48 Middle East and North Africa IPOs raise $10.7bn in 2023: Report
Five listings, mainly in the energy and logistics sectors, contributed 58 percent towards the total IPO proceeds raised, said the...Business Economy
RTA inks agreement to develop entry/exit points for Dubai Harbor
DUBAI, UAE - The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of the Emirate has entered into a strategic partnership with ‘Shamal...Business Geostrategy
Online food delivery infra a necessity now
‘The delivery sector has become critical to the hospitality industry's survival,’ says Deliverect Middle East General Manager Naji Haddad.The explosive rise of online food delivery is forcing restaurants to change how they operate
Restaurants needed to survive through the pandemic, and now they need to stand out from the competitors
Jordan woos Russia for local investment
Russian representatives from three provinces met with commissioner general of the Jordan Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai.Jordan has invited investment from an industrial and economic delegation from Russia
The Russian delegation represented three Russian provinces
Twitter admits policy ‘errors’
Extremists are abusing its new photo-sharing rule.Twitter has noted that its teams have made errors in enforcing its new policy that disallows posting images of people without their consent
It said it has corrected those, errors and is undergoing an internal review to make certain that this policy is used as intended
WTO deal saves businesses $150bn a year
The deal with members including the US, EU, and Saudi Arabia agreeing to new ways to help businesses.The agreement is said to have called for members countries and groupings to create domestic regulation for services
Such regulations would ‘improve the business climate, lower trade costs, and cut red tape so as to facilitate services trade worldwide’
Samsung bags Aramco project
Samsung Engineering has bagged a $1.23 billion contract from Aramco to develop Jafurah Gas Process Package 1, a major project...It is part of the Jafurah shale gas field development located 400 km east of capital Riyadh and is expected to be completed in 2025
The goal of the project is to produce shale gas, natural gas liquids (NGL), ethane, sulphur and stabilized condensate
DEWA inaugurates visitors center at Al Maktoum solar park
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD&CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has inaugurated the ‘Noor Energy 1 Visitors Centre’...The Noor Energy 1 Visitors Centre features an exhibition that chronicles the history of energy as well as future energy technologies.
When fully operational, Noor Energy 1 will be the largest single-site concentrated solar power plant in the world.
Shell exits North Sea oilfield project
Royal Dutch Shell has exited the planned Cambo oilfield project off the Scottish coast because of insufficient financial gain, as...Shell, which has a 30-percent interest in the North Sea development, said late Thursday that the investment case was simply "not strong enough"
The decision comes after major powers last month agreed at the COP26 climate summit in Scotland to curb the use of fossil fuels
Louvre Abu Dhabi license extended until 2047
The Louvre Abu Dhabi's license has been extended by 10 years to 2047, the French presidency said Friday during a...The French president and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed agreed to the "extension for 10 years of the partnership over the Louvre Abu Dhabi
The move will see Abu Dhabi pay 165 million euros ($186 million) between 2022 and 2023 for the extra decade
UAE to buy 80 French Rafale fighter jets
The Rafale order is the biggest made internationally for the aircraft since it entered into service in 2004.The UAE has also agreed to buy 12 Caracal military transport helicopters
The Middle-Eastern country is one of the French defense industry's biggest customers
Tech-enabled sustainability can help hospitality
SB Group founder and CEO Sanjeevv Bhatia says the hotel industry can no longer ignore net-zero goals.Hospitality buildings account for about 40 percent of worldwide energy consumption and GHG emissions
Old buildings are riddled with vendor-locked and legacy systems that are inflexible and thus difficult to optimize
