Economy & Business

Astellas intends to accelerate future launches and new indications for medications,increase commitment in technology and local knowledge transfer and create new job opportunities for Saudi nationals. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 08, 2022 – Astellas Pharma (TSE:4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”), a global pharmaceutical company committed to turning innovative science into value for patients, has announced […]

Shima Zamil · 8 Jun 2022

SAP identifies top 3 challenges currently facing organizations: business transformation in the cloud, building resilient supply chains, and creating the intelligent sustainable enterprise KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — 7 June 2022— As government and private entities across Kuwait escalate digitalization programs in line with the national vision of New Kuwait 2035, global technology company SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) is showcasing its latest innovative solutions […]

Mohamed Ghamdi · 7 Jun 2022

White paper reveals that the unprecedented halt in economic activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected the most vulnerable and has accelerated the need for digitally delivered financial inclusion 55% of respondents to a Mastercard survey say they use digital mediums to make financial transactions Further findings show that digital financial services have […]

SSICT News · 6 Jun 2022

Cedar Rose has signed a strategic global partnership with Ingenuous, a trusted solutions partner. Combining the strengths and expertise of both companies, the partnership will deliver stronger and integrated services with the most effective and efficient suite of compliance solutions.  Antoun Massaad, Co-Founder and CEO of Cedar Rose, commented, “We are glad to partner with Ingenuous as both […]

Nour Elotaiby · 6 Jun 2022

Pablo Martinez to take over from Joerg Hildebrandt who led the Middle East System for the last eleven years, bringing together local knowledge, global industry expertise, and deep capabilities to empower, inform, and create impact – grounding the firm as a regional thought leader and an integral part of the Middle East’s development story. Riyadh, […]

Nour Elotaiby · 5 Jun 2022

The E3 Customer Experience conference has announced dates for the 2nd edition in-person at the InterContinental Riyadh from 7-9 June set to explore winning CX strategies, new technologies and tools designed to empower Saudi Arabia’s CX transformation agenda. Under the theme, ‘Making customer centricity your game changer’, the thought leadership CX programme organised by Ejtemaat KSA (Gulf […]

Mohamed Ghamdi · 2 Jun 2022

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – 2nd June, 2022: Mobily Pay (Etihad Fintech Company), a subsidiary of Etihad Etisalat Company (Mobily), has announced a new strategic partnership with MoneyGram International, Inc, a global leader in cross-border P2P payments and money transfers, which opens up new prospects to consumers in the Kingdom to seamlessly leverage international money transfer services. Under […]

Shima Zamil · 2 Jun 2022

and Yellow Door Energy commission a 515 kilowatt-peak (kWp) solar plant at Daikin’s headquarters in JAFZA Dubai Yellow Door Energy provides the solar lease, enabling Daikin to lower electricity costs and reduce carbon emissions  This is in line with Daikin’s Environmental Vision 2050 and supports the UAE’s Net Zero by 2050 Strategic Initiative and Clean Energy […]

Mohamed Mosaed · 1 Jun 2022

Zoho announced a partnership with Tap Payments to enable MENA businesses to accept payments securely and seamlessly. The Zoho Commerce platform is among the few global vendors to offer a built-in right-to-left website builder.  At Zoholics Riyadh, Zoho revealed that it has recorded 104 per cent revenue growth in Saudi Arabia in 2021, and a 233 per […]

Nour Elotaiby · 31 May 2022

Tayfun Topkoc to lead operations in more than 30 countries, fortifying SAS’s analytics and AI leadership Riyadh, KSA, 29 May 2022: SAS, the leader in analytics, present in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia for over 10 years, announced the appointment of Tayfun Topkoc as General Manager for the Middle East, Africa, Turkey, and Central Asia. This […]

Shima Zamil · 29 May 2022

Musafir.com leveraging Mastercard’s technology to accelerate travel sector growth through strategic partnership in the Middle East and North Africa Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – 29 May 2022. As recovery of the travel industry picks up steam, payments technology company Mastercard and travel website Musafir have partnered to take travel bookings originating in the Middle East and North […]

