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[INTERVIEW] Zakaria Hersi, Founder Of Orten.io

YoungUpstarts

On one hand, he’s a tech innovator and entrepreneur whose creativity has earned him awards and accolades on two continents – Europe (Sweden, to be more exact) and Africa (eastern, and in countries like Nairobi, his native Somalia and Mauritius). On the other hand, he’s a zealous engineer of social change. To that end, Orten.io

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The 5 Hottest International Money Transfer Startups

The Startup Magazine

Moreover, they also have a TorFX Online program that allows you to move your money any time of the day, monitors your transfer history, and configures rate alerts. Their advocacy stemmed from its founder Dr. Ismail Ahmed’s frustrations over sending cash to his relatives in Somalia through offline, agent-based services. TransferWise.

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Why the Navy Needs Disruption Now (part 2 of 2)

Steve Blank

For targets over uncontested airspace (Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Libya, etc.) Because failure here is unacceptable, Navy Horizon 1 programs and people are managed by building repeatable and scalable processes, procedures, incentives and promotions to execute and the mission. that’s pretty easy.

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