Honor offer

Honor announces special offers, gifts and discounts for Eid Al Adha

The offer, which is valid on the brand’s entire portfolio of smartphones, smartwatches, earbuds and laptops, will last until July 17

Ministry of Health

Saudi’s Ministry of Health embraces multi-cloud approach to boost healthcare services

The cloud platform will enable innovation while enhancing efficiency, resiliency, and security for healthcare providers

Eclipse Foods

Prince Khaled’s KBW Ventures invests in US-based Eclipse Foods

The Oakland-based brand raised over $40m in Series B funding

Sony

Sony takes a leap into PC gaming gear with new Inzone brand

Sony wants to signal to consumers that it’s making products and games that go beyond the scope of its console ecosystem

DIFC launches Open Finance lab

Dubai’s DIFC launches region’s first open finance lab

The lab will run business and technical deep-dive workshops, facilitate industry and regulatory forums on important issues such as API standards and consumer consent management

ADRES Microsoft

ADRES partners with Microsoft to strengthen its digital real estate platform

The digital platform uses technology from Azure, such as cloud-native space, including Azure Kubernetes Services

Power league Gaming Logitech

Power League Gaming, Logitech G partner to launch ‘stream school’

Stream School aims to assist those who aspire to enter esports and gaming sector by delivering the tools needed to get started

Copper

Metals haven’t crashed this hard since the Great Recession

For a metal like copper, its uses in everything from heavy industrial machinery to advanced electronics mean the market is tightly linked to economic shifts

King Saud University IBM

IBM, Saudi’s King Saud University partner to advance skills development

IBM will work with KSU to support AI education and awareness while maximising partnerships with academia, the public, and private sector

UAE reports 1,750 Covid-19 cases, 1,645 recoveries

The nationwide case count has risen to 942,253

Dubai airline agents

Sheikh Hamdan issues resolution cancelling fees levied on Dubai-based airline agents, offices

The new resolution cancels fees levied on airline agents and their branches and airline offices operating in Dubai

spinneys introduces meal deals

Spinneys launches value-for-money ‘meal deals’ for customers

The supermarket’s latest offering caters to individual food preferences, including vegan and gluten-free dietary requirements

Museum of the Future RTA

Museum of the Future, RTA accelerate smart city mobility with strategic partnership

The strategic partnership agreement is signed to deepen collaboration on the future of mobility across cities and communities

cybersecurity private equity

What drives private equity firms to acquire cybersecurity companies

Over the last couple of years, cybersecurity is moving higher up the priority list, following a series of high-profile attacks globally

Dubai Chambers

Dubai Chambers welcomes over 1,600 new African companies since October 2021

Dubai International Chamber operates four representative offices in Kenya, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Ghana

Bespin Global

Bespin Global opens cloud operations centre and training academy in Abu Dhabi

The new facilities located at Al Wafra Square on Al Reem Island have been established with support from ADIO’s Innovation Programme

QatarEnergy

QatarEnergy vows to erase almost all methane emissions by 2030

The Qatari company has signed up to the Aiming for Zero Methane Emissions Initiative

DEWA launches automatic smart grid restoration system

Dubai’s DEWA launches automatic smart grid restoration system

The system improves grid automation, fault detection, retrieval of connections and supports DEWA’s efforts to maintain supplies

Yiwu market Dubai

Yiwu market: An ideal hub for affordable Chinese products opens in Dubai

DP World and the China Commodity City Group, which manages the world’s largest wholesale market in China, partnered to build Yiwu market in Dubai

RTA approves strategic plan 2023-2030 aligned with Dubai Urban Plan 2040

Dubai’s RTA finalises data investment master plan, aims to sell data to boost revenues

The project includes creating an operational model to maximise return on investment from the use of RTA’s data while protecting the confidentiality of data

McDonald’s

McDonald’s promotes Ian Borden to CFO in series of appointments

Borden first joined the McDonald’s system in Canada in 1994 and served in several international roles

Cybersecurity Gartner

Gartner unveils top eight cybersecurity predictions for 2022-23

Analysts explore the future of cybersecurity at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit in Sydney

Injazat Dell

Injazat expands collaboration with Dell Technologies and VMware to enhance cloud offerings

Injazat to build its hybrid multi-cloud 2.0 platform using Dell and VMware Cloud to support rising demand for cloud infrastructure and solutions

Cloud

Why some organisations are still reluctant to move to cloud

Bahrain Economic Development Board’s Musab Abdulla shares how disruptive technologies like cloud computing are impacting today’s innovations

UAE reports 1,744 Covid-19 cases, 1,718 recoveries

The nationwide case count has risen to 940,503

Careem acquires Munch-On in the UAE

Careem acquires food delivery platform Munch:On in the UAE

Munch:On will stop daily operations and the offering will be rebuilt on the Careem app

Emirates health services signs MOU with J&J

Emirates Health Services, Johnson & Johnson partner to boost healthcare sector

The agreement will support public awareness programmes and campaigns covering various diseases, such as obesity and cancer, and mental health

T-rex 2

Amazfit’s new smartwatch T-Rex 2 now available in the UAE

The T-Rex 2 is available across all Eros stores and leading electronics retailers for a starting price of Dhs799

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Saudi Arabia’s Alfanar Global Development to invest SAR2bn in Egypt

The agreements – focused on tech for renewable energy, IT, digital solutions and cybersecurity – were signed on the sidelines of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to Egypt