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iGan Arabia Fund will boost innovation in MedTech with 250 million dollars.

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  It will focus on investing in medical devices and digital technologies that improve patient outcomes. Investment firm Gan Partners, together with Faisal Belhoul, launched  the $250 million iGan Arabia regional fund to drive innovation in MedTech  in the Middle East and North Africa region. The fund will focus on investing in AI/cloud-enhanced medical devices and digital healthcare technologies that  improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. And it is that, they specified, it aims to reach the amount of 250 million dollars, through limited associations, however, there are  another 250 million dollars in co-investments. In this sense, HE Jean-Philippe Linteau, Consul General of Canada in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, commented that this new alliance will help their health technology companies to grow and succeed globally. In turn, Sam Ifergan, founder and CEO of iGan Partners, said that they have identified and discovered numerous innovative oppor...

International flight passengers in Mexico grow 28.6% in 2021.

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  The main Mexican airlines that transported passengers on international flights were Volaris and Aeroméxico. After the impact recorded in 2020 by the pandemic, passengers on international flights to Mexico began to recover in 2021, registering 35 million 891,000 passengers,  which represented a growth of 78.6% compared to the previous year. According to the Tourism Secretariat (Sectur), the number registered in 2019  is only 26.4% less than the 48,792,000 travelers in 2019  , before the arrival of Covid-19 and the health restrictions. In this sense, the Sectur specified that the main Mexican airlines that transported passengers on international flights were Volaris and Aeroméxico, which together mobilized 7 million 464,000 passengers,  84.5% more than in 2020  and 24.6% less than in 2019, when they transported 9 million 903,000. In this regard, the head of the Secretariat, Miguel Torruco Marqués, maintained that, in terms of  US airlines  , those...

John Kerry will visit AMLO on Wednesday to discuss climate change and renewable energy.

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John Kerry, special envoy for climate change from the United States, will travel to Mexico this Wednesday where he will meet with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to discuss climate change and renewable energy. The State Department reported in a brief statement about Kerry's trip, just as the Chamber of Deputies analyzes  López Obrador's  electricity reform initiative . The Biden government has expressed concerns about said reform due to the possible effects on renewable energy. “The Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, will travel to Mexico City on February 9, 2022 to interact with his counterparts  in the Government and accelerate cooperation on the climate crisis.  This includes opportunities to expand renewable energy generation, to create a sound investment climate, to combat methane pollution, to transition transportation to zero emissions, and to end deforestation.  Secretary Kerry will meet with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador,"...