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A15, Careem Empower Tech Startups in Egypt

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A15, Careem Empower Tech Startups in Egypt

A15, the leading technology investor, announced a strategic partnership with Careem, the car-hailing app and one of the fastest growing startups in the Middle East, that aims to support Egypt’s tech startups. The partnership was announced during the annual RiseUp Summit that took place last Friday in Downtown Cairo.

The start-up scene in Egypt has been witnessing a lot of success and growth. According to the latest study conducted by Forbes Middle East, promising Egyptian startups have been able to raise funding from VCs and angel investors of around 23.2 Million USD, something that attests to the potential of the Egyptian startup ecosystem. Startups can be a catalyst for job creation especially in Egypt, a country with 27.3% unemployment rate among its youth (from 15 to 29 years) as per the latest report from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). Both Egypt’s startup scene growth and its potential to create jobs for Egyptian youth have been the main motive and the cornerstone of this partnership between A15 and Careem. Due to the positive impact entrepreneurship has on Egypt’s society, economy and job creation; A15 and Careem believe that the time has come to collaborate by design and work together to support the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Egypt.

The partnership comes in the form of Careem being the “Official Carrier” of A15 portfolio companies and startups it invests in by empowering these new ventures through monthly free and discounted rides given to their employees. This partnership will help startups reduce operational running costs such as transportation and help increase their chances of success.

Startups can play an important role in job creation in Egypt; especially shared economy startups. “We are optimistic about this strategic partnership and see Careem as a perfect-fit for being the official carrier for A15 portfolio companies. “Careem offers the most consistent high quality service in the Car-hailing industry in Egypt” said A15’s CEO, Fadi Antaki.  “This partnership was made, well, because it makes sense, as A15 and Careem share common values around creating real products and services that positively impact Egyptians’ lives,” added Antaki. Last year, A15 invested in shared economy startups which thrive to empower and create jobs for Egyptians – such as: mumm, an online homemade food marketplace that connects home cooks with consumers, Tutorama; an online marketplace that connects parents and students with tutors in their area and Shezlong; which is an online platform that connects mental health therapists with patients.

Egyptian startups and their entrepreneurs are not dreamers anymore, these local companies have more than a dream, they have a promise to solve local problems that they understand better than anyone else does. “I personally believe in the startup scene in Egypt and I think entrepreneurial youth will be able to solve the country’s biggest problems.” Said Careem’s Managing Director, Wael El Fakhrany. “Joining forces with A15 through this strategic partnership to support tech startups makes perfect sense as A15 is the most active investor in the tech space in Egypt and its team adds more value than merely funding startups, they offer education and strategic support to increase the success rates of startups,” added El Fakhrany.  “ We see A15 as the right partner, after all we share very similar values and it became clear to us when we witnessed their investments in shared economy startups; Careem itself is a shared economy startup and a company that plans to empower 1 Million Egyptians in the next 3 years”.

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The strategic partnership between A15 and Careem to support local tech startups; was launched during RiseUp summit.

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Putin, Obama war on social media starts with unfriend on Facebook

New stage of the cold war, is it?

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Putin and Obama War on Social Networks!

The Social media war between Putin and Obama started with UnFriend, this is the action taken by Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the Facebook diplomacy with American president Barack Obama.

The unfriending comes after an official White House update about the possibility of a US-Syrian war. President Putin revealed that Obama’s updates about the Congressional debate on a possible war with Syria have annoyed him.

After unfriending, President Putin update status on profile “Something I should have done a long time ago”

Also, He said to Russia’s Pravda News Service “President Assad and I, we are the Facebook friends.  We like the same pages, we share pictures of cute women and all that.  Obama needs to lighten up on there, it’s not for serious stuff,”

President Obama’s latest posts about the possibility of the war in Syria have been reported by someone and he received a warning from Facebook that he will be prevented from posting on his profile for 24 hours.

He has also commented “Really, Putin needs to grow up.  If he didn’t like that [post], he could have just hid it from his news feed instead of creating all this Facebook drama,”

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JOE BIDEN “Vice President of the United States” announced to reports that President Obama has signed into his Twitter account to unfollow Putin.

The turmoil generated between Putin and Obama over their dispute on the Syrian crisis. Expanded to reach the social networks

 Putin and Obama on social Networks

The question now is, are we witnessing a new stage of the cold war between the two countries, will they continue the war online instead of the military tactics and old spy war?

