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August 3, 2021 Al Ain Finance Selects HID Global to Offer a Secure and Seamless Mobile and Online Banking Experience to Customers

HID Global, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions, today announced that Al Ain Finance has selected its cloud-based HID Authentication Service and HID Approve mobile-based authentication application to offer its customers a secure and s...

July 29, 2021 Mercedes-Benz Prepares to Go All-Electric

Mercedes-Benz is getting ready to go all electric by the end of the decade, where market conditions allow. Shifting from electric-first to electric-only, the world’s pre-eminent luxury car company is accelerating toward an emissions-free and softw...

July 28, 2021 African Continental Free Trade Area Strongly supports bid of Made in Africa to buy Vlisco

It has been brought to the attention of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat that our strategic partner, a leading African financial institution supported a $200 million bid by Made in Africa to purchase Vlisco, a textile c...

July 23, 2021 Ecobank Group and Microsoft Upskill Africa’s Small and Medium Enterprises to Succeed in a Digital Economy

The leading pan-African banking group, Ecobank Group (www.Ecobank.com), in partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn, GitHub and Ecobank Academy is set to provide training to equip Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) across sub-Saharan Africa. Th...

July 20, 2021 With Only 2% of Governments’ Recovery Spending Going to Clean Energy Transitions, Global Emissions are Set to Surge to An All-time High

Governments worldwide are deploying an unprecedented amount of fiscal support aimed at stabilising and rebuilding their economies, but only about 2% of this spending has been allocated to clean energy measures, according to new analysis from the I...

July 16, 2021 Dubai Customs and the Emirates Intellectual Property Association Discuss More Cooperation in Combating Counterfeits

Dubai Customs continues to support efforts for protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights by strengthening cooperation and coordination with the Emirates Intellectual Property Association (EIPA).

July 13, 2021 SAUDIA Airlines Partners with GE Digital for Digital Transformation

GE Digital today announced that SAUDIA Airlines company has contracted with the leading industrial software company to implement its Aviation Software Asset Records solution. The contract extends the partnership between SAUDIA and GE for creating ...

July 6, 2021 6 in 10 Saudi Consumers Expect to Return to Pre-COVID Normality in the Next 6 Months

Alternative shopping options like Click & Collect, curb-side pickup (46%) and contactless In-Store experience like self-checkouts(27%) will be key to rebuilding Saudi consumers’ confidence to visit public places (stores and supermarkets) movin...

July 1, 2021 Emirates Business Rewards Programme Celebrates Small and Medium Sized Businesses with Limited Time Incentive

Emirates is empowering small and medium sized enterprises to get back into the skies and turn their travel budgets into rewards by debuting a Business Rewards incentive for new members who sign up for the programme. Small and medium sized business...

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