Expo 2020 Dubai, together with SAP, its Innovative Enterprise Software Partner, will digitise and automate procurement processes via a unified digital procurement payment platform, on which more than AED 1 billion transactions have already been made. SAP Ariba solutions offer a complete end-to-end system that enhances transparency and efficiency across the event’s global supply chain. The […]
Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s leading association for project professionals and changemakers, released its annual Pulse of the Profession®report. Although organisations went through significant disruption in the past year, and many projects were put on hold, the report found that organisations in the MENA region were able to rise to the challenge.In fact,of those projects […]
As part of their leadership responsibilities, CIOs should leverage their influence and technology resources to take an active role in advancing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, according to Gartner, Inc. “The disruption from the pandemic and social injustices have raised employee expectations when it comes to DEI,” said Rob O’Donohue, senior research director at Gartner. “CIOs have an […]
Countries across the GCC can significantly increase foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows by applying different mechanisms and methodologies, according to a new report published by Oliver Wyman and the World Government Summit (WGS). Titled “De-risking the Investment Landscape: High-impact FDI Policies for the GCC”, the report details FDI fluctuations within the region and ways they can […]
The disruptive nature of the COVID-19 health crisis has been unrelenting, with repercussions implicating all societal areas. Yet despite the unprecedented turbulence of late, the asset management industry in the Middle East has emerged in a favorable position, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The report, titled ‘Global Asset Management 2021: The $100 […]
Hyundai Motor Group (Hyundai) and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) today announced a research collaboration exploring new relationships between advanced technologies, public environments and personal experiences. These interactions are defined as “adaptive ecologies”: the technological interfaces that exist between beings (such as living organisms and machines) and their surroundings (the vast spatial and material […]
Prime headline office rents in Dubai have started to stabilise, according to the latest research by global property consultants, Knight Frank. Overall, however, rents still remain at 9-year lows, leaving occupiers firmly in the driving seat, according to the research published in Knight Frank’s biannual Summer 2021 Dubai Office Market Review. Like every other major […]
The UAE hotel market is continuing to experience signs of recovery and will see an additional boost later this year with the delivery of new supply into the market and the arrival of tourists from all corners of the globe for Expo 2020 Dubai, according to JLL’s latest UAE Real Estate Market Performance report. In […]
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 71.6 million units in the second quarter of 2021, an increase of 4.6% from the second quarter of 2020, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. While PC demand remained above pre-pandemic levels, this was a marked deceleration in growth compared to the record year over year growth of 35.7% in […]
KPMG’s new report, the Future of Insurance, presents macro trends that are shaping the insurance industry, along with a review of the financial performance of the Saudi companies. The publication also highlights outcomes of the most recent KPMG 2021 CEO Outlook Global Pulse Survey, where 50 CEOs of insurance companies across nine key global markets were […]
