Aiming to make wholesale buying convenient, secure, and transparent, SAFQAT- an online B2B marketplace- will soon debut in the UAE market. Replacing traditional one-on-one interactions, SAFQAT provides a streamlined one-to-many model that reinforces the supplier-buyer connection. The platform aims for suppliers to reach restaurants, caterers, supermarkets, and grocery stores with a simple click making this […]
By instituting the right policies and by developing tech champions, GCC countries can reach the level of advanced digital economies, adding US$255 billion to regional GDP by 2030, including $119 billion in Saudi Arabia alone, according to the latest report by Strategy& Middle East, part of the PwC network. The digital economy of the GCC […]
The Robotic Process Automation (RPA) at Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has achieved significant results in terms of improving operations, productivity, the accuracy of data, accelerating procedures and reducing costs and duration for tasks with a total of 40,000 hours until 2021. DEWA uses RPA to automate business processes to reduce repetitive and routine […]
UAE-headquartered restaurant and cloud kitchen management platform Grubtech has launched operations in Egypt as part of its ongoing international expansion strategy. The company has also appointed Osama Harfoush as Country Manager for the new market. Grubtech’s entry into Egypt’s $22 billion food service industry highlights its rapid growth since being established less than three years […]
The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federation of Afro-Asian Insurers and Reinsurers (FAIR) to foster greater cooperation to encourage business collaboration among their members. Under the MoU, there will be greater cooperation between FAIR and ICIEC on sharing insurance and […]
Ministers from the UAE, Egypt and Jordan have met for the first time since the signing of an integrated industrial partnership for sustainable economic growth last week, to discuss a roadmap for implementing initiatives related to the new partnership. The trilateral higher committee meeting was attended by His Excellency Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al […]
Bedu, the Dubai-based leader of Metaverse and Web3 technologies in the Middle East, today announced the appointment of renowned digital artist Alexis Christodoulou as creative lead on the company’s pioneering Metaverse project, “2117”. “I work from a desire to see fantastic spaces come to life that echo a modern, clean aesthetic,” Christodoulou said. “Bedu is […]
Startups Without Borders and SPARK are hosting the Startups On The Move Networking events, a series of ecosystem events happening in June to connect entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds with key ecosystem players in the Middle East. The events are part of the Startups on the Move Incubation program, launched with support from Google.org, which involves […]
CARS24, one of the world’s fastest-growing e-commerce platforms for pre-owned cars is currently witnessing a high demand for luxury cars in the UAE. Prices for luxury cars on the platform based on their usage start from AED90,000 onwards. Consumers in the UAE can drive home a top-of-the-range luxury vehicle by making the initial 20% down […]
Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, announced today it has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Q2 2022. The report provides recognition of Trend Micro’s focus on innovation, customer-centricity, and endpoint security. As one of only three security vendors named a […]
