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Talib M. Alhinai, founder, Buildrone
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Meet the 25-year-old inventor and entrepreneur from the UAE who is reimagining the use of drone tech.
INJAZ Al-Arab President and CEO Akef Aqrabawi is on a mission to enable Arab youth to drive the region’s economy forward.
The Academy Award-winning A. R. Rahman on success, humanity, and more.
Maha Abouelenein, founder of Organizational Consultants, explores the communications trends brands need to watch out for in 2018.
INNOVATOR: Paradigm shift Buildrone founder Talib M. Alhinai
START IT UP: ecosystem Unlocking potential
INNOVATOR: Hitting (all) the right notes
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MONEY: ASK THE MONEY GUY Identifying potential Kushal Shah, Managing Partner, Roland Berger, and one of the founders of Dubai Angel Investors, explains how the investment club works (and how ‘treps can better their chances at an investment from it.)
‘TREPONOMICS: MARKETING Break through
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START IT UP: Q&A On a (high) growth trajectory With a Dubai Expo 2020 contract in the bag, Dany El Eid, founder and CEO, Pixelbug, is now getting set to take his company to its next stage of growth.
20 H.E. Huda Al Hashimi, Assistant Director General for Strategy and Innovation at the UAE Prime Minister’s, at the media launch of the UAE Innovation Month
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