The first edition of the Middle East Blockchain Awards (MEBA), held on 18 November in the five-star W Hotel on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, recognised 14 of the region’s best in the field of Web 3.0. Award winners were announced during a glittering ceremony attended by government officials and industry experts from the Middle East […]
A new survey by Bayt.com, the Middle East’s #1 job site, revealed a variety of insights about lifestyles of professionals and how employers can elicit a healthy change in the workplace. According to the ‘Health and Wellbeing in the MENA’ survey, the majority of respondents (94%) have the intention to become regularly active and follow […]
Sustainable progress within the Middle East’s travel, tourism and hospitality space is advancing rapidly, as the industry looks ahead to Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2023The sustainable trends of green airlines, eco hospitality, sustainable attractions, locally sourced produce and forward-thinking government initiatives will represent key focuses at Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2023, which will take place […]
Cairo-based startup Grinta, a Fintech-enabled B2B tech platform digitizing the pharmaceutical supply chain, raised $8 million seed funding co-led by Raed Ventures and Nclude. Other investors include Silicon Valley-based Endeavor Catalyst and 500 Global, bringing its total funding to date to $9.5 million. The funds will be invested in scaling Grinta’s full-stack tech platform, expanding […]
Throughout Q3 2022, Gate.io Group, the parent company of crypto exchange Gate.io, revealed its global expansion progress in several key crypto regions such as Dubai, Lithuania, and Turkey. Now, a new milestone has been achieved. Recently announced in a keynote at Istanbul Blockchain Week 2022, Gate.io and its Turkey-based counterpart Gate Turkey unveiled GateTR, a new crypto exchange tailored to serve Turkey’s growing crypto market. Reveal and launch of GateTR […]
Hozpitality.com, the innovative e-commerce platform that has the largest community of hospitality professionals in the world, hosted its 8th edition of the Hospitality Excellence Awards at the Arabian Ranches Golf Club on the 17th of November. The grand event was attended by over 500 top hospitality leaders of the region. The achievers were selected by […]
KPMG Professional Services released a new publication, titled “Growing new industrial supply chains” and describing the journey that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) could undertake to set up industrial supply chains, the ecosystem of support that industrial SMEs navigate, and the challenges they face in Saudi Arabia. The paper outlines global examples and benchmarks to identify disparate […]
SICO BSC (c), a leading regional asset manager, broker, market maker and investment bank (licensed as a wholesale bank by the CBB), announced today that SICO Top-20, its equally weighted diversified GCC Equities portfolio, has generated a cumulative return of 152% since its launch in November 2017. SICO Top-20 has consistently outperformed its benchmark, the […]
Since its inception in 2005, MultiBank Group has evolved into the largest financial derivatives institution worldwide. Just recently, in October 2022, MultiBank Group moved its Headquarters from Hong Kong to Dubai, UAE. Mr. Taher, Chairman of MultiBank Group – stated: “MultiBank Group has been recently awarded additional licenses issued by two of the most respected […]
The Chairman of Israel’s Bank Leumi (TASE: LUMI), Dr. Samer Haj-Yehia, participated this week in a series of international conferences in the Persian Gulf to promote regional economic collaborations. Among others, Dr. Haj-Yehia convened at the Abu Dhabi Financial Week (ADFW) 2022 with global financial leaders, including H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al […]
