Business Insight from across the Middle East and Africa

Digital sales grew around 58 percent during the five days leading up to Christmas, despite earlier shipping cutoffs $330 billion in online purchases are expected to be returned globally—about 30 percent of all purchases made

Being able to retain customer trust has never been more important – or more difficult – following the events of 2020. With so much disarray and widespread changes to working patterns, such as the mass migration to remote working, the job of keepin...

We recently sponsored a 5G security survey to understand the extent of mobile operator 5G core deployment. It was a global survey of 115 service providers that included mobile operators as well as fixed broadband providers. We asked several questi...

Great hospitality experiences make travel fun for everyone, but that joy disappears when guests encounter construction. Still, increased demand for places to stay requires more hotel properties, so which cities currently balance these two industry...

January is the month for new year’s resolutions, and an increasingly popular one is learning a new language. But while YouGov stated that a quarter of us didn’t keep any resolutions in 2020, which language learners are likely to give up first? The...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on physical traveling, whether for business or private reasons like holidays. But switching to digital alternatives for meetings and communication still can’t cover all of the needs of our modern world. ...

Jaleel Holdings, the UAE-based investment company with a turnover of AED 1.8 billion, has announced implementation of a Sales Force Automation program in partnership with Softland India.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Kamil H. Al-Awadhi will be appointed IATA’s Regional Vice President for Africa and Middle East (AME), effective 1 March 2021.

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd hosted the second edition of the Middle East IP GALA Summit. Held virtually, the summit entitled “Intelligent Connectivity, Enabling All Industries” saw the participation of Huawei IP product line experts, IDC analysts,...