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Abdallah Abu Sheikh
Abdallah Abu Sheikh () is a Jordanian businessman, founder of Astra Tech, and CEO of Botim. Early life and education Abu Sheikh was born in Jordan and spent his early years in England and China. He attended boarding school at King's Academy and pursued his higher education in Canada, earning a bachelor's degree in commerce from Saint Mary's University and a bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance from Dalhousie University. Abu Sheikh obtained his MBA from London Business School in 2021. Career Abu Sheikh co-founded LUX Development Partners(LUXDP), a renewable energy development company in 2016. In 2019, he co-founded Rizek, a digital marketplace provides household cleaning, maintenance and healthcare services such as COVID-19 testing and vaccinations. In 2021, Abu Sheikh founded Barq EV, an electric vehicles manufacturer. In March 2022, Abu Sheikh founded Astra Tech, a technology investment and development group. During the same year in July, Abu Sheikh's Astra Tech acqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astra Tech
Astra Tech is a UAE-based technology investment and development group operating in MENA region. Astra Tech owns several technology companies, including PayBy, Rizek, Botim, and Quantix LLC. The company developed Botim Ultra app, which serves over 150 million users across 155 countries. In 2023-2024, Botim became the most issued fintech card in the country. In July 2024, Astra Tech's Quantix became the first fintech to receive a Finance Company License Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates. In December 2024, the American investment fund Citi invested $500 million in Astra Tech's Quantix, marking the largest funding for a UAE-based fintech to date. History Astra Tech was founded by Emirati businessman Abdallah Abu Sheikh in 2022, with a focus on creating the region's first Ultra App, integrating a wide range of services such free VoIP calls, international money transfers, credit lending, microfinancing bill payments, on-demand and home services, and government services ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The National (Abu Dhabi)
''The National'' is a UAE state-owned English-language daily newspaper published in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. According to the ''Financial Times'', the newspaper "is seen as a mouthpiece for Abu Dhabi's worldview." The newspaper toes the government line and self-censors on issues considered objectionable by the government. The newspaper is owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, which is ruled by his brother, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan. History and profile ''The National'' was first published on 17 April 2008 by Abu Dhabi Media. The government-owned media company ran the newspaper along with other publications, including ''Al-Ittihad (Emirati newspaper), Al-Ittihad'', ''Majid (comics), Majid'', ''Zahrat Al Khaleej'' and ''National Geographic Al Arabiya'' (in partnership with ''National Geographic''). In 2016, ''The National'' was acquired by International Media Investments, a subsidiary of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Emirati Businesspeople
Emirati may refer to: *pertaining to the country of United Arab Emirates *the people of the United Arab Emirates, see Emiratis The Emiratis (; ) are the Citizenship, citizen population of the United Arab Emirates. Within the UAE itself, their number is approximately 1.15 million. Formerly known as the Trucial States, the UAE is made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ... * Emirati culture {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alumni Of London Business School
Alumni (: alumnus () or alumna ()) are former students or graduates of a school, college, or university. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for groups of women, and alums (: alum) or alumns (: alumn) as gender-neutral alternatives. The word comes from Latin, meaning nurslings, pupils or foster children, derived from "to nourish". The term is not synonymous with "graduates": people can be alumni without graduating, e.g. Burt Reynolds was an alumnus of Florida State University but did not graduate. The term is sometimes used to refer to former employees, former members of an organization, former contributors, or former inmates. Etymology The Latin noun means "foster son" or "pupil". It is derived from the Latin verb "to nourish". Separate, but from the same root, is the adjective "nourishing", found in the phrase ''alma mater'', a title for a person's home university. Usage in Roman law In Latin, is a legal term (Roman law) to describe a child placed in fosterag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalhousie University Alumni
Dalhousie ( ) may refer to: Animals * Dalhousie goby, species of fish found in central Australia * Dalhousie hardyhead, species of fish found in central Australia * Dalhousie catfish ('' Neosilurus gloveri''), species of fish found in central Australia Buildings * Dalhousie Castle, a castle near Bonnyrigg, Scotland * Dalhousie Obelisk, a monument in Empress Place, Singapore * Dalhousie Station (Canadian Pacific Railway), a former passenger rail station in Montreal, Quebec * Dalhousie station (Calgary), a LRT station in Calgary, Alberta Institutions * Dalhousie Hilltop School, Dalhousie, India * Dalhousie School, a former prep school in Scotland * Dalhousie University, located in Halifax, Nova Scotia *HMIS (later INS) Dalhousie, the initial name of INS Angre, the naval base at Mumbai, India Ships * ''Dalhousie'', later name of People and clans * Clan Ramsay (Dalhousie), a branch of the main line of Scottish Ramsays * Earl of Dalhousie, a title created in the Peerage of Scotl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Mary's University (Halifax) Alumni
