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Après une enfance et une jeunesse classique remplie de bonnes notes et de grandes écoles, Ismael Belkhayat commence par prendre la voie classique du consulting, en commençant sa carrière chez le fameux cabinet BCG (Boston Consulting Group). À 28 ans, suivant ce qu'il appelle un "wake-up personel", Ismael décide de tout plaquer pour rentrer au Maroc et créer sa "start-up studio".
Après deux succès entrepreneuriaux au travers de sarouty.ma et votrechauffeur.ma, mais aussi des dizaines d'échecs, Ismael décide de créer chari.co, une application qui connecte les commerçants de proximités (très sollicités au Maroc) aux "wholesalers". Les produits sont généralement livrés en moins de 24h.
Depuis sa création il y a 18 mois à peine, Chari.co connait une ascension fulgurante, avec déjà des millions en chiffre d'affaire, plusieurs levées de fonds, deux acquisitions, mais surtout, un ticket d'entrée dans le saint-graal des start-up: Y-Combinator. Ce faisant, Chari.co devient une des première start-up Marocaine à rejoindre les rangs de ce que beaucoup considère comme le meilleur start-up accelerator au monde.
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Y Combinator acquires 7 per cent of Morocco's B2B e-commerce startup Chari | Wamda
6 years ago, Lloyd Cambridge quit his job to start his entrepreneurial journey. His company, the Progress Playbook, guides young people, small business owners and even actors to put in place principles of entrepreneurship in order to help them thrive.
In this episode, we talk about the story behind the Progress Playbook, what are Lloyd's biggest lessons from working with such a diverse group of entrepreneurs, and what are Lloyd's plans for the future.
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Sawa World is a Ugandan organization that strives to provide Ugandan young people the tools they need to help them set up micro-businesses and sustain themselves economically. Through workshops, events and educational material, Sawa World has drastically switched the opportunity landscape for thousands of young people.
In this episode, I speak to Sheila Ampumuza and Paul Mugisha. Sheila is Sawa World's Uganda country director, while Paul is one of Sawa World's most successful entrepreneurs.
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Ahmad Sufian Bayram is a leading figure in refugee entrepreneurship. He is an award-winning social entrepreneur, and author focused on supporting vulnerable communities, people in conflict, and forced displacement to access entrepreneurship.
He has advised a number of international organizations, non-profits, and startup including being a board member of Techfugees, and advisor for The Human Safety Net by Generali, Spark, Dubizzle, Aliqtsadi, and more.
He has written two books, "Entrepreneurship In Conflict Zones" and "Entrepreneurship in Exile," to shed some light on the status quo of Syrian founders, in conflict zones, and as refugees in host countries.
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🇹🇳 Leila Ben-Gacem is a pioneer in the Tunisian social entrepreneurship world. She is the founder of Blue Fish “through which she designs and implements projects that improve the cultural and financial dynamic of local culture and heritage”
🥇In this podcast, we talk about what initiatives cities can take to combine preservation of local culture and tourism, as well as how to integrate skilled artisans into a globalized world.
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Public schools are, as Madhukar says, a "gatekeeper for equity". His organization, LFE, seeks to improve the quality of public school education in India through 4 main pillars: teacher development, officer development, advisory/advocacy and research/monitoring.
Madhukar and I talk about the idea behind his organization, their milestones and achievements, as well as the difficulty of running a large NGO.
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Adnane Addioudi is at the forefront of the Moroccan social entrepreneurship world. He is the co-founder and “chief visionary officer” of the Moroccan Center for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship, as well as an Ashoka Fellow.
In this podcast, Adnane talks about the ways in which social entrepreneurship can solve problems government can’t, as well as how the social entrepreneurship world is one of collaboration and innovation.
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