Category: Interview Story

Dubai’s tourism triumph: Issam Kazim on the strategy driving Brand Dubai

Dubai’s tourism sector has been on a remarkable trajectory, marking an 11 per cent increase in international overnight visitors in Q1 2024, with 5.18 million visitors gracing the emirate’s shores. This surge follows a record-breaking year in 2023, where Dubai welcomed an unprecedented 17.15 million international overnight visitors, firmly establishing itself as a global tourism powerhouse. Dubai’s success story isn’t just confined to numbers; it’s a testament to the city’s diversified approach, tailored strategies, and activities across more than 80 markets. This approach has maintained Dubai’s status as the destination…

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‘Nigeria spends $600m annually on palm oil importation’

The National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria (NPPAN) has revealed that Nigeria spends $600 million annually on  palm oil oil importation. This was stated by Mr Alphonsus Inyang, the National President of the association, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. Inyang criticised these expenses as detrimental to national development, suggesting that the funds could be better utilised within the economy if the  palm oil oil sub-sector received adequate attention from successive governments He highlighted Nigeria’s historical self-sufficiency in palm oil production, contrasting it with the current situation where…

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Entrepreneur Mahmoud Bartawi on cooking up a startup success

Mahmoud Bartawi founded Under500, a brand that was ultimately acquired by dark kitchen outfit Kitopi after raising $700m from investors Emirati serial entrepreneur Mahmoud Bartawi knows a thing or two about starting and exiting a business. In 2016, Bartawi founded Under500, a brand that pioneered selling healthy meals consisting of less than 500 calories. Fast forward to 2021 and Under500 was acquired by dark kitchen outfit Kitopi after raising $700m through investors, including SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2. In a recent interview with Gulf Business, Bartawi gives some tips to budding…

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Empowering Vision: Canon Young People Programme and Lens on Life Collaboration Explored

Sam and Jack Powers are the driving force behind Lens on Life’s groundbreaking partnership with the Canon Young People Programme (CYPP) in Central and North Africa and in the Middle East. Lens on Life is a nonprofit organisation, supporting photography and computer literacy training for young people around the world. During a recent visit to Dubai, Sam and Jack shared insights into their inspiring journey and the transformative impact of their partnership with Canon YPP. Q1: How did Lens on Life come to fruition? What led to the collaboration with…

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Championing Sustainable Mining Solutions in Africa

First Published,February 8, 2024 Story by: Mohammed A. Abu Under identical conditions at a plant owned by a company in Burkina Faso, eco-friendly alternative gold leaching reagent SEYCHEM and Cyanide were compared and at the conclusion of the process 350g of gold was recovered using SEYCHEM while 330g was obtained via Cyanide extraction. The laboratory personnel attested to SEYCHEM’s non-reactive nature on their bodies in comparison to Cyanide which caused eye irritation. They were also able to submerge their hands freely into the prepared solution containing SEYCHEM, an action not…

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Honouring of Africa’s finest Technocrats by Inter.Interdisciplinary Innovation Centre Of Life

  J.B. Worlanyo Nana-Atoo certificateH.E. Amb, J.B. Worlanyo Nana-Atoo, an Executive Chairman & President /Founder of EL-Ecojay developments Group LTD Ghana, Africa/global,has been awarded a Certificate of recognition by International Interdisciplinary Innovation Centre Of Life “Alliance of the peoples of the world” He is Unique, Versatile, Adaptable, and Capable of navigating Challenge with a Balance approach well rounded successful life and International Life Coach, Mentor and Public speaker in personal development.as one of the global Cooperate Business Mogul on investment on Projects financial Advisor and Management Consultant. Erstwhile as once…

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Unlocking the full Potential of the African Baobab

By: Mohammed A. Abu Professor Kenneth Fafa Egbadzor,the Lead Researcher of the Domestication of the African Baobab Project at the Ho Technical University(HTU) in Ghana’s Volta Region,who is also, a plant breeding expert, has noted that even though, research has established that there are over 300 different uses of Baobab but yet, the plant is undomesticated and underutilized. The African baobab he said, also referred to as, “the wooden elephant” is also included among those crops referred to as orphan, meaning that they do not receive research attention. Ghana, Africa…

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I Want to See Africa Adopt Technology and Create Technology, Says Katuiscia Laurence Ewane

Katuiscia Laurence Ewane is a General Field Engineer at SLB JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, August 24, 2023/ — While the energy sector has been a largely male-dominated industry, women are gradually taking on a more central role in driving innovative project developments. Individuals such as Katuiscia Laurence Ewane, General Field Engineer at SLB, play an instrumental part in driving the successful development of the industry. Ewane has a vision that Africa not only adopts but creates technology. Ewane is featured on the African Energy Chamber’s (www.EnergyChamber.org) list of 25 Under 40 Energy Women…

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Using Science to Cope with Climate Change Impact Challenges

WATEX system set to fish out Africa’s hidden Groundwater Goodies …. As RTI Exploration Drives the “Water for Peace” Paradigm   Story: Mohammed Abu  In March this year, the Representative of Public Affairs and Congress of the US Millennium Challenge Corporation(MCC) publicly announced that the French company RTI Exploration, after two years of research, had identified, from an innovative technology, about 50 billion m3 of available groundwater, with an annual recharge estimated at 2 billion m3. This, historic discovery represents a volume of water almost ten times greater than that…

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