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May 01, 2012
Press Release: UN Secretary-General Appoints Abraaj Capital Founder Arif Naqvi to the Global Compact Board
Dubai, UAE, 1 May, 2012: Arif Naqvi, Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of Abraaj Capital, has been appointed to the Board of the Global Compact by the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. Mr. Naqvi joins 13 business leaders from across the world and is the only Board member from...
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April 11, 2012
Press Article: Start-up firms bloom in wake of Arab Spring
DUBAI - Jordanian entrepreneur Majied Qasem waited three years before arranging outside funding for his start-up company, d1g.com, an Arabic social media and content-sharing platform. He finally succeeded in September 2011, eight months after Arab Spring uprisings erupted in the region....
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April 10, 2012
Press Release: Abraaj Capital and Kuwait Energy Sign Strategic Investment Agreement
Dubai, UAE, April 10, 2012:   Abraaj Capital, a leading private equity manager investing in high growth markets, and Kuwait Energy, one of the fastest growing independent upstream oil and gas exploration and production companies in the Middle East, today announced an Agreement in...
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April 10, 2012
Press Article: du announces Wamda as Knowledge Partner for ‘The Entrepreneur’
du is pleased to announce that it is joining forces with Wamda, the enabling platform for MENA entrepreneurs, for its innovative reality television show, ‘The Entrepreneur’. Wamda will come on board as a Knowledge Partner, to support entrepreneurs throughout the UAE. Applications...
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March 25, 2012
Press Release: Riyada Enterprise Development to Acquire 50% stake in The Entertainer
Dubai, UAE, March 25, 2012:  Riyada Enterprise Development (RED), Abraaj Capital’s US$ 650 million high growth small and mid-cap (SMC) investment platform, announced today its intent to  acquire a 50% stake in The Entertainer, a boutique consumer services company offering two-...
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