It’s obvious that social media is really changing the game in everything, and now it’s taking over on a very high level.

Keep an eye on Digital Boom and we will keep you posted with more news and updates on the cold war and even more…  

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Amr Diab Gets Hacked on Twitter

Amr Diab’s Facebook page has announced that his twitter account has been hijacked by anonymous and now tweeting political.

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Amr Diab Was Hacked On Twitter!

Update: Amr Diab’s Facebook Page announced that “Amr Diab’s Twitter account has been restored successfully and you can follow Amr’s tweets normally now”

Amr Diab got hacked on Twitter

On Thursday 9th of Jan, Amr Diab’s Facebook page announced that Amr Diab’s Twitter account has been hacked by anonymous and now tweeting politics!

Amr Abdul-Basset Abdul-Azeez Diab  (born 11 October 1961) is an Egyptian singer and composer of pop music. He was awarded the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle East Artist, three times: 1998 for the album “Nour El Ain”, 2002 for the album “Aktrr Wahid Byhbak 2001” and 2007 for the album “El Lillady”. Amr Diab also won The African Music Awards 2009, Big Apple Music Awards; Life Achievements Awards: Best Singer of The Year in 2009, and Best Male Act in African Music Awards 2010.

He is known as the Father of Mediterranean Music He has created his own style which is often termed “Mediterranean Music” or “Mediterranean Sound”, a blend of Western and Egyptian rhythms.

In The Mediterranean in Music, David Cooper and Kevin Dawe referred to his music as “the new breed of Mediterranean music”.According to author Michael Frishkopf, Amr Diab has produced a new concept of Mediterranean music, especially in his international hit, “Nour El Ain”.

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In his analysis of The Very Best of Amr Diab album, Victor W. Valdivia of All music said: “His music melded traditional Arabic sounds and textures with Western rhythms and instruments. The mesh was dubbed Mediterranean music, and The Very Best of Amr Diab displays Diab’s superb skill in creating it.”

In 1997, he won three awards at the Annual Arabic Festival: one for Best Video, for Best Song, and for Best Artist of the Year. Diab received a Triple Platinum Award for the sales of Nour El Ain and a World Music Award in Monaco.

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Review: Sherine Ana Keteer on Social Media

Sherine ‘s new album “Ana Keter” in Social Media

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Review: Sherine Ana Keteer on Social Media

After the success of the previously shared overall analysis of Sherine’s new album “Ana Keter” and her social media presence, we decided to fulfill your requests with more details and additional insights.

The report is from Jan 15 through Jan 31, 2014; however, starting Feb, we noticed that Sherine’s team has enhanced and developed how they engage with fans on Facebook.

Still, there’s more to do; please review the slides below to know what exactly they are missing with recommendations.

Check out the report:

Key take-outs in 15 days after the launch:

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  • Album gained 11 million views in 2 weeks on YouTube
  • YouTube Channel subscribers boosted by 90K subscribers in 15 days out of 127K total subscribers overtime
  • Buzz reached 15K tweets/RTs since the launch on Twitter
  • How do people talk about the album/Sherine on Twitter?
  • People are sharing songs from YouTube & SoundCloud
  • +90% positive sentiment on Twitter
  • Sherine’s Twitter account is excellent at spreading the news about the album’s success.
  • People are tweeting the song’s lyrics.
  • Sarcastic tweets about Sherine & few songs (regular) -  Almost zero negativity about the album
  • Album teasers on Facebook created credibility for Sherine’s page, reflected in the page results after the album’s launch in the next 15 days with 92K Interactions & 312K New Likes.
  • The album received tremendous engagement on the launching date of Jan 15. However, no posts for four days after the launch negatively affected the interactions.

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Sherine Abdel Wahab’s Facebook page would have received double or maybe triple new likes and interactions if the improved posts’ quality; please find below the points taken:

  • Long updates with no extra value-added will lead to losing your fans’ interest
  • The text-only format isn’t preferred, as it is well-known that they generate less reach than other content (Facebook announcement)
  • A call to action is essential to generate leads & increase engagement
  • Each post has to have its visual, audio, or video so you can attract/engage your audiences
  • Understand the situation and act upon it, always be relevant to the time and avoid posting irrelevant content at the wrong time.
  • Revise the tone of voice in future activities.

To recap -  Overall performance is average to good -  Enhance your content formatting -  Improve the tone of voice on all networks -  Be creative to engage your fans better -  Be Consistent -  Start your SoundCloud account.

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