New research by global travel services expert Collinson has found that more than four fifths of business travellers in the UAE and KSA have seen their job affected in some way by a lack of cross-border business travel, and around one third specifically said that they feel unable to do their job effectively. It is commonly thought that business […]
Sky News Arabia has launched the Sky News Arabia Academy, a game-changing initiative that will empower the next generation of Arab talent with the foundations to excel in today’s dynamic media industry. The Sky News Arabia Academy features a range of specialised training courses aimed at individuals taking their first steps in media, while also […]
Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 23.1% in 2021 to total $332.3 billion, up from $270 billion in 2020, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc. “The events of last year allowed CIOs to overcome any reluctance of moving mission critical workloads from on-premises to the cloud,” said Sid Nag, […]
It has certainly been a year for the books. A pandemic has shaken the globe, protests against structural racism have spread internationally, and the world has entered the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. As these crises of health, society, and economics converge, we are heading into a potentially turbulent next five years. COVID-19 […]
The future of healthcare will look very different from the way it is being provided, financed, and regulated today. A number of powerful factors are reshaping the industry, including technological changes, more attention to resilience, agility, and productivity, along with preventive treatment of the whole person, according to a new report byStrategy& Middle East, part […]
A new report from the STEP Project Global Consortium and KPMG Private Enterprise highlights how a long-term outlook has allowed the UAE’s family-owned businesses to stay resilient during the Covid-19 pandemic and play a key role in the nation’s economic recovery. Mastering a comeback: How family businesses are triumphing over Covid-19 includes insights from nearly […]
The Islamic Development Bank and Dubai Cares, part of Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, today committed $202.5 million towards GPE’s 2021-2025 “Raise Your Hand” financing campaign, with the Islamic Development Bank pledging $200 million and Dubai Cares contributing $2.5 million. The pledges – the first from the Middle East region – use innovative […]
noon.com, the region’s homegrown digital marketplace, has been listed among the top ten most influential brands in Saudi Arabia in a new report by IPSOS. The report created by IPSOS Group S.A., a multinational market research and consulting firm, documents the top ten most influential brands in KSA as per research conducted in the Kingdom. The […]
Award-winning artist Kristel Bechara, the first Arab female artist to launch an NFT tokenized art series from the UAE and the Middle East, announces the sale of her first piece: Satochi Nakamoto, listed in the Beauty in Diversity &DeFi collection on Foundation. App. After moving the piece from OpenSea(which was first listed on March 24th) to Foundation.App on Saturday, March 27th, […]
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4.1 trillion in 2021, an increase of 8.4% from 2020, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. The source of funds for new digital business initiatives will more frequently come from business departments outside IT and charged as a cost of revenue or cost of goods sold (COGS). “IT […]
