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Event Manager || Get in the Ring (GITR)

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WANT TO BE PART OF OUR TEAM? APPLY NOW! SEND YOUR CV AND PERSONAL STATEMENT TO jobs@iec-su.org Get In The Ring is a worldwide podium for startups to raise capital. The aim is to bring the most promising entrepreneurs in contact with fans (investors, customers, corporate, and more). It is a unique pitching battle where contestants come together to fight off their ideas in an actual ring. Job overview: IEC is looking for an enthusiastic Volunteer / National Service recruit to join our team as an Event Manager with a "can-do" attitude to organise our Get In The Ring event. The Event Manager will be working closely with our team members to ensure that GITR requirements, deadlines, and schedules are on track. The Event Manager will also be in
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Content Creator

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WANT TO BE PART OF OUR TEAM? APPLY NOW! SEND YOUR CV AND PERSONAL STATEMENT TO jobs@iec-su.org Content Creator Job Overview: The Digital Content Creator at IEC will play a key role in creating and delivering engaging and inspiring content across our range of digital channels. Ensuring our digital presence supports and enhances our organization values.This role requires someone who is creative and can identify, create, manage and deliver digital content using a range of techniques, across channels including website and social media.The role will work across a range of projects in the organization and therefore effective working relationships will need to be formed with various internal teams, external stakeholders and third-party suppliers. The ideal candidate will be a motivated individual who is passionate about digital marketing and producing
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Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024

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After the revolution and the challenges that the country faced during that period, it was only right for such an event to happen to highlight the power of the youth and unleash their ideas for a better Sudan. Global Entrepreneurship Week connected more than 12 different cities around Sudan gathering young Entrepreneurs and change-makers together in a roadshow full of learning, knowledge gaining, and new opportunities. GEW 2024 celebrated four distinct themes: Education, Ecosystem, Inclusion, and Policy. The event highlighted powerful voices, organizations, and ambassadors to reinforce the GEW themes and connecting key players and stakeholders. The event is organized for the 6th time by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Community (IEC) and was held for three days 21st, 22nd, and 23rd of November at the Friendship Hall. GEW 2024 Main
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Start..Connect..Impact || GEW2024 is back on 9th of November

GEW2024 , IEC general
During one week each November, thousands of events and competitions in 160 countries inspire millions to engage in entrepreneurial activity while connecting them to potential collaborators, mentors and even investors. The initiative is supported by dozens of world leaders and a network of more than 15,000 partner organizations. [caption id="attachment_251" align="aligncenter" width="386"] Moneera Yassin, IEC re-presenter[/caption] GEW Sudan will take place from the 9th to the 19th of November and will include a large number of activities and events held at different locations which will target several sectors of the community through which we hope to attract more participants, spread awareness, raise potential, and best of all, build skills and empower our society in order to build a real ecosystem of entrepreneurs, investors, innovators and job creators. GEW Sudan is
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3 Sudanese Startups Joining 150+ Startups in Singapore for GITR Investment Conference!!!

GEW2024 , GITR Sudan
From #SUDAN to the World . " we are coming for you ! " Three sudanese startups will compete in Get in the Ring Global Finals in 16 days ! They will go to #Singapore for world Finals of Startups during #GC17 and #TechInAsia . Show them some love !! IEC as National Host is sending the two national winners of the local Get In The Ring Sudan (with support by Sudatel Telecom ) to Singapore for global startups Conference next week (17,18,19) May 2024 ! The Global Conference will include : Leading investors and corporate from the region are joining the conference and are ready toexplore business opportunities with . Mentors and trainers . corporate-startup collaboration . pitching and funding rounds . Visit TechinAsia Singapore . Wain finder (represented
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BEN HOROWITZ: TO CREATE CULTURE, START A REVOLUTION

Startup Grind Khartoum
Brace yourself for the main event Name a rapper (VC) that I ain't influenced! -- Ben Horowitz, keynote at Startup Grind Global,arrived on stage wearing a T-shirt with a picture of Toussaint LOuverture and the words: General of Rebellion, emblazoned underneath. In a morning VC session,GGV Capital's Jeff Richards had cited Horowitz's book,The Hard Thing About Hard Things,noting that this book hadinspired an investorlike him - to change his mindset about being more empathic concerning the hard work that foundersgo through.For Jeff, that meant going those extra miles to help a founder secure a mortgage so that the founder had one less thing to worry about. Onstage, Horowitz tells ofToussaint LOuverture, the Haitian slave who led the only successful slavery revolt in history. To inspire the talk, he asked friendsAdmiral
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THIS MAY, CELEBRATE FEMALE FOUNDERS AROUND THE WORLD

Startup Grind Khartoum
Join Startup Grind and Comcast NBCUniversal for 75 events with female founders and investors, all around the world in 30days. In the last decade, the startup world has been gone from a hip post-college alternative to an outright global phenomenon. LAs rock stars have been pushed off the magazine covers in favor of hoodie-sporting college dropouts. The tech world has crept up on New Yorks bankers as Apple and Google became the most valuable businesses in the world - and even the fate of Washington D.C. was decided, in part, on Twitter.This world of founders prides itself in pursuing progress, nurturing a meritocracy, and celebrating diversity. So why does starting or joining a technology business still come with so many traps and challenges to women worldwide? In starting companies, the
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FILMEDIA :a company that is changing Sudanese media for good Featured on GITR.co

GITR Sudan
Media is the most power tool to convey a message or speak about a problem in a creative and engaging way. A team of young enthusiasts teamed up to create Filmedia Entertainment a company that is changing Sudanese media for good. The startup wants to open the door to the creative and innovative youth of Sudan to unleash their imagination. By reaching out to international viewers the company also want to change the negative image of Sudan around the world! What is Filmedia Entertainment and can it set a powerful message in a miniseries about daily life? Today we are together with Sarrah Kheir, the general manager of Filmedia to get the answers to all of these questions. WHAT IS FILMEDIA Filmedia produces short films, vines, mini e-series,
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5 reasons why you should attend Startup Grind Khartoum monthly events!

Startup Grind Khartoum
Startup Grind is a global community of 1,000,000 entrepreneurs . It is powered by Google for Entrepreneurs, and is active across 200 cities in 98 countries around the world. Startups values are to Give First, Make Friends and Help Others. Their entrepreneurial membership benefits by learning from the best, sharing what works, and acting as a mastermind community, par excellence.Here you will find some reason why you should attend the monthly events of startup grind in khartoum : 1)A global community you can trust Startup Grinds community is made up from 1,000,000 founders in over 200 cities and 85 countries. Though it is the largest independent startup community in the world, its also a very close-knit one. Its members are actively involved in the community in many different forms. Events,
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