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Some Reflections About Civil Society 2.0 and Why I’m Not On A Plane To Tunisia Right Now

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The post I had originally planned to publish before leaving on a plane for Tunis, Tunisia was going to be all The Women’s Enterprise for Sustainability (WES) , funded through the U.S. Needless to say, I’m sad about what is taking place in the region and disappointed that my trip to Tunisia has been rescheduled.

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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. You can read more about it on the Tunisia Team’s blog.

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

TechCrunch

After completing his studies in France and working a year for Amazon in London, Amine Bouhlel , Yahya’s older sibling, moved back to Tunisia. Amine, the company’s chief operating officer, held the title of CCO for Jumia Tunisia from 2018 to 2021. And it was one such summer in 2017 that he had the concept of GOMYCODE.

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If You Do Nothing Else, Use An Editorial Calendar and Measurement for Your Content Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: By the time you read this post, I will be in the USA from doing a training in Tunisia for NGOs and trainers who will deliver training to women entrepreneurs as part of the WES program and also improve their NGO’s use of social media. Participants at FFL Training Doing Content Strategy Brainstorm.

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Morocco’s Chari valued at $100M in bridge round as it looks to pilot BNPL services

TechCrunch

Like many startups playing in the B2B e-commerce space across the continent, Chari digitizes the largely fragmented FMCG sector in Morocco and Tunisia. Once it gets operations right in Morocco, Chari plans to expand this BNPL service to Tunisia and other French-speaking countries in Africa.

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Molotov starts its international expansion with seven African countries

TechCrunch

First, the service will be available in seven African countries, starting with Ivory Coast where it’s already live, Senegal in January, Cameroon in February, Burkina Faso in March, Tunisia in April, Guinea and Democratic Republic of Congo after that. Molotov is betting on local partnerships to launch its service in new countries.

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Chari, a Moroccan startup digitizing mom and pop stores, raises $5M at $70M valuation

TechCrunch

They never noticed such in Morocco before that, but it became evident after going back to the North African country that local mom and pop stores needed such service. Chari operates as a mobile app allowing small retailers to order products from partnering FMCG multinationals and local manufacturers and get them in less than 24 hours.

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