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DUBAI: The UAE-based leading global EdTech blended learning company has announced the acquisition of a UK-born world-renowned leadership consultancy company.
According to an official announcement, Library21 MEA Holdings Limited (formerly known as Coded Minds) has acquired Inspirational Development Group (IDG), global leadership, and business performance consultancy. IDG is also known for its two-decades-old partnership with Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst- UK.
Omar Farooqui, Founder and President of Library21 MEA Holdings Limited, said that IDG’s strategic acquisition expands the company’s geographical footprint in the UK, Oman, India, and South Africa.
Library21 MEA Holdings Limited, which started three years ago in the UAE, provides blended ed-tech iSteam and leadership education in six different countries to over 60,000 students belonging to more than 55 nationalities.
This is the second major international acquisition by Library21 MEA Holdings Limited. Formerly known as Coded Minds, the company also acquired a leading stem education company in Canada and in the USA last year.
“With this acquisition (IDG), we now effectively offer a full suite of PreK to grey education in 12 countries across the globe. We are primed to grow ten-fold within the next year or so, and this acquisition will further ensure that,” Farooqui said.
IDG has catered to more than 30,000 C Suite executives to graduates starting their careers to high potential school students identified as future leaders and innovators worldwide.
This also includes international companies across continents in different parts of the world, such as HSBC, Barclays, Saudi Aramco, government programs worldwide, including UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Oman, Kuwait. Royal Military Academy Sandhurst also teaches IDG courses to its cades.
“We enjoy a long-standing exclusive partnership with The Royal Military Academy, where some of our programs are delivered and more importantly, where we are able to draw upon key leadership performance methodologies honed over 200 years,” Peter Turpie, Managing Director, IDG in the UAE, said.
He said that the company is able to run interventions from this prestigious location where it is privileged to have access to all Academy rooms, catering facilities, outdoor space, and residential quarters.
“Joining the Library21 group presents a fantastic opportunity. We share the same ambition to build the next generation of leaders across the globe through high-quality learning experiences that are fun, innovative, and accessible,” Turpie said.
“The year 2020 has brought about many challenges to companies worldwide but we have used this opportunity to reaffirm our business model and drive to make education a right and not a privilege by bringing best in class offerings to the masses,” Farooqui of Library21 MEA Holdings Limited said.
