Mashreq, one of the leading financial institutions in MENA, has been recognized as the Market Leader in the UAE for the third year in a row in the 2023 Euromoney Trade Finance Survey. In the latest edition of the leading industry publication’s annual ranking, based on customers’ votes, the Bank also topped the Best Service […]

As it has been pointed out in numerous climate forums over the last several months, $2.4 trillion annual investment is required to achieve climate goal and limit the global average temperature increase to 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius by 2050. It has also been highlighted that the $2.4 trillion is not sufficient and $4-6 trillion […]

Step Conference 2023, the leading technology festival for emerging markets, is introducing the Earth Track for the first time this year, powered by C3 – Companies Creating Change. The conference will bring together more than 400 global startups, hundreds of global investors and more than 8,000 attendees on 22-23 February and is presented by Dubai […]

The Global Council on Sustainable Development Goal 5(Gender Equality) today hosted a workshop at the 2023 World Government Summit in Dubai to develop a policy note on preventing and addressing gender-based violence to advance women’s economic and political security. The workshop was part of women empowerment initiatives at the ongoing 10th edition of the World […]

The 2023 winners of the Emirates LitFest Writing Prize, the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature’s prestigious competition to discover unpublished novelists, have been announced. This year the process was divided in two categories, adult fiction, and children’s fiction. The prize for adult fiction was judged by Luigi Bonomi, leading literary agent and founder of LBA […]

Gulf Capital (“GC”), one of the largest and most active private equity firms investing from the GCC to Southeast Asia and Shorooq Partners, the leading seed stage venture capital firm in the MENAP region with over 60 portfolio companies across Fintech, Software, Platform, and Blockchain, have formed a pioneering partnership to back SANTECHTURE, a cutting-edge […]

Accenture and the World Government Summit (WGS) have released a new report outlining key actions for governments to inspire and enable the next generation of public services. The report titled “Public Service Customer Experience and Equity”,­­­­­­­­ launched during the World Government Summit 2023 in the presence of government leaders and industry experts, offers recommendations for […]

Dubai Sports Council (DSC) has honored Barcelona Team of Spain as champion for the 6th Dubai Intercontinental Football Cup – U 13, the biggest of its kind in terms of the variety & names of participating teams, which was organized by Fursan Hispania Academy under supervision of DSC. The Championship took place from 10th to 12th Feb. 2023 at […]