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Mark Ackerman, Area VP, Middle East and Africa, ServiceNow

100,000 Golden Visas and citizen developers

In the UAE, the National Programme for Coders has been designed to plug some of these gaps, by creating 100,000 Golden Visas to attract digital talent and building a skills base of 100,000 coders, supported by ...

Paul Griffiths, Chief Executive of Dubai Airports

Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths tells CNN: Visitors are exceeding pre-covid Levels

In an interview with CNN’sRichard Quest, the Chief Executive of Dubai Airports, Paul Griffiths, discussed the ongoing recovery of the aviation industry and how Dubai Airport is currently experiencing pre-Covid ...

Emirates CEO tells CNN’s Richard Quest: UAE can sustain multiple airlines

Emirates CEO tells CNN’s Richard Quest: UAE can sustain multiple airlines

In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Richard Quest, His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emi...

Nadia Zamouri, Territory Manager META, ThycoticCentrify

Diversity can help to reduce skills shortages

Nadia Zamouri joined Thycotic over four years ago with the target of establishing a foundation for the company in the META region by building a new local team, raising brand awareness, developing a network of q...

Paul Kelly, Managing Partner of DA

100M Arabic social media posts analysed by algorithmic AI 

According to the latest research by leading consumer intelligence platform, D/A, owners of Sila, an Arabic-native, artificial intelligence-enabled consumer intelligence platform, despite a general decline in ne...

Willie Walsh, Director-General, IATA

Middle Eastern airlines reach 55% of traffic recorded in November 2021

The International Air Transport Association announced that recovery in air travel continued in November 2021, prior to the emergence of Omicron. International demand sustained its steady upward trend as more ma...

Abdulrahman Inayat, Co-Founder and Director of W7Worldwide

W7Worldwide publishes communication strategies to boost recovery for construction sector

In the Middle East, the construction sector was affected due to the suspension of economic activities to contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. However, the industry is expected to rebound significantl...

(Left to right, top to bottom) His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority; Amna Lootah, Director General DAFZ; Dr Juma Al Matrooshi, Director-General of Dubai Silicon Oasis; Eng Muammar Al Kathiri, Chief Engineering and Smart City Officer in the Authority; William Chapel, Chief Financial Officer, DIEZ; Youssef Behzad, Chief People & Organizational Development Officer at DIEZ; Bader Buhannad, Chief Corporate Support Officer at DIEZ; Saeed Al-Suwaidi, Chief Legal & Regulatory Affairs Office at DIEZ; Abdul Rahman Basaeed, Chief Internal Audit & Enterprise Risk Management Officer

Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority appoints new leadership team

His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority, appointed a new leadership team to drive DIEZ’s free zones and central divisions towards a new era of excel...

H E Faisal Al Bannai, Secretary-General of the Advanced Technology Research Council

Advanced Technology Research Council announces new commercial arm 

Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council, the overarching entity mandated to shape Abu Dhabi’s advanced technology research and develpment ecosystem, announced the launch of VentureOne, a new commercial...

Andrey Sidenko, Head of Kaspersky's Online Child Safety Department.

48% of children in UAE used smartphones for remote learning finds Kaspersky

To provide all their children with the devices they needed for online classes, almost half the families  (41%) with two or more children had to buy or rent additional devices. It’s interesting to note tha...