Obaid Bokisha

Group Chief Operations Officer - e&

📍 United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 18 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2022
Angel investor🌍 United Arab Emirates
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Board Member
Jul 2022
Building on 17 years of technology excellence in the Egyptian market, and in our relentless quest to bring you more and better services, etisalat by e& in Egypt has now evolved into the digital telco of the future. Covering and serving 99% of the inhabited areas in Egypt, our mission as etisalat by e& in Egypt is to continuously grow and transform to empower our customers by enhancing their digital experience and ensuring operation agility. etisalat by e& in Egypt offers digital experiences that cater to your ever-changing lifestyle and ever-expanding demands – covering not only telecom, but a wide collection of services that suit your various needs. We will continue to be your trusted companion and consultant, enabling connectivity and everything beyond, accelerating the digital world and pioneering future-forward spaces. Together, as we embark on this new era of etisalat by e& in Egypt, we make possible countless connections across continents and create the limitless possibilities of tomorrow, today. etisalat by e& in Egypt #MakePossible بعد ١٥ سنة من تفوقنا التكنولوجي في مصر، ولإننا حابين نقدم خدمات كتيرة عالية الجودة لكل عملائنا، جه الوقت إللي نطور في “اتصالات من &e في مصر” وندخل المستقبل الرقمي من أوسع الأبواب! شبكتنا النهاردة بتغطي ۹۹% من مناطق مصر، وبنطور يوم ورا يوم عشان نوصل رسالتنا بالنمو والتحول والتفوق، كل دا عشان نوفر لعملائنا أفضل تجربة رقمية، ونسرع العملية التشغيلية. النهاردة في “اتصالات من &e في مصر” إحنا جاهزين نقدملكم خدمات رقمية جديدة تسهلكو حياتكم اليومية، ومع خدمة المكالمات التقليدية، حنوفرلكم خدمات تانية كتير! لإننا بجد شريكم الموثوق، إللي بيخليكم على تواصل، وبياخدكم للمستقبل عبر تسريع الاقتصاد الرقمي والريادة. مع “اتصالات من &e في مصر” حنبدأ مع بعض عصر جديد، ونقربكم من بعض عبر القارات، ومع بعض حنكتشف إمكانيات بكرة اللامحدودة من النهاردة. “اتصالات من &e في مصر” ... معانا #makepossible
Board Member
Mar 2008
Etisalat Nigeria is now 9mobile https://www.linkedin.com/company/9mobile
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2022
Board Member
Jul 2022
Building on 17 years of technology excellence in the Egyptian market, and in our relentless quest to bring you more and better services, etisalat by e& in Egypt has now evolved into the digital telco of the future. Covering and serving 99% of the inhabited areas in Egypt, our mission as etisalat by e& in Egypt is to continuously grow and transform to empower our customers by enhancing their digital experience and ensuring operation agility. etisalat by e& in Egypt offers digital experiences that cater to your ever-changing lifestyle and ever-expanding demands – covering not only telecom, but a wide collection of services that suit your various needs. We will continue to be your trusted companion and consultant, enabling connectivity and everything beyond, accelerating the digital world and pioneering future-forward spaces. Together, as we embark on this new era of etisalat by e& in Egypt, we make possible countless connections across continents and create the limitless possibilities of tomorrow, today. etisalat by e& in Egypt #MakePossible بعد ١٥ سنة من تفوقنا التكنولوجي في مصر، ولإننا حابين نقدم خدمات كتيرة عالية الجودة لكل عملائنا، جه الوقت إللي نطور في “اتصالات من &e في مصر” وندخل المستقبل الرقمي من أوسع الأبواب! شبكتنا النهاردة بتغطي ۹۹% من مناطق مصر، وبنطور يوم ورا يوم عشان نوصل رسالتنا بالنمو والتحول والتفوق، كل دا عشان نوفر لعملائنا أفضل تجربة رقمية، ونسرع العملية التشغيلية. النهاردة في “اتصالات من &e في مصر” إحنا جاهزين نقدملكم خدمات رقمية جديدة تسهلكو حياتكم اليومية، ومع خدمة المكالمات التقليدية، حنوفرلكم خدمات تانية كتير! لإننا بجد شريكم الموثوق، إللي بيخليكم على تواصل، وبياخدكم للمستقبل عبر تسريع الاقتصاد الرقمي والريادة. مع “اتصالات من &e في مصر” حنبدأ مع بعض عصر جديد، ونقربكم من بعض عبر القارات، ومع بعض حنكتشف إمكانيات بكرة اللامحدودة من النهاردة. “اتصالات من &e في مصر” ... معانا #makepossible
Managing Director
Jul 2022
Etisalat Services Holding (ESH) is a UAE-based company that provides strategic direction and corporate support to six independent business units that work in a wide spectrum of industries. ESH’s business units have an extensive experience in their own domains that is reflected in their unyielding achievements. They have been serving small and medium enterprises (SMEs), large private corporations, as well as government entities, for many years with value added services and the execution of infrastructure projects. VISION To be the 1st Strategic Partner to our clients. MISSION Through our dedicated and qualified people, we strive to maximise our stakeholders value and to deliver innovative services, right first time to enable our customers to meet their strategic objectives.
2021
Board Member
May 2021
e& enterprise IoT & AI is a recently formed company from e& enterprise following the acquisition of Smartworld. It is focused on transitioning large enterprises and government entities to smarter, data-driven and highly automated organisations. With the combination of internet of things and artificial intelligence solutions, e& enterprise IoT & AI are enabling smarter, more sustainable urban developments, safer cities, digital healthcare, digital government, smart aviation and Industry 4.0 through our end-to-end Advanced Solutions as a Service. The Advanced Solutions as a Service includes offering a full life cycle of services from consultancy, design, development, delivery and operations across IoT Edge, IoT connectivity, IoT platform, Enterprise AI and other applications.
2016
Board Member
Feb 2016
Established in 1999, evision is the media and entertainment arm of e& (previously known as Etisalat Group) across the MENAP region. It is not only the largest and most trusted content aggregator in UAE with flagship entertainment services as eLife TV and SwitchTV, but is also the leader in all forms of entertainment across all current and emerging media and digital platforms in the MENAP region. As a pioneer in home entertainment, evision provides a comprehensive turnkey solution for content aggregation, production and content management for IPTV, mobile and streaming OTT platforms, and operates in UAE, KSA, Egypt and Pakistan. With over 20 years of collaborating with all major channel providers in the region, Hollywood, Bollywood and independent studios and other regional content players, evision offers a vast and exclusive content proposition with more than 600 TV channels and 15,000 hours of on-demand content across many languages. evision is a majority equity shareholder of StarzPlay, a leading SVOD and video streaming platform in MENA. The strategic consolidation of StarzPlay under evision accelerates evision’s transition from focusing on the telecom network business to providing Direct to Consumer (DTC) streaming services to consumers across the MENA region evision also operates original and exclusive in-house channels such as ejunior, emasala & emasala Simply South, StarzPlay Crime, StarzPlay Action, StarzPlay Comedy, StarzPlay Series and CricLife channels 1,2,3. Additionally evision also manages Television Audience Measurement (TAM), the most innovative content measurement systems in UAE. Headquartered in Dubai and as part of e& life, consumer digital vertical of e& Group, evision aims to target new business growth opportunities in media and entertainment across MENAP, augmenting its consumer entertainment offerings while striving to foster a diverse and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard.
Emirates Cable TV & Multimedia -e-Vision
Board Member
Feb 2016
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