Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) established its rotor blade manufacturing plant mid- october in Tangiers Automotive City, a free-trade zone.
The plant offers wind turbine blades and is the first such facility in Africa and the Middle East.
The project allows the development of a good ecosystem in the ‘renewable energy industry’.
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Morocco
Tarek Kamel established Egypt’s first connection to the Internet. FIRST national of a developing country to fill ICANN’s Senior Management position
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Egypt
A towering illuminated sculpture of a camel in Saudi Arabia has snagged the Guinness World Record for being the largest ever made.
It was unveiled at the Kingdom’s second Crown Prince Camel Festival in Taif .
The 10-meter wide and 4.65-meter high replica stands on a steel base against corrosion, and it is lit up by 51,000 lights.
The camel replica, located at the Camel Village of the Crown Prince Camel Festival, was unveiled by the President of the Saudi Camel Federation, Prince Fahd bin Jalawi.
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Saudi Arabia
Dr Nizar Ibrahim – Vertebrate Paleontologist, Comparitive Anatomist and Evolutionary Morphologist
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German / Moroccan-German
Shamal Steel Arch Bridge , Ras Al Khaimah, UAE is now the World’s longest steel bridge , certified by Guinness World Records.
It is planned to handle 2,000 vehicles per hour and includes a life expectancy of 104 years without any maintenance.
The bridge is a part of the second phase of Emirates Road as envisaged by the Ministry of Infrastructure, UAE
The former record was held by Poland’s 26m long bridge
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Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Tunisia’s golden generation of footballers became the first Arab or African nation to win a match in the World Cup.
History was made. Argentine 1978 – World Cup
Tunisia won against Mexico finishing 3-1 and history was made on June 02, 1978. Thus recording their first-ever world cup win by an Arab or African nation and in their first attempt as well.
Till that day, no Arab or African nation had ever won at the competition.
This paved the way for Algeria, Morocco and Saudi Arabia to record famous victories in future World Cups.
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Tunisia
Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber – Businessman – Founder, Chairman and CEO – MBI Group
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Book:
Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber. Yes, Arabs can too
Honours & Awards :
2002. Awarded Honorary Fellowship at the School of Oriental and African Studies
2004. Awarded Doctorate of Letters from University of Westminster
2004. Awarded Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science, from City University, London
2005. Appointed UNESCO Special Envoy for Education, Tolerance and Cultures
2005. Awarded UNESCO Medal on the occasion of the organisation’s 60th anniversary
2005. Awarded a Gold Medal by the French Government for services to Tourism and Culture.
2007. Awarded Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation Gold Medal
2007. Appointed UN Spokesperson for Global Forums on Reinventing Government
2008. Nominated as Trialog Institut “Person of the Year”
2008. Appointed Chairman of Mediterranean Peace Forum
2010. Awarded Honorary Fellowship at University College London
2012. Awarded ISESCO (Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Gold Medal
2013. Awarded a Senatorship by MODUL University
2017. Received Dialogue of Cultures Award
Others:
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Saudi Arabia
Issad Rebrab – Founder & CEO – Cevital .
The 6th person listed in the Forbes 2020 African Billionaire Ranking.
A leader in food processing industries.
Cevital is the holding company. Algeria’s biggest privately held company. Own one of the largest sugar refineries in the world.
Other subsidiaries are :
Global Acquisitions:
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Algeria
IM’ Hungry, Jeddah , Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest burger restaurant.
It has an area of 2,860 sq.m (30,784 feet) almost the size of 11 tennis courts.
Burgers are served with only fresh, non-frozen meat daily. The menu ranges a variety of dishes.
The record attempt took place in Jeddah on December 12th, 2019 and was certified by Guinness World Records.
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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
The Quartet of Tunisian General Labour Union (UGGT), The Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA), the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers were awarded the Nobel.
Winner of Nobel Peace Prize for helping building pluralistic democracy in Tunisia.
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Tunisia