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Arada posts solid sales in 2020, gets funding for Sharjah project
SHARJAH, January 11, 2021 UAE-based developer Arada has reported a robust sales performance for 2020, led by a raft of project handovers mainly at Aljada, its landmark mixed-use project in New Sharjah. It also secured additional financing from two UAE lenders for the project. Announcing its key achievements for 2020, Arada said despite a challenging year for the UAE property sector as a whole, the total value of real estate sold by Arada rose by 35% to reach AED1.75 billion, with investor interest continuing to grow at Aljada. The Sharjah developer also confirmed a new Islamic loan agreement with Dubai Islamic Bank, amounting to an initial AED300 million, as well as a smaller facility with Ajman Bank.
Coronavirus upends best laid education plans in tough year
Wednesday December 30 2020
Children play at Star of Hope Primary in Lunga Lunga village, Industrial Area Nairobi attends to a student on November 2. Schools reopen on January 4. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG
By LYNET IGADWAH
Summary
Many parents were optimistic that the interruption in the first term would soon be over and their children back in class. In hindsight now, Kenyans were underestimating the disruptive power of the pandemic whose impact they had yet to fully comprehend.
As the Ministry of Education grappled with unworkable school reopening dates in subsequent months when Covid-19 infections spiked, it became clear that pupils and students were in real danger of losing out on an academic year.