Business & Money | Monday 14 March, 2016 12:30 pm

Qatar’s Construction Market: A World of Opportunities

New studies and reports signal continued evidence of Qatar’s construction growth despite the drop in oil prices, driven by the National Vision (QNV) 2030 – the country’s economic diversification policy – as well as the rapid approaching deadline for the 2022 FIFA World Cup...

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Technology & IT | Monday 14 March, 2016 12:19 pm

Cisco Cloud Index Projects that Cloud Traffic in Middle East and Africa will quadruple by 2019

The fifth annual Cisco® Global Cloud Index (2014-2019), released recently, forecasts that Middle East and Africa cloud traffic will more than quadruple by the end of 2019. Additionally, by 2019, 83 percent of all MEA data center traffic will come from the cloud.  From a regional...

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Business & Money | Monday 14 March, 2016 11:52 am

Bank Alfalah Partners with Ethica for Islamic Finance Training

As Islamic banking gathers momentum in Pakistan, one leading bank partners with Dubai-based Ethica Institute of Islamic Finance for e-learning. Bank Alfalah, one of Pakistan's leading banks, today announced partnering with Ethica, a leader in Islamic finance training ...

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Business & Money | Monday 14 March, 2016 11:50 am

Marka to Launch the Region’s First Exclusive Shiseido Beauty Boutique

Marka PJSC (DFM: MARKA), the first public joint stock retail operator in the UAE, announces a strategic  partnership with the leading Japanese Beauty brand, Shiseido, marking the launch of the region’s first Shiseido Beauty Boutique, located at Dubai’s premier outdoor retail space, ...

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Business & Money | Monday 14 March, 2016 11:48 am

ICBA and CRDF Global Launch Major Competition for Arab Women Scientists

Celebrating this year's theme of gender parity for the International Women's Day, the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and CRDF Global announced today the launch of a joint research grant competition for early-career Arab women scientists collaborating with US...

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Business & Money | Monday 14 March, 2016 10:47 am

The Region’s Foremost Platform for Security and National Resilience to Kick Off Tomorrow in Abu Dhabi

Under the auspices of His Highness Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, the events of the seventh edition of the International Exhibition for Security and National Resilience (ISNR Abu Dhabi 2016) will kick off tomorrow, Tuesday, 15...

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Technology & IT | Monday 14 March, 2016 9:44 am

Aruba Delivers Mobile-First Networking Portfolio to Accelerate the Move to the Digital Workplace

Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company (NYSE: HPE), today announced a new suite of integrated networking software and hardware solutions that enable enterprises to address the digital workplace requirements of GenMobile, today’s mobile-savvy workforce, and the escalating ...

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Culture & Education | Monday 14 March, 2016 6:44 am

Reading Library Inaugurated at Abu Dhabi Civil Defense

Lt. Colonel Mohammed Abdul Jalil Al Ansari, Director General of Civil Defense in Abu Dhabi, inaugurated a reading library at the directorate’s headquarters, as part of the initiative of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, who has declared 2016 as the...

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Culture & Education | Monday 14 March, 2016 6:38 am

TEACHERS OF 2030 MUST BE NOBLE, ADVOCATES OF PEACE AND TECH-SAVVY,

A discussion on ‘How teachers in 2030 will look like’ at the fourth Global Education & Skills Forum (GESF) presented a comprehensive portrait of their preferred abilities that include being tech-savvy, upholding the highest values of nobility and serving as ardent advocates of...

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Culture & Education | Monday 14 March, 2016 5:29 am

Education Interface Exhibition kicks off in Al Ain today

The third edition of the Education Interface Exhibition is scheduled to kick off today Monday. The exhibition will be held under the patronage of the Ministry of Interior, with the participation of more than 80 governmental and quasi-governmental parties; private institutions; as well as...

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