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IABC EMENA gives the conversation more time than the stage
Five speakers, five minutes each, then time to talk. Across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, IABC EMENA is building a professional network around what happens when communicators stop presenting and start comparing notes.
Managers wants its readers in the story
The Tunisian business magazine has spent three decades covering enterprise. Its women entrepreneurs’ programme takes that relationship beyond the page, into awards, mentoring and access to markets.
Chari
Chari is a Moroccan B2B e-commerce and fintech company that turned the country's corner grocery stores into digital customers. Through one app, the traditional shopkeepers who form the backbone of North African retail can order fast-moving consumer goods and get them delivered in under 24 hours, keep their customer credit ledgers, accept card payments, pay bills, and tap embedded financial services. Founded in 2020 by Ismael Belkhayat and Sophia Alj, Chari was the first Moroccan startup admitted to Y Combinator (S21). In October 2025 it raised a $12M Series A - the largest in Morocco's history - and became the first VC-backed Moroccan company to win a payment institution license from the central bank, the foundation for its Banking-as-a-Service platform.