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Here’s how advancements in robotics are driving micro-mobility innovation

Micro-mobility is playing a significant role in decarbonising transportation across the world, says Amir Melad, GM-Middle East at Tier Mobility

Dubai CommerCity launches e-commerce academy with AstroLabs

The platform intends to increase the UAE’s e-commerce talent pool by enhancing individuals’ techno-functional abilities in the same field

Boeing taps Amazon, Microsoft and Google for cloud mega-deal

The multiyear agreements are intended to upgrade the company’s current system of hosting and maintaining software applications

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Dash Venture Labs launches a ‘startup guide for coders’ in the UAE

Coding and automation are new growth drivers and can play a pivotal role to promote digital economy across the globe

Saudi’s Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority launches app to improve taxpayer experience

The ‘Zatca’ app is designed to be more effective in providing fast, reliable and high-quality services

How conversational AI powered bots are democratising the healthcare industry

Conversational AI solutions have the potential to make life easier for patients, doctors, nurses and other hospitals and clinic staff in several ways

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UAE’s Alec launches subsidiary to revamp data centre construction across MENA

The company will employ the group’s in-house civil, MEP, and technological expertise to help corporations

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Gupshup acquires Active.Ai, a conversational AI platform

Headquartered in Singapore, Active.Ai serves BFSI customers across 43 countries

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Sheikh Mohammed issues new law regulating provision of digital services in Dubai

Government bodies and judicial authorities as well as non-government entities in Dubai are required to provide digital services to their customers

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The key sectors where robots are expected to play a pivotal role

We look at five ways that robots are transforming business

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How fintech solutions can support small exporters

Fintech companies are uniquely positioned to fill the gap and help SMEs get access to flexible injections of liquidity

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Trends that will shape the automotive industry in 2022

Ben Barber, MD at XA Group explains why the following trends can be a critical element in deciding your success if you work in the automotive industry

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How the food industry can evolve its sustainable business models

Almost 50 per cent of global consumers are considering sustainability attributes when purchasing food and beverages

Abu Dhabi’s twofour54 launches new offering for broadcasting and gaming sector

Twofour54’s new flexible, technology-driven solutions can enable production cost savings as high as 80 per cent, says the company

New e-grocery startup Raha launches in Kuwait

Raha raised $7m in its seed round of funding, led by Saudi’s Aujan Investments, Kuwait’s NOX Management and London-based Cedar Mundi Ventures

UAE’s ADGM Academy, National University of Singapore sign MoU

The partnership will explore deep-tech solutions to challenges facing the financial services sector

UAE’s ADGM and Finastra team up for ‘Hack to the Future 4’

ADGM’s hackathon is seeing participants explore innovative ideas around themes of ESG, embedded finance and decentralised finance

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Dubai’s DP World launches e-commerce platform in Tanzania

The latest expansion of dubuy.com follows launches in Kenya and Rwanda last year

MSI upgrades its business laptops with 12th Gen Intel core processor

The series is also implemented with enterprise-grade securities such as webcam and port locks, discrete TPM support, and webcam status notification

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UAE’s e& partners with Meta to drive innovation

The companies will work together on use cases that integrate with the latest Meta products and solutions

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Equinix to build data centre in Salalah, Oman

Work is underway to establish a new subsea cable interconnection hub linking Asia, Africa and Europe in partnership with Omantel

Women in tech: Gina Collignon, VP and head of Marketing at SAP

My advice to women in technology is always be ready to learn and develop, keep an open mind and thrive for excellence in every task you do

Huawei’s R&D investment soars to $22.4bn in 2021

The company’s total revenue in 2021 reached $99.9bn, and generated a net profit of $17.8bn

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UAE’s car rental platform Selfdrive launches in Qatar and Bahrain

The company aims to acquire 50-65 per cent of the digital rental market share in these markets

GrubTech and Paymob partner to modernise Egypt’s F&B payment ecosystem

An integrated payment solution will benefit not just restaurateurs, café owners, and cloud kitchen operators but also consumers

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Data scientists reveal roadblocks to digital transformation

SAS research also identifies strategies to capitalise on this pivotal moment and empower data scientists and organisations

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Help AG, Waterfall Security Solutions partner to strengthen industrial cybersecurity in the UAE

Help AG’s industrial clients will benefit from Waterfall’s unidirectional security gateways to tackle the security challenges involved in IT-OT convergence

Dubai leads MENA region on Global Power City Index 2022

Crypto.com, Bybit announce plans to set up operations in Dubai

Bybit will move its global headquarters to the emirate, with operations starting as early as next month

SAFCSP and Spire Solutions ink partnership for capacity building in Saudi Arabia

The partnership aims to support Saudi youth by providing a series of short courses on some of the latest cybersecurity technologies

Six steps for businesses to become data-driven

It is essential to eliminate the instilled idea that data has a place with only one specified group