Dubai, UAE -- The UAE continues to be the second most important export destination for India, according to annual trade figures released by India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The US and the UAE retained the first and second places respectively in this category during the financial year 2022-23, the...

Dubai, UAE--Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, one of the three chambers operating under Dubai Chambers, has organised a workshop designed to bring key players, investors and related parties together to discuss the future of this nascent sector. The workshop, held at Dubai Chambers headquarters, included a lively roundtable session, where...

India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal highlighted the various prospects of cooperation including leveraging UAE and India’s startup ecosystems.

Dubai, UAE-- Dubai Chamber of Commerce has announced the launch of the Cloud Computing Business Group, which will focus on promoting the development of cloud computing companies. The Chamber said that by providing a forum that facilitates mutual dialogue between the sector stakeholders and government entities, the business group will...

Dubai, UAE-- Dubai Chamber of Commerce has unveiled a new financial technology (fintech) and payments business group to join the forces of all companies within the fintech and payments sector. The new entity aligns with the Chamber’s plans to raise the number of business groups representing economic sectors across Dubai...

Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, one of three chambers operating under the umbrella of Dubai Chambers, has announced the formation of the Dubai Digital Assets Business Group (D2A2), which aims to strengthen the digital asset industry’s role in the economic development of the UAE and the wider Middle East region,...

An Ethiopian delegation of 10 members, comprising decision-makers from the public and private sector, visited Dubai Chambers between July 25- 30.

The Dubai Chamber members' exports and re-exports surged to AED129.4 billion ($35 billion) during H1 2022, marking a 17.8 percent increase compared to the same period last year. The number of certificates of origin issued also rose 8.9 percent year-on-year to exceed 357,000. The Chamber said the growth momentum reflects...

Dubai Chamber of Commerce achieved record growth in new membership in the first half of 2022 as more than 21,000 companies joined the Chamber during the period, bringing total membership to over 308,000. An 80 percent year-over-year (y-o-y) surge in new members was recorded between January and June 2022 as...

Over 1,600 new African member companies have registered with Dubai Chambers since October 2021, growing 6.5 percent to reach 26,420 today, the Chambers said. In October 2021, the Chamber hosted the sixth edition of the Global Business Forum Africa (GBF Africa) on the sidelines of Expo 2020 Dubai – a...

The strength of the Dubai economy, the flexibility of the emirate's merchants and the value of Dubai Chamber of Commerce services drive chamber members' exports to grow by 15.8 percent during January-May 2022, said Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, Chairman of Dubai Chambers.

Improving business environment in Dubai, attracting foreign investments and international companies to the emirate, supporting member companies with global expansion and growing Dubai’s digital economy. These four pillars, which would guide the Dubai Chamber's strategy for the next three years (2022-24), were announced during the board’s first official meeting in...

Dubai Chamber has announced that it will shift to a four-and-a-half day working week  from 3 January 2022. This is in line with the newly approved workweek for UAE federal government employees. The official working hours will be nine working hours per day Monday-Thursday, from 8am to 5pm, and four...

The insights from the Dubai Chamber study were released during a business seminar titled The Road Ahead: UAE and Dubai Economic Outlook and Opportunities in Dubai Exports. They pointed to a positive and robust recovery for the UAE economy over the next five years.

Reports say that Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed praised the outstanding relations between the UAE and the ASEAN countries.

The report also highlights that 2014 saw the launch of the first Dubai Innovation Index, which was the first-of-its-kind city level assessment of innovation which has influenced a raft of new measures, including strategies policies and procedures introduced in areas that include public private partnerships, robotics, blockchain, artificial intelligence, the...

There appears to be plenty of scope for Indonesia to expand its cooperation with the UAE in the area of food security. The Southeast Asian country was the seventh-largest food exporter in the world in 2020, while the UAE imports about 80 percent of its food requirements.

The initiative, called Why Africa, will also look at the region’s key economic indicators and competitive advantages.

Surge in trade activity in Dubai has lifted the value of exports, re-exports.

Nigeria was the largest West African export market for member companies, accounting for a 32 percent share of the value of exports and re-exports to the region, followed by Ghana (17 percent), Ivory Coast and Guinea with 12 percent each, Senegal (8 percent) and Mali (4 percent).

The launch of the tool is in line with the emirate’s new target to boost its foreign trade from around $380 billion to around $545 billion over the next five years.

Chamber members can set and verify their business profiles on Google Search and Maps  The tool can generate a customized total score for each business’s online readiness  Dubai: Members of the Dubai Chamber can set and verify their business profiles across single or multiple locations on Google Search and Maps using...

Dubai Chamber says findings of the forum will be sent to the Dubai Government to help in policy formation 500 people representing 24 key sectors attend the forum Growing focus on Dubai’s digital economy is expected to modernize the emirate’s key sectors and support the development of emerging industries, a...

Academy likely to help 1,000 startups and SMEs grow their businesses using TikTok  Participants will have access to a business campus workshop designed to support entrepreneurs Dubai Chamber TikTok Academy will be launching a five-week educational program, in which businesses can learn about content creation, digital marketing besides best practices...

The Forum is being held on the sidelines of Expo 2020 Dubai The event aimed at promoting Dubai as a gateway for African companies The sixth edition of the Global Business Forum (GBF) Africa is due to take place in October in Dubai and its focus will be global economic...