Type: Free Subject: Energy policy, Renewables, Energy efficiency, Black / Caspian Sea regional focus,
MENA regional focus, Enabling frameworks for successful policy
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MAGNiTT.com, an intelligence platform and a startup directory connecting entrepreneurs and investors in
MENA, has closed a fundraise of «close to US$ 1 million» in a seed round led by 500 Startups along with other
regional VCs and angel investors including Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP), KISP Ventures, Financial Horizon Group, and iNet.
Last year was a record year for Middle East and North African (
MENA) start - ups, with 260 deals attracting $ 410 million in investment, according to a report by Magnitt, a
regional network for entrepreneurs and investors.
They run the gamut, from international multinational corporations operating in
MENA to
regional MNCs expanding geographically to purely domestic companies.
By leveraging their balance sheets and investing in systems and people, Middle Eastern banks have built up their transaction banking business, says Farooq Siddiqi,
regional head of transaction banking,
MENA, Standard Chartered.
The report includes sections on: natural disasters in the
MENA region;
regional progress; World Bank DRM programming in the
MENA Region; and proposed way forward.
The
MENA Region CSP initiative is motivated by objectives of energy security, climate change mitigation, and
regional integration in the Mediterranean.
Energy security, climate change mitigation, and
regional integration are objectives of
MENA Region CSP initiative
Among the issues reviewed were: • The prospects for air pollution and climate change in the region up to 2030 in the absence of action on SLCPs; • The potential contribution of SLCP mitigation to climate, health and food security, and more generally to economic development; • Feasible mitigation technologies and strategies and opportunities for their implementation at national scale; • The relationship of SLCP mitigation to broader
regional air pollution and climate strategies and their benefit for the
MENA region.
He was the Director for
Regional Programs and Partnerships in the Middle East and North Africa Region (
MENA) and led the World Bank's $ 6 billion
MENA Concentrated Solar Power
regional program from its inception in 2008.
International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised The Carlyle Group on establishment of Carlyle
MENA Investment Advisors Limited and related investment vehicles that will partner with Carlyle's existing
regional fund Carlyle
MENA Partners, L.P