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Sudan Croc Dispatch #1
Feb/2022
Hello there dear reader !
My name is Ahmed El-Affendi. I’m a nomadic foodie coffeeholic data journalist, writer, storyteller, data scientist, and solopreneur and I welcome you to my monthly newsletter “Sudan Croc Dispatch” where you’ll be getting your monthly cool news about business, tourism, technology, and events around Sudan in English Language. In the first issue you’ll be getting the news of two months (Jan/2022 and Feb/2022). The next monthly issues will be sent you on the 25th of each month.
Enjoy !
Travel & Tourism
Rihla Tourism Agency Adds a new destination: Port Sudan
» Sudan is Safer Than You Think The Sudans in 500 words or more!
Public transport fees to be increased by 50 Sudanese Pounds
source: Sudan Plus
Booktino
Business
How Tarneem Saeed built the largest online marketplace and fintech startup in Sudan, one of Africa’s most conflict-torn political landscapes.
An Interview with Sudanpreneur Tell us a bit about yourself? I am a rare creative soul, who has been blessed a gift of expressing herself in different formats. My aim is to use this gift and empower and inspire others and bring light and love to their lives. Tell us about your early school days?…
249 Startups launches a new incubation program
Booktino closes for maintenance
Sudanese Women Economists Association launches an awareness campaign in social media about economic issues and terminologies in Sudan
Urban Studio launched a new project: Mapping Omdurman
YouTube show by Mahgoub Sons Group “Yalla Nabda”, which raises awareness about agriculture business opportunities in Sudan ends its first season.
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US official says Sudan’s security forces are split, ‘not a monolith’, and that divisions may be preventing a wider crackdown on protesters
Finance
In partnership with United Capital Bank(UCB), Syber is issuing bank cards through their app “Syber Pay” to be delivered and activated upon delivery along with its pin code in 3 days only. The card can used inside Syber Pay app and all ATMs around Sudan.
Faisal Islamic Bank to facilitate money transfers to and from Money Gram inside Sudan
To understand why the country is unusually prone to coups, follow the money | The Economist explains
Sudan and Lebanon have lost 87% and 82% of their purchasing power between 2019 and 2021, respectively, says a recent report by the United Nations’ ESCWA.
Sudan’s central bank froze accounts of more than 200 exporters for failing to deposit revenues locally, according to a document and three people familiar with the move, as it seeks to ease a chronic squeeze on foreign currency after donors suspended billions of dollars in assistance.
Fuel prices in Sudan rose about 15% at the pumps on Sunday, adding to consumer woes in the North African country whose economy is reeling from the suspension of foreign aid after October’s coup.
Economists slammed as unworkable Sudan’s 2022 budget that seeks to more than double tax revenue to replace foreign aid suspended after October’s coup, saying it was likely to fuel more turmoil and anger against the ruling military.
Technology
Twitter enables phone authentication for Sudanese Twitter Accounts using Sudanese phone numbers starting by (+249)
TechWorks Digital Upskilling Program
Upcoming Events
TEDx will organise an event in Al-Salam Hotel on the 26th of Feb.
Status of Coronavirus
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Conclusion
Thanks for reading my newsletter that will be all for Jan/2022 and Feb/2022. Next monthly issue will be sent to you on the 25th of March/2022.
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See you next month !
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