St. Mary's University (in French, ''Université Ste-Marie'', in Spanish, ''Universidad de Santa María'') is the name of several universities: Brazil * Universidade Federal de Santa Maria Canada * St. Mary's University (Calgary), Alberta *Saint Mary's University (Halifax), Nova Scotia * Collège Sainte-Marie de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, defunct Chile * Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María Ethiopia * St. Mary's University (Addis Ababa) Panama * Universidad Católica Santa María La Antigua Peru * Catholic University of Santa María Philippines * Saint Mary's University (Philippines), Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya South Sudan * St. Mary's University in Juba United Kingdom *St Mary's University College, Belfast, a college of Queen's University Belfast, in Northern Ireland *St Mary's University, Twickenham, London, oldest Catholic university in the United Kingdom United States *Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga, California *St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabian Business
''Arabian Business'' (''AB'') is a weekly business magazine published in Dubai and focusing on global and regional news analysis. The brand is aimed at the English and Arabic-speaking communities and is published in both languages. Its circulation figures for October–December 2007 were given as 20,468 copies. The audited circulation of the weekly was 23,016 copies for the last six months of 2011. For the period of July – December 2012 the audited circulation of the weekly was 23,352 copies. According to Similar web, website accesses as of 2024 were more than a million per month. Controversy In 2017, the online and print version of the magazine was suspended for a month in the UAE by Dubai authorities over false news allegations after it published a report stating that courts in Dubai were in the process of liquidating dozens of failed real estate projects. As the article was published during the Qatar diplomatic crisis, the report was picked up by publications in Qa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Group 42 (company)
Group 42 Holding Ltd, doing business as G42, is an Emirati artificial intelligence (AI) development holding company founded in 2018 and is based in Abu Dhabi. The company is focused on AI development across various industries including government, healthcare, finance, oil and gas, aviation, and hospitality. History G42 was founded in 2018 and is based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The company performs AI research and development processes on big data, AI, and machine learning via its subsidiary, the Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence (IIAI). The company is chaired by the National Security Advisor of the UAE, Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who is also its controlling shareholder. Peng Xiao is the Group CEO, former head of Emirati cybersecurity company DarkMatter Group. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Testing
COVID-19 testing involves analyzing samples to assess the current or past presence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that cases COVID-19 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The two main types of tests detect either the presence of the virus or antibodies produced in response to infection. Molecular tests for viral presence through its molecular components are used to diagnose individual cases and to allow public health authorities to trace and contain outbreaks. Antibody tests (serology immunoassays) instead show whether someone once had the disease. They are less useful for diagnosing current infections because antibodies may not develop for weeks after infection. It is used to assess disease prevalence, which aids the estimation of the infection fatality rate. Individual jurisdictions have adopted varied testing protocols, including whom to test, how often to test, analysis protocols, sample collection and the uses of test results. This variation has likely significantly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaleej Times
''Khaleej Times'' is a daily English language newspaper published in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Launched on 16 April 1978, ''Khaleej Times'' is the UAE's longest-running English daily newspaper. History and profile A partnership between the UAE government, the Galadari Printing and Publishing, Galadari Brothers and the Dawn Media Group in Pakistan began publishing the daily on 16 April 1978, making it the first English daily in the UAE. The founding team consisted of Mahmoud Haroon, Muzammil Ahmed, M.J. Zahedi, Malcolm Payne (the first editor-in-chief) and Iqbal Noorie (in charge of circulation). They were soon joined by Patrick Heyland who was in charge of advertising and promotion. The editorial staff of the paper includes multiple nationalities, mostly from the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka), but also Emiratis, Arabs from the wider region (notably Egyptians, Syrians Jordan, Jordanians and Lebanese people, Lebanese), Mexicans, British, Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Business School
London Business School (LBS) is a business school and a constituent college of the federal University of London. LBS was founded in 1964 and awards post-graduate degrees (Master's degree, Master's degrees in management and finance, Master of Business Administration, MBA and PhD in management, PhD). Its motto is "To have a profound impact on the way the world does business". London Business School's main campus is located at Sussex Place in London, adjacent to Regent's Park. In 2012, it expanded its teaching facilities by 70% by acquiring the Marylebone Town Hall (now The Sammy Ofer Centre), and in 2017 the neighboring Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. LBS has a secondary campus in Dubai that is dedicated to the Dubai EMBA and Executive Education. History Foundation London Business School was founded in 1964 under the name of the London Graduate School of Business Studies','' with Dr. Arthur Earle as Dean. In 1965, the school was registered as a company and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
