Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, today announced the launch of its global She’s Next initiative in UAE to economically empower local women entrepreneurs. The initiative is launched in partnership with First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the UAE’s largest bank, and the Dubai Business Women Council (DBWC). She’s Next empowered by Visa is a […]
Microsoft customers today shared their digital transformation success stories as the company celebrated the third anniversary of the launch of its UAE data centres. Microsoft chose the UAE as its first destination to create hyper scale data centres in the region, and three years since their launch, Microsoft’s Azure locations in Dubai and Abu Dhabi […]
In a global survey of 300 C-suite banking industry executives, 54% say their financial institutions have faced greater competition over the past three years from digital alternatives. However, these executives also indicate that they are better positioned to compete. Notably, 84% of respondents reported that they have, to some extent or more, the necessary technological […]
Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, today announced the findings of its latest global Cyber Risk Index (CRI) for the second half of 2021, standing at -0.04, which is an elevated risk level with the Middle East and Africa (included under “all regions”). Respondents revealed that 76% of […]
Celebrating the successes of the past year with a massive Expo 2020 Dubai participation and multiple big-ticket events and campaigns in the region, entourage is setting foot in the heart of creativity and media, the gateway to North Africa – Egypt. Historically, Egypt has had a thriving media scene, with a bustling entertainment industry, creating […]
FinTech & FinTech-enabled Sector under the auspices of H.E. Mr. Tarek Amer, Governor of Central Bank of Egypt Cairo will host today the first Egyptian Venture Capital summit, under the title of: (Egypt: Your Investment Gateway to Africa & the Middle East Venture Capital), in partnership with GIZ Egypt on behalf of the German Development […]
Wahed Inc. (Wahed), a global Islamic fintech company, today announced that Wa’ed Ventures, the venture capital arm at Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center (Wa’ed), is leading their $50 million Series B funding round with HSBC acting as lead financial advisor. Other investors in this round include footballer Paul Pogba, who has also joined Wahed as their latest brand ambassador, […]
du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), today hosted an exclusive C-suite roundtable titled “Powering the Government’s Future Today”. The roundtable was held at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi with top executives from across UAE government organisations in attendance. Saleem AlBlooshi, Chief Technology Officer at du delivered a welcome address followed by a keynote speech […]
World’s leading holistic data security solutions provider, Galaxkey is aligning its expansion plans with the growing market for cybersecurity in the Middle East and Africa. The company, which started its regional operation in 2016 has seen its business grew multiple times and today to sustain its growth, Galaxkey has expanded team and its office to […]
ANSR, the market leader in enabling organizations to build, manage and scale global teams through Global Capability Centres (GCCs), today announced its partnership with Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) as part of ADIO’s $545 million Innovation Programme to drive innovation and growth for global businesses. ADIO will provide the companies financial and non-financial incentives to support their […]