Mohamed Mosaed · 29 May 2022

Middle East, May 29, 2022: Huawei revealed the definition of the Next-Generation Data Center Facility, and unveiled PowerPOD 3.0, a brand-new power supply system, on May 26 in Dongguan, China. The new rollouts, based on the collective wisdom and joint efforts between Huawei Data Center Facility Team and industry experts, reaffirm Huawei’s commitment to building […]

Mohamed Ghamdi · 29 May 2022

Dubai, UAE, 26 May 2022: PayerMax today announced its participation in Seamless Middle East, #SeamlessDXB 2022. The two-day event will be held on May 31 and June 1, 2022 at Dubai World Trade Centre. Exhibiting at booth #G20, PayerMax will present its unified omni-method payment solution and partnership program to ecosystem and digital payments innovators whilst […]

Mohamed Mosaed · 26 May 2022

Dubai, 25 May 2022:  Virtual credit cards are becoming an emerging trend in the Middle East and North Africa with growing consumer demand for more secure payment options, reveals Tribal. According to Tribal, a global company that provides integrated financial solutions for startups across the Middle East, its customers in the MENA use an average of […]

Mohamed Ghamdi · 26 May 2022

His Excellency Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar bin Ibrahim Alkhorayef, recently sponsored the graduation ceremony of 450 trainees from the Institute of Food Industries in Al-Kharj, in the presence of the Deputy Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, Eng. Osama bin Abdulaziz Al-Zamil, and Dr. Hisham bin Saad Al-Jadhey CEO of the Saudi […]

Mohamed Mosaed · 26 May 2022

Partnership will see multi-rail capabilities and gateway solutions reach new customer segments across the Middle East and North Africa through the adoption of innovative and frictionless payment ecosystems Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – 25 May, 2022:  Mastercard, a technology leader in the global payments industry, has announced a strategic partnership Saudi Arabia-based HyperPay, the fastest growing e-commerce payments […]

Mohamed Ghamdi · 25 May 2022

Tuesday, May 24th – Riyadh: Google announced today the launch of the Google Impact Report, a report conducted by Public First research agency, that looks at how Google products (Search, Play, Maps, YouTube and Google Ads) help people, local businesses, content creators and developers in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt. Around the world, Google […]

Mohamed Ghamdi · 24 May 2022

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Amman, Jordan, 24TH May, 2022: Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAG.Global), through its ICT Department, has recently finished implementing an enterprise virtualization platform in cooperation with Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, to improve infrastructure performance and scalability.  The decision was taken to update the Organization’s virtualization infrastructure which was initially built under the direction […]

Mohamed Ghamdi · 24 May 2022

Retention SaaS leader WebEngage’s Trends & Insights Report 2022, named “Cross Channel User Engagement – A Winner’s Playbook”, sheds light on some of the best-kept secrets in contemporary user engagement and customer retention strategies in the MENA region May 24th, Dubai, UAE: WebEngage, a full-stack service provider specialising in customer retention, engagement, and automation, has launched […]

Nour Elotaiby · 24 May 2022

Dubai, 24 May 2022:  Virtual credit cards are becoming an emerging trend in the Middle East and North Africa with growing consumer demand for more secure payment options, reveals Tribal. According to Tribal, a global company that provides integrated financial solutions for startups across the Middle East, its customers in the MENA use an average of […]

Mohamed Mosaed · 24 May 2022

Saudi delegation will outline Saudi’s role in helping the international community navigate emerging geopolitical and economic disruptions during meetings in Davos Riyadh, 21 May 2022 – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2022, in Davos, Switzerland, with a high-level delegation set to attend a number of meetings between 22 […]

Shima Zamil · 22 May 2022

The partnership reinforces the region’s position as a leading financial ecosystem. One Global™ will offer banks, merchants and fintechs a single window to issue cards and wallet services, powered by i2c’s best-in-class processing capabilities Fintechs and neo banks will benefit from increased speed and simplicity, improving the customer experience for secure and convenient digital payments Riyadh, […]

Nour Elotaiby · 22 May 2022