VIP INTERVIEWS
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Her Excellency Maytha Al Habsi
UAE, Abu Dhabi
CEO, Emirates Foundation
“We are well connected and aim to ensure that investments are well measured, impactful, and properly directed.”
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Segun Adebutu
Nigeria
Chairman, Petrolex
“It was a matter of being ready to transform Nigeria.”
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Yeo Bee Yin
Malaysia
Minister, Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change
“We want to instill a new way of thinking in government agencies.”
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Fadi Kanafani
UAE, Dubai
Senior Director – Middle East and Africa, NetApp
“Data is the lifeblood of every organization and NetApp is the data authority.”
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Alberto Martínez
Spain
President & CEO, Mundipharma
“Mundipharma has managed to grow through the loss of exclusivity of its pain business by delivering commercial excellence.”
MUST READS
TELECOMS & IT
Focus: Turkey’s Mobile Game Industry
Women in Gaming
Women outscore men on mobile games in Turkey.
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ENERGY
Focus: Renewable Energy in 2019
Clean Conscience
Photovoltaic plants and wind farms are contributing to national electrical grids across the world, with negligible downsides.
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ENERGY
Focus: Crude Prices Fluctuate in Ongoing Conflict
Iran Sanctions
The US’s refusal to renew waivers for buying Iranian crude seems to have taken its toll on oil prices.
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EDITOR'S PICKS
ECONOMY
Focus: The Linguistics of Trade
How We Do Business
From "paradigm shift" to "exit strategy," we take a look at the language of business and its pitfalls and clichés.
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TOURISM
Focus: From Belarus to the Zambezi
Top 4: Tourism in 2019
If you enjoy taking the road less traveled, here are four of the world's foremost emerging tourist destinations in 2019.
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ENERGY
Focus: From Baku to Odessa, Texas
Top 5: Pipeline Projects in 2019
The groundwork of our energy future is being laid now, and the geopolitical relations they foster will define the decades to come. These are the pipeline projects to watch in 2019.
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TOURISM
Focus: Undiscovered spots in (mostly) emerging markets
Top 5: Winter Sports in 2018/2019
Have you heard of these lesser-known ski spots?
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DIPLOMACY
Focus: Caucasian Diaspora in Middle East
Circassians in Jordan
A community disrupted by seismic shifts in Russia successfully relocated to Jordan in the tail end of the Ottoman era.
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TOURISM
Focus: Tourism & the Greek Economy
Islands in the Sun
Greece tourism arrivals grew by over 10% in 2017.
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