VIP INTERVIEWS
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Haryanto Adikoesoemo
Indonesia
President Director, AKR Corporindo
“Over the next 10 years, we want to open 337 outlets under the BP brand.”
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Mazen Jubaili
Nigeria
Managing Director, JMG Limited
“Certain sectors have improved while others did not do that well; however, in general there was slight growth.”
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Mohammed Johmani
UAE, Abu Dhabi
Managing Director, O2 Network
“Customers will start trusting machines because they are more accurate than brains.”
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Dr. Fahad Bin Sulaiman Al Tekhaifi
Saudi Arabia
President, General Authority for Statistics (GaStat)
“Almost 59% of Saudis are under the age of 30 and 49% are below 25, which means we are an extremely young country.”
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Abdul Monem Al-Futaisi
Oman
COO, Awasr
“Our agility lies in our ability to adapt to the needs of an ever-changing market and we are constantly improving our delivery response time by focusing on efficiency.”
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TOURISM
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ENERGY
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