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T U N I S I A ENDE AVOR TUNISIA launched in April 2017 with key support from Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie, a leading supporter of entrepreneur- ship in the region. With a high unemployment rate among university graduates, young Tunisians are launching high-impact companies, creating jobs and strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem. A TECHCRUNCH 2016 analy- sis suggests that thousands of new companies have been formed in Tunisia over the last five years, aided by the rise of accelerators and investment in entrepre- neurship. Endeavor Tunisia is focused on supporting those businesses that have potential to grow to an international level and rein- vest back into the country. THE 74TH INTERNATIONAL SELEC TION PANEL in New York City saw the selection of Endeavor Tunisia's first company, Cognira. COGNIR A , led by Hatem Sellami and Bahadir Ustaolgu, is the first selected company to receive support from two Endeavor offices. With operations in both Tunisia and Atlanta, Cognira utilizes cognitive analytics to learn, predict, and make merchandising and supply chain recommen- dations for retailers. entrepreneurs 2 Companies 1 Flag Founded 2017 T U R K E Y ENDE AVOR TURK E Y, together with Habitat for Youth, Turkish Exporters Assembly and The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges, was selected to host the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Istanbul on April 16–19, 2018, an event drawing 3,000 participants from over 160 countries. The office also celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. IY ZICO successfully raised a Series C round for further international expansion. Led by Co-founder and CEO Babaros Özbugutu, who also sits on Endeavor Turkey's board, iyzico was also recently featured in CB Insights' "The Fintech 250" list of companies to watch in this vertical. AIRTIE S , founded by Endeavor Entrepreneur and Board Member Bülent Celebi, entered the North American market to deliver premium in-home wireless systems. In 2017, Airties announced their strategic partner- ship with Nasdaq-quoted Quantenna, the leading provider of high perfor- mance Wi-Fi solutions worldwide. y Y EM EK SEPETI , Turkey's leading online food ordering platform, was acquired by Delivery Hero with $589 million valuation in 2015—the highest exit in Turkey to date. Endeavor Entrepreneur and Board Member Nevzat Aydin topped this success with parent company Delivery Hero's recent IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Market in 2017. entrepreneurs 48 Companies 30 Flag Founded 2007 Photo credit: Hannah Cohen Photography n e w i n 2 017 !