The UAE Government has unveiled a global campaign to attract foreign investment and talents and promote the features that distinguish the UAE as one of the world’s most dynamic, competitive and innovative business hubs. The “United Global Emirates” campaign will champion the world-class capabilities, services, infrastructure, legal frameworks and resources available to international investors, entrepreneurs […]
SICO BSC (c), a regional market maker and investment bank, recently unveiled its newly rebranded subsidiary, SICO Capital, a full-fledged capital markets services provider based in Saudi Arabia. SICO Capital is the new brand for Muscat Capital, which has been operating in Saudi Arabia since 2009. The launch of the new identity follows the completion […]
Saudi Arabia has been ranked second among G20 countries in the Digital Competitiveness Report 2021 issued by the European Center for Digital Competitiveness. The report is based on data issued by the World Economic Forum and backed by statistics issued by the World Bank and the International Telecommunication Union. In a bid to further improve […]
UAE’s shopping mall, retail and leisure operator Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) has opened its first contactless and checkout-free store in the region using its artificial intelligence-enabled “Simply Walk Out” strategy. Carrefour City+ in Mall of the Emirates allows consumers to buy stuff from the convenience store and walk out without having to queue and pay […]
eyewa, online eyewear retailer, is opening its first store in the UAE at City Centre Mirdiff as part of a brisk Mena-based growth push. The homegrown retail brand plans to launch 100 outlets in key locations across the region by 2023. These ambitious expansion plans have been made possible thanks to a Series B funding […]
Samsung Electronics Co has opened its largest customer service centre in the Al-Rabie district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The new centre comprises several departments, including technology and smartphone spare parts, as well as a training laboratory. The centre offers a variety of services, including device repair and a complimentary service of receiving and delivering devices […]
Instagram has announced the launch of its first Small Business Mentorship programme in the UK, in partnership with Small Business Britain. The programme is part of Instagram’s continued effort to support and uplift the UK’s small businesses as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. Also Read: 2021 Is Going To Be The Year of […]
Four Egypt-based startups and two from Morocco have raised seed funding led by Y Combinator as part of its summer 2021 cohort, MAGNiTT reported. Twice a year, Y Combinator invites startups to apply for funding and networking support. This summer’s batch included 377 startups from 47 countries, including a record 15 from Africa. Nigeria provided […]
After months of testing, Twitter has officially launched its new ‘Super Follow’ option, with selected creators who can charge a monthly fee for exclusive, extra tweet content for their biggest fans. The addition could provide more incentive for Twitter’s most popular creators to become even more active on the platform and establish more reliance on the […]
Poq Commerce announces that it has launched Salesforce Native app Platform (SNAP) on Salesforce AppExchange, empowering customers to build native mobile apps for Salesforce Commerce Cloud, creating the fastest path to unified commerce. SNAP provides headless integration with the poq native mobile app platform to create digital flagship customer experiences and decreases the risk, overheads […]
