Arabian Business – May 06, 2018

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48 LIQUID ASSETS
Arab Fashion Week’s new floating digs
The next edition of the hotly anticipated event finds a
new home aboard the renovated Queen Elizabeth II.

46 START UP
Inside the Uber of carwash apps
In just a year, Keno has grown from 15 car washes
a day to having a customer base of over 13,000.

DP World Cargospeed plans to use
ultra-fast hyperloop technology to
change the logistics sector.

COVER STORY


HE’S GOT THE POWER
As the price of clean energy falls and technology continues to improve, Alcazar Energy
CEO Daniel Calderon is ready to take the world of renewable energy by storm.


UPFRONT
08 THREE REASONS WHY
Mubadala saw its profits
grow a healthy 11.
percent in 2017.

10 PERSON OF THE WEEK
Gulf Air chairman on the
airline’s game changing
new aircraft.

10 PETROCHEMICALS
Saudi Basic Industries
Corp profits on the rise
due to higher prices and
sales volumes.

12 THE EXPLAINER
The UAE continues to be
a leader as a recipient of
foreign direct investment,
despite a global decline.

MAP
14 SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Aramco appoints
Lynn Elsenhans as its first
ever female board member.

16 EGYPT
An Egyptian billionaire
puts half his $5.7bn net
worth into gold.

18 THE BIG STORY

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