The active implementation of corporate anti-corruption initiatives is crucial in boosting investor confidence and investment flows across the region, according to Badr Jafar, Founder of the Pearl Initiative, the business-led non-profit organisation promoting a culture of corporate transparency and accountability in the Gulf region. Speaking at an opening panel discussion in Riyadh titled ‘Building Blocks
Dubai Electronic Security Center (DESC) announced its strategic partnership with the region’s largest international forum, Hack in the Box+ (HITB) CyberWeek. The event will take place 12 – 17 October and will be hosted at the Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi. This fifth edition of HITB CyberWeek will include a three-day conference, multiple public seminars, advanced
The thrill continues as four more Arab Reading Challenge semi-finalists enter the danger zone after grueling challenges that set contestants apart. The second group’s eight contestants partook two challenges during the third episode of the Arab Reading Challenge TV show before the judging panel placed four in the danger zone. Mezna Najeeb from UAE, Raneem
The Al Mizhar and Umm Al Sheif centres of Islamic Cultural Centres of Islamic Affairs and Islamic Charitable Activities Department in Dubai (IACAD) announced that the number of people who benefited from their religious awareness programmes stood at 1,995 during the third quarter of 2019. Ms. Hamda Al Muhairi, Director of the Centres’ Department, reaffirmed
Etisalat successfully wrapped up its participation at GITEX Technology Week 2019, attracting visitors, decision-makers, technology experts and the media to its stand with a wide array of innovative use cases across mobility, retail, healthcare, manufacturing, aviation, and oil and gas reflecting this year’s theme ‘5G – A World without limits’. The 5G revolution is here,
The Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP), a multilateral development financial institution, today announced that its credit rating has been upgraded by Moody’s Investors Service from ‘Aa3’ to ‘Aa2’ with ‘stable,’ outlook driven by the Corporation’s progress in sustaining and further improving its financial performance and resilience. APICORP’s short-term issuer rating was also affirmed at Prime-1.
Under the patronage of His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, the UAE Minister of Infrastructure Development and the Chairman of the Federal Transport Authority for Land and Maritime, the 5th edition of Breakbulk Middle East will strongly emphasize the effective use of technology to advance the sector forward. The implementation of Augmented Reality is
