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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

Why a ‘people first’ approach in banking is key to greater customer retention

Financial institutions that continue along the traditional banking path will be left behind by an ever-evolving industry

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HP buys Poly in $3.3bn remote-work gear deal

HP aims to tap a growing need for technology that connects remote workers to office staff

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UAE-based travel tech provider migrates to Oracle Cloud

Information Systems Associates gains access to OCI’s elasticity and scalability to manage a seasonal travel reservation workload

Smart mobility company Barq EV launches in the UAE

Barq also signed two MoUs, the first with the restaurant and food group Americana and the second with specialised automobile equipment global manufacturer Motherson

Saudi’s Alpha Pharma and SAP sign deal for digital transformation partnership

SAP’s suite of solutions to deliver initial steps into wider digitalisation strategy

Zero trust: A vital component in the strengthening of hybrid-work capabilities

A zero trust defensive strategy aims to make the organisation’s network software-defined, boost resilience and flexibility, and combat modern-day threats

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Say goodbye to batteries, thanks to zero-power communication

Zero-power communication technology is the next logical step in the future generation of B5G and 6G communications networks

Reshaping the current technological paradigm

Shunli Wang, vice president of Huawei Middle East, tells Gulf Business about the upcoming headwinds that will impact regional governments, telecom operators, and the wider ICT ecosystem

Cybersecurity firm Dragos announces opening of Dubai office

The office houses industrial cybersecurity staff and training centre

Khalifa University first in UAE to make courses globally available on Coursera

The university joins top institutions in Saudi Arabia and Jordan to make relevant content accessible to online learners

Dubai: Pupil sells first-ever verified NFTs of digitised real-world properties

The first sale globally was to a senior banking executive in Dubai

Hub71 leads Dhs1.5bn investments for Abu Dhabi startups

Hub71 businesses have a combined worth of Dhs5.87bn, and almost 1,000 jobs have been generated since its establishment in 2019