UAE MoE and Huawei Cloud launch Startup Program under The Entrepreneurial Nation initiative

The Entrepreneurial Nation, an initiative of the UAE Ministry of Economy, announced its partnership with Huawei Cloud to launch the Huawei Cloud Startup Program in the country. The Program seeks to accelerate UAE’s startup ecosystem, providing up to $150,000 in vouchers and access to Huawei Cloud ecosystem resources for eligible businesses. According to the Ministry […]

McDonald’s UAE opens its first restaurant run by an all-female workforce and partial solar paneled roof

McDonald’s UAE has unveiled its 197th operating restaurant in the Emirates, located in Umm Suqeim 2, Dubai which is operated entirely by an all-female workforce. The milestone launch was made even more memorable as the restaurant is also partially solar powered, continuing McDonald’s UAE’s ongoing mission to have a greener future. The new venue will […]

Serco launches graduate space programme in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Serco, the international public services company, having recently launched their Saudi Space Division based out of Riyadh, has opened applications for its Graduate Space Programme, with the aim of recruiting young national engineers. With the growth of its international reputation in the space industry a key pillar in Vision 2030, the Communications, Space & Technology […]

Rabdan Academy receives prestigious international accreditation from ‘City and guilds’

Rabdan Academy, a specialized institution in safety, security, defence, emergency preparedness, and crisis management (SSDEC), has obtained international accreditation from the renowned British organization ‘City and Guilds’. As a globally recognized centre accredited by ‘City and Guilds’, Rabdan Academy will be able to offer specialized professional development programs that are internationally recognized. This accreditation aligns […]

The education sector reports the highest rate of ransomware attacks, Sophos survey finds

Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, released a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Education 2023,” which found that education reported the highest rate of ransomware attacks in 2022. Over the past year, 79% of higher educational organizations surveyed reported being hit by ransomware, while 80% […]

Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre participates in teacher capacity building workshop

The Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC), part of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), participated in the workshop ‘Professional Development and Training – Teachers’, to enhance teachers’ capacities in various fields of Arabic language teaching, determining potential challenges, developing effective solutions to address them, and exploring the obstacles […]

Ministry of Economy and Planning hosts first economic leadership graduation

The Ministry of Economy and Planning held a special ceremony on Monday, the 24th of July 2023, to launch new programs under its National Capability Development Initiative, in addition to graduating the first batch of its Economic Leaders Program launched last year. The program is designed to develop Saudi leadership competencies, and provide them with the […]

42 Abu Dhabi organizes second coding hackathon in collaboration with BEACON RED

42 Abu Dhabi, the UAE capital’s innovative and disruptive coding school that provides a unique peer-to-peer, gamified learning methodology and BEACON RED, an advanced cyber solutions provider that tackles complex national security threats, have jointly organized their second hackathon under the title “Cyber Warriors: Unleashing the Power of Bug Bounties in Cybersecurity”. The hackathon was […]

Secretary-General calls for formulating plans to develop the OIC Humanitarian Action Ecosystem

The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), H.E. Mr. Hissein Brahim Taha, emphasized the need to create plans that will improve the humanitarian action ecosystem in the Islamic world. He indicated that a more ambitious vision is necessary to address the challenges faced in this field, given the frequent occurrence of disasters that […]

Emirati Human Resources Development Council and L’Oreal Middle East sign MoU, strengthening UAE’s Emiratisation agenda

The Emirati Human Resources Development Council (EHRDC) and L’Oréal Middle East have joined forces to support the UAE’s Emiratisation agenda through a strategic partnership. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed at a ceremony attended by esteemed representatives from both organizations, marking a significant step towards creating growth-oriented opportunities for Emiratis. Mona Mohammed Abdullah Buhumaid […]