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Visit to Qatar

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after my first visit to the country of Qatar. The government of Qatar hosted the conference, and underwrote travel and accommodation. One of their recommendations was that there be a venture capital fund for investing in education. And, I had promised Abbas to connect him to the Mada Center in Qatar.

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Fanatics reveals NFL was biggest backer in $1.5B round announced last month at $27B valuation

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Fanatics added that other major investors in the round included Major League Baseball (MLB) and its owners, the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), the NFL Players Association (NFLPA), the National Hockey League, Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai via his fund Blue Pool Capital and the Qatar Investment Authority.

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Good Meat approved to sell serum-free cultivated meat in Singapore

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Our R&D team worked diligently to replace serum with other nutrients that provide the same functionality and their hard work over several years paid off.”. The latest approval from the SFA means Good Meat will be able to sell chicken meat cultivated without using animal serums.

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Benetech: President's Update

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Our team has been thinking hard about scaling positive social impact of technology work. Through a funded partnership with the Mada Center in Qatar, in 2011 we will pilot Arabic language capability and content, enabling Bookshare to start serving readers throughout the Arabic-speaking world. and James L.

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Draftea kicks off LatAm fantasy football with NFL partnership, fresh funding

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. “There are 50 million NFL fans in Mexico, and it’s very interesting because everyone in Mexico has their local [soccer] team, they have their European team, they have their NFL team, their NBA team, their baseball team. The Draftea team on a video call Image Credits: Draftea.

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Nigeria’s Helium Health acquires Qatar’s Meddy in rare Africa-GCC deal

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Nigeria-based health tech startup Helium Health has acquired Meddy , a Qatar-headquartered and UAE-based doctor booking platform for an undisclosed amount. Meddy CEO Haris Aghadi and COO Abed Alkarim Khattab will join Helium’s leadership team as part of the deal. Helium Health’s acquisition of Meddy is a major expansion play.

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Eksab gets $3M to scale its fantasy football platform across MENA and Africa

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Today’s news comes out from the Middle East and Africa where Eksab , an Egyptian platform that says it’s making football more exciting and interactive for every fan in both regions through gaming and online community building, has raised $ 3million in seed funding. Founder and CEO Aly Mahmoud started Eksab in 2018.

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