QFC hosting series of digital events to widen digital reach to clients, businesses
The Qatar Financial Centre is hosting a series of digital events both independently and with partner organisations in an effort…
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Qatar is now a self-sufficient nation in different sectors'
The economic blockade has transformed Qatar into a self-sufficient nation in different sectors, such as in the manufacturing and agriculture…
Five steps for GCC countries to resume their economies post Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic has altered the landscape worldwide. The GCC states are no different as they continue to reel…
Emirati unemployment in UAE stands at over 12,600
A call has been made to introduce unemployment benefits for Emiratis after it was revealed that 12,653 UAE nationals are…
UAE firms continued to reduce employment numbers in May – survey
UAE firms continued to reduce employment numbers in May, although the latest fall was the softest since February, IHS Markit…
COVID-19 is turning many UAE expats with jobs into supersavers
Where financial experts have failed to get people to save money and secure their future, a virus from Wuhan, China,…
UAE banks’ profitability witnessed substantial deterioration in Q1: report
Leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) released its latest UAE Banking Pulse for Q1 2020 today. The…
The SC Women In Tech Incubation Program invites you to its 54-hour challenge
Standard Chartered Bank (Bahrain) announced today the launch of “Women in Tech” program in partnership ​with the Supreme Council for…
Middle East returns to normal life amid strict COVID-19 measures
Efforts to return life gradually back to some kind of normality in parts of the Middle East continue, as governments…
The Gulf’s sovereign wealth funds ‘need to be deployed’ amid coronavirus crisis, expert says
The Gulf region’s twin shock of the coronavirus pandemic and severely weakened oil prices continues to pressure its economies, with…
Divergence in Reality
“Finally!” is the emotion that springs to our minds as large part of the globe shifts gears from managing through…
How MENA's largest broker EFG Hermes is coping with remote working
EFG Hermes, Middle East and North Africa's (MENA) largest brokerage house by market share, has most of its employees across…