UAE reports 447 Covid-19 cases, 1,436 recoveries

The nationwide case count has risen to 881,919

gold

UAE’s DGCX trades total value of $13.68bn contracts in February 2022

Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange’s Gold Futures Contract recorded a year-on-year average daily volume growth of 734 per cent

Nasdaq Dubai

Jordan’s Capital Bank lists $100m bond on Nasdaq Dubai

The bond is the first issuance of its kind for a Jordanian bank on the exchange

Etisalat (e&), stc Group, du, Zain, Batelco and Omantel sign major pact

The MoU signed at the Mobile World Congress 2022 will aim to strengthen cooperation to reduce the companies’ carbon footprint through operations

Abu Dhabi’s Tadweer to develop a new engineered landfill for hazardous waste

The landfill will employ new technologies to treat the waste generated from the project for cleaning and disinfecting the Mussafah Channel

Steven Bartlett

Steven Bartlett delivers key entrepreneurial and social media insights at event in Dubai

He is represented in the Middle East by Motivate Talent, which is a part of the Dubai-headquartered Motivate Media Group

AIX Investment Group strengthens its footprint across the region

The investment company will be present at Dubai International Boat Show 2022, to showcase their products and services to potential investors

Abu Dhabi University

Abu Dhabi University launches new e-learning centre to upskill faculty, design courses

ADU aims to offer over 20 programmes and 50 online courses for students by the 2025-2026 academic year

The growth of the fintech sector in the Middle East

Moving towards more homogenised regional frameworks can catalyse a wave of new fintechs to scale globally, opines Oliver Obitayo, CEO of IDnow Middle East 

UAE reports 502 Covid-19 cases, 1,508 recoveries

The nationwide case count has risen to 881,472

UAE’s Gulf Capital accelerates investment pace in Egypt and Africa

Gulf Capital has already invested over $300m in Egypt in sectors such as technology, infrastructure, manufacturing, petrochemicals and healthcare

Alef Group hayyan

Alef Group launches Dhs3.5bn Hayyan villa project in Sharjah

Hayyan extends over an area of 8.7 million sq ft and includes a total of 1,836 villas, spread across three different zones

No masks required outdoors at schools, universities in Dubai – KHDA

Protocols such as physical distancing as well as wearing masks indoors are still in place

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs

UAE Central Bank approves creation of 5,000 jobs for Emiratis by 2026

The Emiratisation plan will apply to managerial positions across the country’s banking and insurance sectors

NAsdaq New York

Dubai’s Shuaa Capital lists $100m SPAC on Nasdaq New York

It has priced its initial public offering of 10,000,000 units of Shuaa Partners Acquisition Corp I at $10 per unit

Here’s how UAE banks can protect real-time payments from fraud

Jeremy Wilmot, chief product officer at ACI Worldwide tells Gulf Business how the company is preparing to help UAE banks connect to the nation’s central real-time payments infrastructure

Emirates fujairah

Emirates opens booking office in Fujairah

It is the airline’s first retail sales office in the emirate

Getty Images

Here are the top mobile marketing trends for 2022

Consumer engagement and hyper-personalisation are expected to remain key factors in a changing digital world

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways posts $476m loss for 2021

The airline carried 3.5 million passengers in 2021

Bitcoin tops $44,000 in tentative comeback as portfolio hedge

Adam Farthing, chief risk officer for Japan at crypto trading firm B2C2, said Bitcoin could “de-link from risk”

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered the completion of all housing grant applications submitted in previous years through the Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme, at a total cost of around Dhs2.3b

Sheikh Mohamed discusses Ukraine, energy market stability in call with Vladimir Putin

Sheikh Mohamed stressed the need for a peaceful solution to the Ukraine crisis in a way that maintains the interests and national security of all parties

Toyota to resume Japan production after supplier cyberattack

The one-day domestic production stoppage likely impacted around 13,000-vehicles worth of production for the automaker

Dubai’s Emirates opens new check-in facility in Ajman

The new facility will help shrink customer queues from Ajman and the Northern Emirates

UAE reports 478 Covid-19 cases, 1,485 recoveries

The nationwide case count has risen to 880,451

Oracle hires Nick Redshaw as senior vice president for Middle East and Africa

Redshaw has over 35 years’ experience in the IT industry having worked in sales and executive roles across the globe

How Kyndryl is helping organisations create a seamless hybrid workplace

Vickram Nagi, managing director at Kyndryl Middle East, Africa and Turkey shares they use a holistic, measurable, and data-driven approach to help customers simplify workflows

New artificial intelligence and coding licence launched in Dubai

The licence offered by Dubai International Financial Centre can also serve as a gateway to obtaining UAE Golden Visas

Getty Images

Mobile World Congress 2022: OPPO showcases Find X5 Series and next-gen flash charge technology

The 240W SuperVOOC can charge a 4,500mAh battery to 100 per cent in about nine minutes

Carrefour BIO

Carrefour launches its first Bio store in Dubai

Located in City Centre Me’aisem, it features the retailer’s first-ever café and an in-store hydroponic farm

Sheikh Mohammed inaugurates The Digital School at Expo 2020 Dubai

Over 20,000 students will be registered in the first year, with the goal of increasing the number of students to one million in the next five years