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Paul Kenny, an established technology entrepreneur in the Middle East, was named Mentor of the Year at the 2017 Arabian Business StartUp Honors, held at The Rixos Hotel, JBR, Dubai.

Kenny was identified for his work with the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA),where he is involved with the UAE phase. He will start a university talking trip where he will direct student entrepreneurs that will certainly compete for the UAE title and afterwards relocate into to the global competitors in very early 2018. He has actually also spent considerable time this year helping young entrepreneurs from Japan bring their companies to the Middle East through his deal with the Japanese Government, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) at this year's GITEX.

On the recognition, Kenny said: "It is an opportunity to work with aspiring entrepreneurs and I am humbled to approve this award. The Middle East is a fantastic business incubator and I consider it a fantastic honour to be able to share from my career experiences with various other ambitious business owners to sustain and advise in them in their very own jobs paths."

Kenny plans to proceed mentoring, both in the UAE and abroad. He will next off mentor business owners on collection A fundraising at the NASEBA 3RD MENA Private Equity and Equity capital Summit later on this month.

Kenny is currently the Managing Director of AYM, a financial investment holding firm specialised in advancement digital innovation and online business. AYM recently dealt with the Danube Company to create Danube Online, Saudi Arabia's initial online grocery buying application. He is a founding partner at Emerge Ventures, an equity capital company focused on high-impact onset and Series An investments in Emerging Markets. Kenny previously founded Dubai based online coupon website, Cobone.

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