Her Excellency Sarah Al Amiri underlines the role of science and technology in industrial development

Her Excellency Sarah bint Yousif Al Amiri, UAE Minister of State for Public Education and Advanced Technology, has taken part in the 31st Executive Committee Meeting of COMSTECH, the Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The core mandate of COMSTECH is to strengthen cooperation among OIC […]

Saeed Al Maktoum: We are keen to consolidate Dubai’s position among the top five international shipping centres

On the occasion of the International Maritime Day, which comes this year under the slogan “New technologies for greener shipping”, the Dubai Maritime City Authority at the Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation honored a number of representatives of the concerned authorities and companies in the maritime sector, in recognition of their pivotal role in […]

NEC and Red Hat expand global collaboration to drive IT modernization and digital transformation

NEC Corporation and Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced an expanded global collaboration to drive IT modernization and digital transformation on Red Hat OpenShift. NEC now recognizes Red Hat OpenShift, the industry’s leading enterprise Kubernetes platform, as its preferred container platform for mission-critical applications, and this expansion will […]

The Social & Inclusive Business Camp launches its 2022 edition

On August 30th, the SIBC officially launched its 6 th edition, welcoming the 43 entrepreneurs selected for the 2022 cohort. These social and inclusive entrepreneurs were chosen among more than 380 applications across Africa to participate in an intensive program aimed at preparing them forscaling up, through training, mentoring, peer-to-peer exchanges and meetings with investors. […]

Nearly 75% of local and state government organizations attacked by ransomware had their data encrypted

Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in State and Local Government 2022, which found that 72% of state and local government organizations attacked by ransomware had their data encrypted—7% more than the cross-sector average. In fact, only 20% of state and local government […]

Dubai Chamber of Commerce introduces business community to UAE corporate tax system

Dubai Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a workshop on the UAE Corporate Tax system at its headquarters, which was attended by over 330 participants from the business community, representing various economic sectors. Organised in collaboration with leading law firm Al Tamimi & Co., the workshop supported the Chamber’s efforts to keeping companies informed of key […]