Category: Business & Economy

Khalid Al Falih : Minister of Investment. Chairman – Aramco : Saudi Arabia : Feb 2020

Khalid A. Al-Falih is the Minister of Investment, Saudi Arabia. Concurrently Chairman of Aramco.

Achievements / Honour:

-Listed in Forbes Most Powerful People for 2016

-Distinguished Alumnus Award ,Texas A & M University (2013)

-Petroleum Executive of the Year Award 2016 from Energy Intelligence

-Top 100 most powerful Arabs 2019 – Gulf Business

-The Order of the Rising Sun , Japan

Education:

-Harvard Business Program in Global Leadership (1998)

-MBA : Financial Business Adminstration, King Fahd Petroleum & Mineral Resources

-B.E. : Mechanical Engineering , Texas A&M University, USA

pix: arabnews.com

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Saudi Arabia

Lamia Tazi – CEO – Sothema, Morocco : Jan 2020

Lamia Tazi appointed as the new CEO of the Moroccan pharmaceutical company Sothema.

Other positions:

-Vice President – Moroccan Association of Pharmaceutical Industry (AMIP) / Member of Executive Board – Moroccan Association of Exporters (ASMEX) / Member of Board of Directors – National Agency for Evaluation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Scientific Research (ANEAQ)

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Morocco

Egypt – World’s Largest Exporter of Frozen Strawberries : 2019

Egypt was the world’s number one exporter of frozen strawberries in 2019, according to a report by the United Nations’ (UN) World Trade Center. 

The Egyptian Food Export Council revealed that Egyptian exports of frozen strawberries made up 20% of all global exports last year, amounting to about 140,000 tons valued at $165 million

In second place behind Egypt is Poland, who exported 94,000 tons of frozen strawberries in 2019. Mexico came in third with 84,000 tons, with Morocco coming in fourth place with 73,000 tons, and in fifth place was China with 48,000 tons.

pix: nilefm.com

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Egypt

LYOUM – Tunisian Fashion Brand – Founders Claire & Sofiane Ben Chaabane : 2011

Founded by the French and Tunisian couple Claire and Sofiane Ben Chaabane. 100% Made in Tunisia. Both for the Tunisian market and International exports.

Ready to wear Mediterranean apparel mixing Arabic and European influences with a touch of Parisian chic.

Two boutiques established in Tunisia – La Marsa and Tunis El Menzah. Plus ‘pop up’ boutiques in Paris and London.

A quarterly magazine launched titled ‘Holma’ covering the Tunisian-Mediterranean lifestyles flavouring the Lyoum brand.

www.lyoum.fr

pix : zeineb Fellah / businessnews.com.tn

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French / Tunisian

Arab World’s First Nuclear Power Plant Launched by UAE : August 2020

The United Arab Emirates became the first Arab country to produce nuclear energy . An important milestone in the country reaching their future development needs.

The Barakah Nuclear power plant was commissioned in August 2020. The plant lies on the Gulf coast , West of Abu Dhabi.

Nuclear fission has begun in the first of the 4 reactors at Barakah plant, which is supplied by South Korean technology.

The plants are developed by Emirates National Nuclear Energy Corporation (NNEC).

pix: wam.ae

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United Arab Emirates

Largest Metal Buried Bridge Span – The Shamal Bridge, Ras Al Khaimah (UAE) : March 2017

The Shamal Bridge is the largest metal buried bridge span and was achieved by the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, United Arab Emirates .

The bridge span measures 32.39 m (106.3ft) has a capacity of 2,000 vehicles per hour. The record is certified by Guinness World Records.

The project was undertaken by ViaCon Sp. zoo (Poland) as a part of the Ras Al Khaimah ring road – The Shamal Bridge

Shamal Steel Arch Bridge Ras Al Khaimah / pix: wow-rak.com

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Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Airplanes Manufacture. AVIONAV – Made in Tunisia.

Avionav manufactures small planes from start to finish in Tunisa.

Twin brothers Ferid El Kamel and Foued El Kamel launched the aircraft manufacturing startup in 2011. Their capacity is to produce about 100 planes a year.

www.avionav.net

source: avionav.net

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Tunisia

World’s 3rd Longest Driverless Metro Network : Dubai Metro, UAE

In 2009, when it opened Dubai Metro topped the list as the ‘Worlds Longest Automated Rail System’

Presently, it’s moved down after Vancouver’s Sky Train and Singapore.

The longest driverless metroline is the Dubai Metro Red Line which is 52.1 km in length. The second line, Green Line is 22.5 km which when combined with the Red Line will make it longer than the Vancouver Sky Train.

Dubai Metro is owned by Roads an Transport Authority (RTA), Dubai.

Image Credit: Gulf News Archive / gulfnews.com

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Amal Al-Agroobi – Emirati Neuro-Scientist / Filmmaker : UAE

Amal Al-Agroobi – Emirati Neuro-scientist . Documentary filmmaker, Director, Producer, Writer and Entreprenuer

Entreprenuer:

  • Founder & Owner : AlAgroobi, production company

Awards:

  • Digital Studio Awards for Best Up and Coming Filmmaker of the Year – 2013
  • Digital Studio Awards Best Production (special commendation) for The Brain That Sings – 2014
  • The People’s Choice Award at the Dubai International Film Festival – 2014
  • Women in Film and Television honored as Best New Director – 2014

Education:

M.Sc. : Neurosciences, University College, London

B.Sc : Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, U.K.

Certificate : Short film production

Certificate : Acting for film

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United Arab Emirates

Mourad Boudjellal – Founder – Soleil Production, France

French businessman, publisher and sports enthusiast.

Owner:

  • Soleil Production – French Comic Publisher
  • President – RC Toulonnous (2006-2009)
  • Former – Toulon Rugby Club

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France / French -Tunisian