Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 10, 2004

There's more in the press release, and we will be expanding our efforts in Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt and Algeria. State has an active program tracking the state of human rights around the world. We are already working on the translations of Martus into Arabic and French.

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Medium Technology Section

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

In the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, digital sovereignty has become a central pillar in determining the future of nations… Continue reading on Medium

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The e-commerce platform is available in 11 markets across Africa, including Algeria, Senegal, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Uganda and Morocco. Jumia is currently the biggest e-commerce platform in Africa, leading hundreds of others, including Nigeria’s Marketplace Africa and South Africa’s Souq, and bidorbuy.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

As Mylerz expands to Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, Fawry, its payments partner, will come along to provide electronic payment and cash collection services. 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.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2021

They include Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, Seychelles and South Africa. Since the company’s expansion to Africa , it has maintained a one-sided relationship with most countries on the continent, allowing them only to send money.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

In addition to Tunisia, GOMYCODE is present in Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Nigeria. It raised $850,000 seed in October 2020. One of its investors from the seed round, Wamda Capital, doubled down in this new financing.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2020

After an initial success helping Groupon scale internationally via a merger with Rocket’s incubation firm CityDeal, Rocket’s team have aggressively scaled businesses from Algeria to Zimbabwe — sometimes in a matter of weeks. No surprise, Rocket also has a graveyard of failed companies that were victims of bad internationalization efforts.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

According to the accelerator, six new countries home to these companies are making their appearance for the first time : Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal, Chile, Brazil and Singapore. YC says 16% of the companies in its current list (44 out of 267) are based outside the U.S., compared to its first list, which included just seven non-U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Algeria’s Yassir picks up $30M to build a super app in North Africa. It’s really a wide berth where there’s lesser competition, as discussed across all our verticals. While we are operating in four countries, we want to be embedded across the region over the next year,” Ajene said.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2021

” While the acquisition signals MaxAB’s move into Morocco, it also shows the company’s entry into the Maghreb markets — Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, where there’s little or no contest. And we figured out that they’re already a perfect fit for that.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

” 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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Outside the top four countries, startups from Ghana, Algeria, Tunisia and Senegal raised the most equity funding. Partech: Nigeria represented 23% of African tech’s total equity funding. South Africa takes the second spot with 17%, Egypt at third at 16%, and Kenya at 15%. Kenya is a close second with $1.1

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2022

Russia’s inDriver entered Algeria, as Uber introduced PoolChance , a feature that allows riders heading the same direction to get discounted rides when they share cabs. China’s Didi finally made inroads into the rest of Africa after successfully operating in South Africa.

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NTEN

JUNE 28, 2010

Finally, if you saw Landon Donovan's game winning goal against Algeria , you know his reaction left a little to be desired, so we leave you with some of the best goal-scoring celebrations of all time. Now, if you haven't read the just-released book, " The Networked Nonprofit ", by Beth Kanter and Allison Fine, why the heck not?

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2020

The study analyzed a collection of contact tracing apps, which are designed to inform and monitor physical contact between people in the event someone contracts COVID-19, from 11 countries: Algeria, Bahrain, France, Iceland, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Norway, Qatar, Tunisia, and United Arab Emirates.

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The Verge

JANUARY 26, 2022

It’s a significant expansion that could keep the pressure on other streaming services like Netflix and HBO Max.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

May 30, 2023 Texas judge orders all AI-generated content must be declared and checked The Texas federal judge has added a requirement that any attorney appearing in his court must attest that “no portion of the filing was drafted by generative artificial intelligence,” or if it was, that it was checked “by a human being.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Algiers, Algeria. So if you are a tech startup founder or investor in one of these cities, or another city in MENA, please fill out our survey form here. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Amman, Jordan. Baghdad, Iraq. Beirut, Lebanon. Cairo, Egypt. Damascus, Syria. Doha, Qatar. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Gaza City, Gaza. Jerusalem, Israel.

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2020

The full list countries whose residents are now allowed entry to the EU is as follows: Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay. The list will be reviewed every two weeks.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 10, 2025

The hackers who posted the documents on Telegram said the attack was in response to alleged Moroccan harassment of Algeria on social media platforms, pledging additional cyberattacks if Algerian sites were targeted. Relations between Algeria and Morocco have recently deteriorated to historic lows.

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Recode by Vox

APRIL 9, 2025

Mahmoud Khalil, a green-card holder from Algeria who was a grad student at Columbia University, is currently sitting in custody in Louisiana after his arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

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