Global Tech Panel member Cassandra Kelly @CassandraLKelly speaking at the entrepreneurial ecosystem event

Over 150 Tunisian tech entrepreneurs joined the event, which was part personal mentorship, part sharing of local and global best practices, on the basis that great entrepreneurs can come from anywhere.

Many of the mentors encouraged the entrepreneurs to take ownership of their own ecosystem and development/fundraising, and not wait for government interventions or public funds to fix known problems. Three global transitions underway provide unique opportunities, enabled by the internet: education is becoming a commodity, as is access to talent, and even access to capital - despite known barriers.

The breakfast session between women tech entrepreneurs and Global Tech Panel member Cassandra Kelly, hosted by Amel Saidane, President of Tunisian Startups, highlighted the significant extent to which the Tunisian eco-system is skewed in favor of male entrepreneurs. Women face gender-specific biases and obstacles to success, in Tunisia as everywhere, which need to be overcome.

Global Tech Panel member Oussama Ammar @daedalium @_TheFamily at the Tunis event

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The Tunisia mentoring event marked the start of a continuing conversation, with the Global Tech Panel Members and other mentors present agreeing to remain available as resources for the local Tunisian ecosystem. The women's breakfast, for example, is being transformed into a virtual women's network, co-moderated by Cassandra Kelly and Amel Saidane to start.

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