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Three Reasons Why VCs Should Be Investing in Tunisian Startups Despite being a small market in itself, the Tunisian VC opportunity should not be overlooked. Stay informed and join our daily newsletter now! Email February 8, 2021 6 min read Opinions expressed by Youre reading Entrepreneur Middle East, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. In 2019, Tunisian startups raised more from investment funds than the previous three years combined. And...

A Decade After the Arab Spring, These Activists Are Finding New Ways to Fight for Progress Time 1/12/2021 © Moises Saman—Magnum Photos for TIME The Arab Spring began in Tunisia, where 28 days of protests ended 24 years of a dictator’s rule. The next day, Jan. 15, 2011, students in Yemen called for demonstrations against the strongman there. A dictator fell in Egypt, then in Libya. A change of season appeared to be bringing democracy to an arid stretch of the planet where it had never qu...