Hamriyah Free Zone inks investment deal with UAE’s Grankraft

The authority has leased approximately 323,000sq ft plots of land, with an investment value of Dhs22m in the first phase

Women in tech: Stashaway’s Nandini Joshi

With the growth in fintech, there has also been a surge to get women seats in the boardroom and higher leadership positions, says Nandini Joshi, COO, Stashaway

Here’s how biometric has changed the airport environment

Although the pandemic has affected the air travel industry, new technologies and contactless systems can eliminate the bottlenecks, says Osama Nawayseh, Middle East sales manager at Vision-Box

Abu Dhabi updates travel green list, number of destinations cut from 95 to 73

Mauritius, Morocco, New Zealand and Seychelles are among those excluded on the list

Women in tech: Cashew’s Ibtissam Ouassif

Opportunity and recognition are probably the most powerful tools to attract more women into the tech industry, says Ibtissam Ouassif, co-founder, cashew

Women in tech: Hoda A. Alkhzaimi, Emirates Digital Association for Women

Women in tech: Hoda A. Alkhzaimi, Emirates Digital Association for Women

We are seeing new investment models geared at developing sectors to improve people’s lives says Hoda A. Alkhzaimi, president of Emirates Digital Association for Women/Women in AI

How Bosch Car Service has evolved over the last 100 years

Cars will no longer be purely mechanical products – instead, they are evolving into road-based computers, says Arda Arslan, VP – Automotive Aftermarket at Robert Bosch Turkey, Iran and Middle East

Sitecore names Jose Valles as EMEA president

Valles joins Sitecore from SAP, where he served multiple roles in the EMEA South region

Education trends for 2022 and beyond

More and more universities will encourage students in their entrepreneurship efforts and act as incubation hubs

UAE’s new digital bank Zand set to launch ‘imminently’ after Dubai Bank acquisition

Dubai Bank, acquired from Emirates NBD, will be relaunched as Zand

Cathay Pacific warns of ‘several’ more flight cancellations in January

The pandemic and the government’s strict rules on quarantine have forced the airline to dramatically pare back services

Mubadala, G42 to set up biopharma manufacturing campus in Abu Dhabi

The facility will focus on vaccine and therapeutic products to “strengthen regional supply chains”

UAE looks to attract Asian firms to bolster crypto sector

The UAE has intensified its push to adopt the use of blockchain in recent years

Why transnational education is key for the post-Covid world

International enrollment declined significantly during the pandemic due to travel restrictions

Dubai Duty Free records Dhs87m worth of sales in three-day promotion

The retailer offered a 25 per cent discount on a range of merchandise over three days from December 18-20

EFG Hermes advises TPG’s Evercare Group on $72.4m IDC deal

IDC, a radiology and pathology diagnostics service provider in Pakistan, provides imaging and lab services across a national network of over 80 branches in 30 cities

Dubai fintech firm iBloxx gets DMCC crypto trading licence

The firm designs AI and machine learning algorithms to manage active trading models for crypto commodity markets

Video: ASUS is looking to grow its reach among different sectors in the region

End-user development is the major focus for ASUS Business in 2022, says its Middle East Country Product manager Raghvendra Singh

Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC, Taqa announce $3.6bn project to decarbonise offshore operations

The project is expected to reduce the carbon footprint of ADNOC’s offshore operations by more than 30 per cent

Dubai’s Emirates announces extension of flight suspension from Kenya

Dubai had announced a 48-hour temporary suspension on all flights from Kenya on December 20

Rolls-Royce to get Qatari funding for small nuclear reactors

Qatar will invest $112m in Rolls-Royce SMR, the separate unit created for the project

Emirates to reopen 20 airport lounges across its network

First and business class passengers, as well as platinum and gold skywards members to have access to more than 120 Emirates lounges

Etisalat’s blockchain arm crosses Dhs10bn transactions

Launched commercially in April 2021, the platform was co-created by Etisalat Digital along with seven UAE banks

GCC-UK strategic partnership to create jobs and drive economic growth in the Middle East

The GCC and UK already cooperate in many areas including security, foreign policy, trade and investment

Egypt seeks to build affordable electric vehicles priced at around $20,000

Production is set to begin in 2023, with output increasing to an annual 20,000 units over three years

Dubai World Trade Centre to become regulator for virtual assets and crypto

DWTC will be designing a comprehensive ecosystem for this sector within Dubai

Saudi food delivery company Jahez prices IPO at top of range

The company plans to sell just over two million shares to raise about SAR1.8bn.

Here’s how OPPO is meeting the UAE consumer’s demands

In an exclusive interview Fadi Abu Shamat, director of Strategy and Planning , special advisory for MEA president at OPPO shares the latest developments

Here’s how ASUS ExpertBook is meeting the evolving demands of businesses in the UAE

The new ASUS ExpertBook is lightweight and features a stylish look that contrasts with the typical look of business laptops

Dubai airport back at ‘100% operating capacity’

Terminal 3 is expected to serve more than 1.6 million passengers in the second half of December