{"id":10107,"date":"2014-06-09T10:16:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T14:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.franchisegator.com\/articles\/?p=10107"},"modified":"2022-03-03T15:09:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T20:09:38","slug":"fastsigns-expands-globally-across-the-uae-and-north-africa-11819","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchisegator.com\/articles\/fastsigns-expands-globally-across-the-uae-and-north-africa-11819\/","title":{"rendered":"FASTSIGNS Expands Globally Across the UAE and North Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"\"><strong>CARROLLTON, Texas<\/strong> &#8212; Further increasing its global expansion to solidify its spot as the leader in the visual communications industry, FASTSIGNS&reg; International Inc., the worldwide franchisor for the more than 550 FASTSIGNS sign, graphics and visual communications centers, has signed master franchise agreements for growth to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and North Africa.<\/p>\n<p id=\"\"><span>Expansion will be led by Hamdi Osman, chairman of Solitaire IGT and former senior vice president of FedEx Express Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa. Further enhancing the company&rsquo;s presence in the Middle East, Osman will open 12 locations in the UAE under the agreement. In North Africa &quot; specifically Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya &quot; Osman plans to open the first center in 2014 and an additional 24 locations under the agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARROLLTON, Texas &#8212; Further increasing its global expansion to solidify its spot as the leader in the visual communications industry, FASTSIGNS&reg; International Inc., the worldwide franchisor for the more than 550 FASTSIGNS sign, graphics and visual communications centers, has signed master franchise agreements for growth to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and North Africa. 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