Students from Canadian University Dubai (CUD) are responding to the call to build coding talent in the UAE, inspired by the recent UAE Codes Day. Computer Science majors and Ali Hussein and Helia Haghighi told how they have been spurred on to develop their passion into a career, following the largest community movement to promote […]
Venture investor firm Knuru Capital announces that it will be providing KLAIM with a $5 million seed investment into an innovative securitized financing structure to help scale its receivable purchase operations in the UAE. KLAIM is a FinTech company dedicated to healthcare that provides working capital to small and mid-size healthcare providers to ease their […]
Ahmed Abu-Sharkh, Country Senior Partner, KPMG in Qatar, said: “Qatar’s CEOs have confronted many disruptions to their growth ambitions over a short period in recent times – COVID-19, geopolitical tensions, supply chain disruptions, cyber threats, the war on talent, and a looming recession. Nevertheless, resilience and optimism in long-term growth prospects prevail. CEOs ranked emerging/disruptive […]
The Department of Planning and Development – Trakhees, the regulatory arm of the Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, has succeeded in executing more than 24,000 transactions through the Licensing Department at Trakhees during the first nine months of 2022, with a growth rate of 50% compared to the same period last year. Eng. Abdulla […]
The UAE government launched “Jahiz”, an upskilling initiative for the future of government talents, which was recently endorsed by the UAE Cabinet headed by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. It aims to enhance UAE Government readiness through upskilling all government […]
Yalla Super App has just crossed a record-breaking milestone of 1 million users executing more than 2M transactions with value exceeding 2 Billion Egyptian Pounds in less than 8 months from launch, which has never been achieved before by a financial or non-financial app in the region which means that more than one million Egyptian […]
Mercedes-Benz has raised the value of its iconic brand by 10%, Interbrand’s “Best Global Brands 2022” survey shows. This underscores the company’s successful transition towards an electric and software-driven future. Mercedes-Benz aims to build the world’s most desirable cars and to take the leading position in electric drive and vehicle software. The strategic decision to […]
Start-Up Nation Central – a non-profit that promotes the Israeli innovation ecosystem around the world – welcomed a delegation from Morocco’s Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) this week to promote greater partnership between the innovation ecosystems in both countries. The delegation’s visit builds upon the memorandum of understanding (MOU) that the two signed in Casablanca […]
Abu Dhabi Global Market Academy (ADGMA), the knowledge arm of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an International Financial Centre (IFC) of the capital emirate of the UAE, has renewed its commitment to upskilling and developing Emirati nationals by signing the National Employability Agenda with Human Resources Authority. The announcement was made during the first edition […]
GELLIFY – a leading innovation and digital transformation company providing pioneering solutions in the MENA region is holding the sixth edition of its annual flagship digital event ‘“Corporate Entrepreneurship 2022” on November 23rd and 24th. Taking place over a course of two days, the leading event by GELLIFY aims to help organisations embark on a […]
