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Nawaya Network is a non-profit organisation based in Lebanon. They identify promising, talented youth who come from disadvantaged, marginalised or at-risk backgrounds and who have a talent or potential in a certain area but lack the means to pursue it. Their intention is to connect these young people to various resources such as mentors, trainers, classes, funding, internships, and job opportunities to help them develop their skills and generate an income.

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MENA Design Research Center Discusses Showcasing Lebanese Talents

August 16, 2014

The MENA Design Research Centre is a non-profit organisation based in Beirut. The idea behind it is to be able to have a discourse or a platform to look into design in the Middle East and to understand the role that design research can play in terms of education, social impact, a creative economy and entrepreneurship.

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Edge Capital: Investing in Emerging Markets

August 16, 2014

Naji Boutros, Founder of Edge Capital, raised money from a group of investors who wanted to focus on this part of the world. They invested in emerging and frontier markets and in businesses focused on Turkey, where they had a very successful investment history.

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Ghaleb Mahmassani Discusses Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE)

August 16, 2014

The structure of the Beirut Stock Exchange incorporates three types of markets: the official market, the junior market, and the over-the-counter market.

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Programs offered at Ecole Supérieure des Affaires (ESA)

August 16, 2014

The international aspect of the programs offered at ESA is one of the keys to ESA’s strategy. Being in Beirut, they provide the most international programs possible for their students.

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Privatization in Lebanon

August 16, 2014

The key initiative being worked on now with the new government in terms of privatization is a review of the telecoms sector. The current Minister of Telecommunications has expressed an interest in establishing Liban Telecom, an incumbent operator, and is looking at liberalising the sector.

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MusicHall: The Show Goes on Through the Instability

August 14, 2014

What we offer is unique. We are not a night club. We offer cultural entertainment. I launched an innovative concept 12 years ago, which is a fusion between culture and nightlife. So the MusicHall is somewhere between a theatre and a night club.

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IPT: Oil and Gas Sector in Lebanon Has a Promising Future

August 1, 2014

IPT is mostly involved in the import, storage and distribution of gasoline and diesel and many other related petroleum derivatives. When people think of the oil and gas sector in Lebanon, they directly think about the downstream market. Even though Lebanon has not set a foot into the upstream market yet, it is considered a promising market for the future.

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CedarCom on the Future of the Company and Business Sector

July 21, 2014

The Ministry recently permitted CedarCom to sell 3G services on smartphones. The agreement that was signed with the Ministry in 2012 had two phases: phase 1 was for dongles and tablets and phase 2 was for smartphones. This was just approved a few weeks ago and it will go into implementation in the next few months.

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CedarCom: Products and Services

July 21, 2014

Cedarcom Group offers multiple services targeted to corporate and residential customers. They offer corporations dedicated internet services and hosting solutions, and offer multi branch companies data transmission solutions where we connect point A to point B to point C all in a secure method, offering high speed, availability and security features. The residential sector is offered mobile broadband services using the Mobi network and 3G services.