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How Egyptian cleaning service seeks to protect migrant workers

The Egyptian startup MerMaid has digitized home cleaning and is working to ensure that migrant and refugee maids are not mistreated.
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An Egyptian online platform is offering on-demand booking of home cleaners with the aim of digitizing the market for household services as well as minimizing the possibility of mistreatment and abuse of domestic and foreign workers by homeowners.

MerMaid, a startup that was launched in July 2016, provides a location-based service that allows customers to find home cleaners in a few clicks.

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