EdVenture

EdVentures, Nahdet Misr’s VC, showcases the future of EdTech in the MENA region in a joint summit with HolonIQ

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Monday, November 21, 2022

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221121005599/en/
    Maria Spies - Cofounder and CEO of HOLONIQ, Patrick Brothers - Co-Founder & Co-CEO of HolonIQ, Dalia Ibrahim - Nahdet Misr Publishing House CEO and Founder of EdVentures and Maged Harby - General Manager, EdVentures.
  • (Photo: AETOSWire)
    The 2022 Global Impact Summit comes as EdVentures celebrates its fifth anniversary and whereby EdVentures showcased the future of EdTech and investment opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa.
  • She also announced that EdVentures will be investing $1.1 million in Jeel, an education and entertainment platform for pre-schoolers.
  • In 2017, Nahdet Misr launched MENAs first EdTech VC, EdVentures, which offers incubation, acceleration and investment programs for startups operating in the education sector.

Cambria Hotels Celebrates The Opening Of Its 60th Hotel In South Carolina Capital City

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Thursday, June 2, 2022

ROCKVILLE, Md., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambria Hotels, an upscale brand franchised by Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), celebrated the milestone opening of the brand's 60th hotel – and seventh location in South Carolina alone – with the debut of the Cambria Hotel Columbia Downtown the Vista. The new four-story, 144-room hotel in the Palmetto State capital joins Cambria properties in Charleston, Fort Mill, Greenville, Mount Pleasant, Rock Hill and Summerville. The brand will continue to expand in popular business and leisure-oriented markets this year with additional openings expected in Orlando, Florida; Portland, Maine; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and New Haven, Connecticut.

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  • ROCKVILLE, Md., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambria Hotels , an upscale brand franchised by Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CHH), celebrated the milestone opening of the brand's 60th hotel and seventh location in South Carolina alone with the debut of the Cambria Hotel Columbia Downtown the Vista .
  • The new four-story, 144-room hotel in the Palmetto State capital joins Cambria properties in Charleston, Fort Mill, Greenville, Mount Pleasant, Rock Hill and Summerville.
  • "Among travelers, the Cambria brand is a true guest favorite for delivering unmatched upscale service and sophisticated accommodations in top markets nationwide.
  • A copy of the Franchise Disclosure Document can be obtained through contacting Choice Hotels International at 1 Choice Hotels Circle, Suite 400,Rockville, MD20850, [email protected] .

Globe is most valuable PH telco amid digital solutions platform pivot

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Its market capitalization in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) soared to a record P456 billion amid its pivot to become a digital solutions platform.

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  • Its market capitalization in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) soared to a record P456 billion amid its pivot to become a digital solutions platform.
  • "Telco will continue to be our main and most important business but we now view ourselves as a digital platform that builds one business upon others.
  • They are telehealth companies KonsultaMD and HealthNow, digital marketing solutions firm AdSpark, online grocery platform PureGo, and loyalty and e-commerce solutions provider RUSH.
  • Globe is also scaling up its information technology solutions through multi-payment platform Electronic Commerce Payments Inc. (ECPay) and its corporate venture capital arm, Kickstart Ventures.