Retailers in the Gulf countries are adopting technology and innovation to adapt to the new norm where well-informed and demanding customers want better experience in shopping and want products to be delivered faster and more seamlessly. As a result, the retail landscape has been undergoing a digital transformation for the last few years. While a […]
Fashinza, the AI-driven B2B marketplace and real-time global supply chain platform for fashion brands and retailers, today announced the appointment of Sumit Saxena as the company’s first President of Revenue and Strategy. The appointment comes after a USD $100M Series B round of investment with investors primarily from the UAE, India, and the US, as […]
Cityscape, a key regional real estate exhibition, is set to make its Bahrain debut later this year as one of the first major shows at the new Exhibition World Bahrain. The launch is in light of an agreement inked by Informa Markets, Cityscape organisers, and the Kingdom’s Real Estate Regulatory Authority at the Cityscape Global […]
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) announced that it has listed Invictus Investment Company, a trading firm specialising in agro-food commodities, raw materials for industries and finished goods, and a subsidiary of Invictus Holding Limited. The company made its trading debut on Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange’s Growth Market as it takes steps to broaden the products […]
In accordance with the Central Bank of Bahrain’s (CBB) objective to provide an appropriate level of protection to users of the financial system, as well as promoting transparency and market discipline, and the CBB’s keenness to evaluate clients’ experiences in order to achieve the required quality standard of insurance services within the Kingdom of Bahrain, […]
Microsoft for Startups, in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), graduated 21 startups from the second GrowthX Accelerator program during a Demo Day on Tuesday, 28 June in Abu Dhabi. The ceremony was attended by startup founders, corporate partners, investors, government officials and other stakeholders from the regional startup ecosystem. During the 12-week […]
More than 200 regional and global business leaders and inspirational women from all walks of life attended the 12th edition of Women in Management Top50 Global Conference and Awards in Dubai earlier this week. Being held in the UAE for the first time, this year’s event theme Resilience and Reinvention, was tackled by several globally renowned […]
Phishing simulator data from Kaspersky Security Awareness Platform shows that workers tend not to notice pitfalls hidden in emails devoted to corporate issues and delivery problem notifications. Almost one in five (16% to 18%) clicked the link in the email templates imitating these phishing attacks. According to estimates, 91% of all cyberattacks begin with […]
Over 1,600 new African member companies have registered with Dubai Chambers since October 2021, growing 6.5% to reach 26,420 today, the Chambers have revealed. In October 2021, the Chamber hosted the sixth edition of the Global Business Forum Africa (GBF Africa) on the sidelines of Expo 2020 Dubai – a global forum which brought together […]
More than a thousand small and medium-sized business (SMB) owners in nine countries, including the UAE, weighed in on a recent UPS survey to tell us how they’re doing … what’s holding them back and how they’re overcoming obstacles. According to the findings, of the 115 SMB owners who took part in the survey only […]
