project.

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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. 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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Stanford AI Lab Papers and Talks at NeurIPS 2021

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Yamins Contact : anayebi@stanford.edu Award nominations: Spotlight Presentation Links: Paper | Website Keywords : neural coding, medial entorhinal cortex, grid cells, biologically-inspired navigation, path integration, recurrent neural networks On the theory of reinforcement learning with once-per-episode feedback Authors : Niladri Chatterji, Aldo (..)

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8 founders, leaders highlight fintech and deep tech as Bristol’s top sectors

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I’m most excited by edtech and the possibility to reach and positively impact millions of students via online learning. Jerry Barnes at Bristol PE Club; Abby Frear at TechSPARK; Briony Phillips at Rocketmakers; Jack Jordan-Connelly at SETsquared. It’s weaker in hardware and fintech.

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