Etisalatand stcremain the frontrunners across the MEA region, claiming the title of the MEA’s strongest and most valuable telecoms brands, respectively. stcis the region’s most valuable brand, its brand value up an impressive 14% to US$9.2 billion, simultaneously jumping 5 positions to 13th and becoming a AAA- brand. stc has recently doubled the capacity of its network, […]
Emirates NBD Capital, the investment banking arm of Emirates NBD, one of the leading banking groups in the MENAT (Middle East, North Africa and Turkey) region, marks a record year of debt capital transactions. The investment bank’s Debt Capital Markets (DCM) team successfully completed c. 60 transactions in 2020 across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), […]
The UAE has topped the Middle East and North Africa region rankings in the World Bank’s newly released 2021 ‘Women, Business and the Law’ (WBL) report. The country’s ratings in the World Bank report saw a significant leap by virtue of ground-breaking legislative reforms implemented over the past few years. Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released new analysis showing that the airline industry is expected to remain cash negative throughout 2021. Previous analysis (November 2020) indicated that airlines would turn cash positive in the fourth quarter of 2021. At the industry level, airlines are now not expected to be cash positive until 2022. Estimates […]
The UAE’s female leaders are embracing digital, are motivated to make a positive impact on the world and optimistic about the growth of their business despite pandemic-related challenges. This, according to the third edition of KPMG’s UAE Female Leaders Outlook.The report examines economic and business outlooks, risks and opportunities, as well as career and gender […]
With an estimated market value of $350 billion today, the array of emerging digital solutions for life after COVID is likely to be worth over $3 trillion by 2025, according to UNCTAD’s Technology and Innovation Report 2021, which examines the crucial issue of technological change and inequality. It warns of serious implications for developing countries […]
Over the last decade, the evolution of high-speed connectivity and the pace of changing preferences across demographics have driven the demand for services and solutions that are delivered faster and easy to access. However, the impact of the ongoing pandemic on businesses has been felt across every sector and the majority of companies are experiencing […]
Technology has revolutionized retail, yielding higher interactivity for customers, more retailer conversion rates, and much more traffic on numerous retail channels. In the market, omnichannel retailing has now become the routine and users demand direct exposure to retailers at their convenient time via various channels. As clients accept innovative technology and its various access points, Omni-channel retail […]
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Dubai Startup Hub initiative has launched eight guides to help startups in the UAE do business, as the Chamber concluded its fifth and final ‘Networking Series’. Organised in cooperation with Virtuzone, the Series target startups and entrepreneurs and ran from mid-October to mid-December 2020. The new guides cover […]
With the Fourth Industrial Revolution firmly upon us, and technology deeper and more pervasive than ever, how can we better understand its role in connecting us and its power to change how we live, work and interact with our surroundings? These complex questions were addressed by leading tech experts during Expo 2020 Dubai’s latest virtual […]
