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

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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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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This past year I had the honor of facilitating an intense training in Tunisia in January for Women Entrepreneurs that included leadership, entrepreneurship, business planning, and communications. Teach: This is my passion, my calling, and my professional work.

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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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Trainer’s Notebook: The Art of Good Openings and Closings

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You also need to challenge participants thought processes and stimulate curiosity about what you are teaching. This includes meeting and greeting people, setting up the room for interaction, getting people to move around, to be actively involved with the content, and appreciating learners. This is an exercise I used in Tunisia.

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The Power of Our Collective Professional Networks and Transdisciplinarity Learning

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” I first used this exercise in 2011 in Lebanon to kick off E-Mediat project that brought trainers and capacity builders from 5 countries in the Middle East to be trained on curriculum based on my book, the Networked Nonprofit , and interactive training techniques. .”

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E-Mediat Day 4: What does it mean to be a social media trainer?

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The national anthem from Tunisia brought tears to my eyes – in part – because feeling in which they sang it – and the team leader, Chema, has a beautiful singing voice. Honor the more advanced participants and make them teaching assistants. In the above video, Naeema Zarif. explains the how and why. &#.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

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I was introduced to lesson planning from veteran teachers and have written “lesson plans” or now that I’m an adjunct professor a syllabus for everything I teach. You may feel at first this is an “extra” step or unnecessary.