Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Cargo launches Forever Home for animal rescues

Forever Home builds on Etihad Cargo’s existing animal welfare and conservation policy

Forecast 2022: Challenges and opportunities across the investment landscape

What investors can look forward to this year

UAE reports 882 Covid-19 cases, 2,294 recoveries

The nationwide case count has risen to 873,092

Standard Chartered announces highest operating profit since 2015 in MEA

The bank reported its income grew by 3.5 per cent to $2.44bn

Egypt credit sector

UAE’s Metito, Scatec in talks on $1.5bn Egypt desalination plant

The proposal involves a 400-megawatt solar-power facility and a desalination plant

Copper

Commodity forecast for 2022: How gold, oil and industrial metals are expected to fare this year

Supply chain disruptions, government stimulus and adverse weather have all contributed to market tightness last year

Gold advances to eight-month high, pushes above $1,900

Gold has made a strong start to the year, surging to the highest since June

National Petroleum Construction Company signs strategic MoUs at EGYPS

UAE-based National Petroleum Construction Company signed agreements with leading Egyptian companies to explore growth opportunities in the MENA region

UAE F&B

UAE’s F&B imports from Latin America reached $1.9bn in 2020

F&B exports from Latin American markets accounted for 12 per cent of the UAE’s total F&B imports in 2020

Saudi Arabia maintained its position in the top 50 global rankings

Abu Dhabi records Dhs71.5bn of real estate transactions in 2021

There were a total of 14,958 sales and mortgage transactions, with Yas Island topping the list with Dhs4.1bn in real estate deals

Emaar’s Dubai Hills Mall opens

The new shopping, dining and entertainment destination is home to Roxy Cinemas, Adventure Park and a roller coaster among other offerings

Covid-19 update: UAE reports 895 cases, 2,808 recoveries

The nationwide case count has now risen to 872,210

Dubai’s Emirates, Saudi Tourism Authority ink agreement to underpin inbound tourism in the kingdom

The agreement aims to capitalise on the airline’s global network to amplify the Saudi Arabian experience for leisure travellers

UAE and Hungary launch economic cooperation programme

The agreement covers cooperation in areas such as trade, investment, SMEs, energy, tourism, technology, space and education among other areas

ADNOC awards framework agreements worth $1.94bn to boost drilling

The framework agreements cover ADNOC’s onshore and offshore fields and will run for five years with an option for an extension

Optimizely opens first Middle East office in Dubai

Jesper Broberg has been appointed as the regional vice president to lead the company’s regional operations

2021 was a record year for global M&A market: Lex Mundi

Lex Mundi’s Global M&A Trends Report 2022 predicts as much, if not more, deal activity in both public and private mergers and acquisitions this year

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The Middle East’s first large-scale NFT collection to launch in Dubai

The Bored Falcon initiative has been created and fuelled by a collective of artists across Dubai, Manama, Beirut, and Damascus

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MENA end-user security and risk management spending to grow 11.2% in 2022: Gartner

Increase in cyberattacks, threat to cyber-physical infrastructures and malicious nature of ransomware are expected to drive security spending

Cover story: Why the chairman of UAE’s Century Financial feels a people-centric approach is a game changer

The key to a strong relationship with investors is offering them best-in-class support, explains the company’s CEO and chairman Bal Krishen

India and UAE complete talks on bilateral pact to boost trade

Total trade between India and the UAE stood at $53bn during April-December 2021-22

Dubai International Financial Centre achieves record company registrations in 2021

Last year, the financial centre also recorded its highest ever annual revenue and operating profit

UAE’s Etihad Airways to add Airbus’ latest A350F freighter to its fleet

The A350F will drive the airline’s long-term cargo strategy and its target to reduce carbon emissions by 50 per cent by 2035

How C-level execs can resolve their differences on technology’s ‘invest to grow’ debate

The best platforms and tools should empower a business to take action and make it competitive

Expo 2020 Dubai has stimulated real estate growth: JLL

The firm’s regional property outlook for 2022 showcases trends such as flexible office spaces and sustainability in built environments

From outfits to wearables, mapping the ‘smart clothing’ journey

Many of today’s smart clothes use connectivity with another device to analyse data but there are others which are self-contained and react independently

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Etisalat Digital’s cybersecurity arm Help AG partners with CyberArk

With new CyberArk identity security offerings, Help AG will expand its portfolio to help clients further reduce cybersecurity risk in UAE and Saudi Arabia

UAE reports 957 Covid-19 cases, 2,538 recoveries

The nationwide case count has risen to 871,315

Fertiglobe announces $340m dividend after Q4 2021 results

The company, a joint partnership between Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC and the Netherlands-based OCI, reported a revenue rise of 113 per cent to $3.31bn in 2021

Saudi digital security firm Elm soars in Riyadh trading debut

The stock rose to $44.3 on Wednesday