Saudi Arabia ranks fourth globally in the use of 5G technology and 10th in internet speed.
Findings were presented by Deputy Minister for Technology, Industry & Digital Capacity, Ministry of Communicaion and Information, Dr. Ahmed Al-Theneyan – at the webinar ‘Digital Lanterns’ event launched by Makkah Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
The Kingdom jumped from 150th to 10th place globally in terms of internet speed.
_______________
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s 500-seat ‘Maraya Concert Hall’ in the north-west province of AlUla breaks a new global record.
The unveiling of the new shimmering new facade was at a special cermony held by the Royal Commission of AlUla, at the 2nd season of the ‘Winter at Tantora Festival’ .
External cladding facade displays 9,740 square metres of mirror designed as a cuboid. Guinness World Record title was on December 26th, 2019.
__________________________
AlUla, Saudi Arabia
Hamad Port, of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, Qatar – achieves yet another milestone as the ‘Deepest Artificial Port Basin created on Land’.
Hamad Port is the gateway to Qatar’s world trade. The Port’s basin is 4 km long, 700 m wide and 17 m deep.
Guinness World Record issued the certification on September 09th, 2019
_______________
Doha, Qatar
Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) achieved the Guinness World Record title.
The building measures 6 metres (20 feet high), 36.57m (120 feet) long and 12.19m (40 feet) wide and was created on only one printer.
The building took 17 days to print and 3 months to build.
It it planned to be the home of the ‘Dubai Future Academy’ (DFAc), Dubai, UAE
___________________________
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Nawal El Moutawakel , Morocco. Olympic Gold Medallist. 400 metres hurdles, women. Summer Olympics – 1984
Positions :
Firsts :
__________
Morocco
‘The Saline Water Conversion Corporation’ owned by the Ministry of Water & Electricity, Saudi Arabia – holds the world record for Seawater Desalination.
Thus reinforcing the Kingdom’s position as a world leader in desalination development.
The Saline Water Conversion Corporation produces 5 million cubic meters of water a day. The confirmation certificate was issued by Guinness Book of World Records in February 2018.
_______________
Saudi Arabia
Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak . Leader. Emirati Entrepreneur. Businessman.
-CEO & MD – Mubadala Invesments Company
-Board Member (incl) First Abu Dhabi Bank, Aldar Properties, Ferrari etc.
-Executive Council Member of Emirate of Abu Dhabi / Chairman – Executive Affairs Office – Abu Dhabi
Sports:
-Chairman – Manchester City Football Club / Chairman: Abu Dhabi Motor Sports Management Company (ADMM)
-Member Board of Trustees New York University
Awards:
-Appointed ‘Commander of the Star of the Order of the Italian Solidarity ‘(2007)
-Appointed ‘Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) (2013)
-Awarded the Grand Gwanghwa Medal, the highest class of the South Korean Order of Diplomatic Service Merit
-Awarded ‘Asian Business Leadership Forum Award (ABLF) 2016
-Listed as One of the 100 World’s Most Influential Arabs (2017) by Arabian Business
_____________
________________________________________
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Memaar Al Morshedy . One of the Egypt’s biggest Development and Real Estate Companies .
Founder : Mohamed Morshedy / CEO: Hasan Morshedy / Head of Sales: Rami Morshedy / Chairman of the Group: Hassan Sedky
The Morshedy group has begun construction on ‘SKLINE’ with a goal and vision to be the World’s Biggest Residential Project.
Memaar Al Morshedy in currently working on 14 different projects.
SKYLINE is based in the upcoming central area of Kattameya, Cairo.The development extends over 200,000 sq meters with parks and recreation facilities. It is planned to have about 13,500 apartments of various sizes.
Architect: One of the leading global archictects Mohamed Hadid / Local Designer: Raef Rahmy / International Design – Spanish Design Studio VDP Barcelona.
Guinness World Record Attempt Granted.
Plans for WORLD’s :
__________________
_______
Egypt
Dr.Nicolas Hayek (aka) Dr. Nicolas George Hayek. Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO – The Swatch Group.
The Swatch Group was earlier ‘Societe Suisse de Microelectronique et d’Horologerie’ or SMH. Later The Swatch Group.
The watch brands of the Swatch Group being Swatch, Blancpain, Omega, Longines, Rado, Tissot, Certina, Mido, Hamilton, Pierre Balmain, Calvin Klein, Flik Flak, Breguet and Lanco.
Nicolas Hayek is credited with the engineering and re-birth of the Swiss Watch industry.
He is the inventor of the Swatch Watch Company which used only 51 parts as opposed to the nearly 100 parts needed to make a traditional wrist watch. At the time it was first and foremost a technological break through.
-Member- Advisory Board of EPFC (Ecole Polytechniqu Federale de Lausanne)
Awards:
www.swatchgroup.com
____________
__________________________________________
Swiss / Lebanese-American / Swiss-Arab
Princess Tower, Marina District, Dubai, U.A.E.
Record: The second tallest residential building in the world.
Previous Record: When it was inaugrated , the Princess Tower Dubai was the World’s tallest residental building in the world. It held the record from 2012 to 2015. This record was broken by 432, Park Avenue, New York City subsequently.
When the Princess Tower was inaugurated it broke the previous record holder of yet another Dubai record of 23 Marina which stood at 392.8m (1,289 feet).
Princess Tower: Features.
-The building comprises of 763 units, 957 underground parking bays spread over 6 floors and 8 retail outlets. The building development stands at 107 stories including basement floor and 100 levels above ground.
Developer : Tameer Holdings Investments
Architect : Eng. Adnan Saffarini Office
The Princess Towers engineering were by Syed Majid Hashmi – Chief Structural Engineer and Deputy Manager – Mohammad Ali Alogaily.
_______________
___________________________________
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES