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Anou Founder Selected As An Ashoka Fellow

January 7, 2020 · In The Media

Anou Founder Selected As An Ashoka Fellow

After a year and a half vetting process, we are excited to announce The Anou Cooperative founder Dan Driscoll has been named as an Ashoka Fellow. Ashoka is a global organization that searches for and vets social entrepreneurs with systemic solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges. Dan’s v

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Artisan Leader Rabha Akkaoui Wins GroupX Business Innovation Competition!

April 21, 2015 · Behind The Scenes

Artisan Leader Rabha Akkaoui Wins GroupX Business Innovation Competition!

Rabha on the stage at X-Maroc! Earlier this week, we were surprised to learn that we were selected as a finalist for Morocco’s Group X …

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FastCompany: How An Online Artisan Marketplace Wants To Upend The World Of Fair Trade

January 31, 2015 · In The Media

FastCompany: How An Online Artisan Marketplace Wants To Upend The World Of Fair Trade

"Anou developed a language-free interface for artisans to add their own products to the site and handle their own business operations. The process works like …

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Anou Featured By NPR's Marketplace

January 31, 2015 · In The Media

Anou Featured By NPR's Marketplace

"Etsy is great for the small-time crafts-person to reach new audiences. But there one problem: If you're among the millions of artisans around the world …

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Anou Nominated for E-Commerce Site of the Year!

January 24, 2015 · In The Media

Anou Nominated for E-Commerce Site of the Year!

We were excited to learn that Anou was nominated as Morocco's e-commerce site of the year! In order to make it to the finals, Anou …

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Anou Featured in Lonely Planet’s Morocco Guidebook!

June 29, 2014 · In The Media

Anou Featured in Lonely Planet’s Morocco Guidebook!

The cover of the new Lonely Planet Guidebook features a man in front of an imposing wall of Moroccan ceramics. The artisan-focused photo is fitting …

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February 4, 2014 · In The Media

Design Sponge, Anou, and Change

The best word to describe that state of Anou's community in recent months is change. In January, we began to process of turning over the …

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