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This Thursday (16) in your ANBA Bulletin: two Arab women executives, one an Egyptian and the other a Saudi Arabian (pictured above), recount their business experiences amid the Covid-19. They go over the adaptations that were called for, the remote work or the impossibility thereof, new markets explored, and so many other challenges women are being faced with during this worldwide lockdown.
Such was the agenda of a webinar hosted by the recently founded Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) Women's Committee. Two Brazilian executives explained the concept of a Low Touch Economy, its applications and challenges as the world self-isolates. The webinar also marked the launch of the ABCC Women's Committee. Read all about it from Bruna Garcia and Thais Sousa.
A story from ANBA's editor Isaura Daniel covers the impact of the pandemic on container-based shipping to the Middle East from Brazil. For bulk cargo shipping, it's been business as usual.
A special report delves into Arab immigration to Brazil. The quest for a more promising, prosperous life has bred stories of success and a major contribution to the growth of the country itself.
And a short film by a 21-year-old Egyptian filmmaker is being featured in a festival which gives a glimpse into pandemic living in the eyes of ten African authors, in short films lasting 2 minutes or less, now showing in the African Film Festival. You can check out these and other stories below.
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São Paulo – Sarah Ayed is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce, in Saudi Arabia, and Yomna El Sheridy is director and CEO with Special Foods and chair of Business Women of Egypt 21 organization.
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São Paulo – One of the challenges facing businesses looking to embrace the Low Touch Economy is to keep up with the level of connectivity it requires. “It implies working to democratize technology,” Radix Engenharia e Software general manager Natalia Klafke said.
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São Paulo – The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) Women’s Committee saw its official launch on Wednesday (15) during a webinar hosted by the organization. Dubbed “Wahi – Women Who Inspire,” the committee will strive to bring Brazilian and Arab women closer together, especially in the business front.
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São Paulo – Whereas Brazil-Middle East bulk cargo trade keeps flowing, the export of goods via container ships and aircraft has been severely impacted since the Covid-19 pandemic began. In an interview with ANBA, two executives with logistics conglomerate Unigroup explained how cargo gets shipped from Brazil to the Middle East and back.
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São Paulo – A festival of short films up to 2 minutes long is featuring ten African filmmakers’ takes on life during the Covid-19 pandemic and its personal, economic and societal repercussions.
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São Paulo – Instalment payments, recipes, a different way to celebrate, unheard-of words, and business, lots of business. That is some of the heritage which Arabs have brought to Brazil since the first immigrants arrived.
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São Paulo – Jordan, Tunisia and Ras Al Khaimah in the UAE have been awarded this month a Safe Travels stamp by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC). The new label enables travelers to find destinations and enterprises around the world which have embraced the WTTC’s safety and hygiene protocols.
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São Paulo – The 2019/2020 crop-year, which lasted from July 2019 to June 2020, saw shipped volume to Arab countries slide 17% to 1.68 million 60-kg bags of coffee, the Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council (Cecafé) reported on Monday (13).
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São Paulo – Religion and its relationship with science will be one of the topics of the Academic Congress of the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), an online megaevent which kicked off this Monday (13) with a master lecture by physician Drauzio Varela.
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