VIP INTERVIEWS
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Ferran Bueno
UAE, Dubai
General Manager, Jotun UAE
“Our main accomplishment in the past year was our success to maintain our number one position in the market.”
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Lekan Asuni
Nigeria
CEO, Lefas Pharmaceuticals
“We want to ensure that we tie into the government’s vision of making Nigeria self-sufficient.”
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Issam Kazim
UAE, Dubai
CEO, Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DCTCM)
“The fact that Dubai was awarded Expo 2020 is also a reflection of Dubai’s capability to host mega events.”
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Ahmad AR. BinDawood
Saudi Arabia
CEO, DanubeCo. Ltd & BinDawood Stores
“BinDawood Group started as BinDawood, which acquired Danube over 17 years ago.”
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Mário Jorge Silva
Portugal
CEO, Tintex Textiles
“To keep up with the latest technologies we always need to be at the forefront around the world and not just in Portugal.”
MUST READS
ECONOMY
Focus: The Hidden Logic of Nigeria’s Economy
The Hole of Onitsha
Nigeria’s economy often defies logic. Unique systems and mechanisms power it. They require care and patience to see, let alone decipher.
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FINANCE
Focus: Disruptive technological advances
FinTech in Latam
In the financial services arena necessity has indeed proven to be the mother of invention, as FinTech turns the industry on its head.
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TOURISM
Focus: Pakistan’s untapped tourism industry
Aiming for the Summit
For a country that is better known for terrorism than tourism, Pakistan has tripled its annual tourist arrivals since 2013.
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EDITOR'S PICKS
TOURISM
Focus: Tourism & the Greek Economy
Islands in the Sun
Greece tourism arrivals grew by over 10% in 2017.
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TOURISM
Focus: World Tourism Forum Boosts Ghana Hospitality
Black Star Rising
Ghana has so far struggled to reach the top of visitors’ bucket lists as a holiday destination, but hosting the World Tourism Forum in 2017 went some way to kickstarting its tourism industry.
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ENERGY
Focus: Protests Over Potential Tesla Partner
Lithium Battles
The battle for resources will be as fierce for the green economy as it has been for the hydrocarbon trade.
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ENERGY
Focus: Puerto Rico investment in renewables
A New Hope
Investors have been flocking to Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
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ECONOMY
Focus: Fighter jets for a cup of joe
Jakarta-Moscow Barter Arrangement
In a creative response to western sanctions, one on weapons and the other on certain agricultural products, Russia and Indonesia have struck a deal bartering fighter jets for coffee and palm oil.
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DIPLOMACY
Focus: Kenyans vote in tense elections
Cease and Devolve
As voters go to the polls in one of the most contested elections in Kenyan history, much more than half-century old personal rivalries is at stake.
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