Women empowerment is taking priority in the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) as the international business community recognizes the importance of female leadership. Read More »

Doha Bank played host earlier this week to a knowledge sharing session called “Changing Dynamics and Market Opportunities” at the Emirate Towers Hotel in Dubai. Read More »

In association with the government’s ninth five-year developmental plan, and with the leadership and vision of Sultan Qaboos, the Oman Airport Management Company (OAMC) has revealed its newest five-year business plan. Read More »

MEGlobal, a subsidiary of EQUATE Petrochemical Company, plans to build a monoethylene glycol (MEG) manufacturing facility at Dow’s Oyster Creek site in Freeport, Texas. Read More »

Technology, Creativity and the City, the second edition of The New York Times Art for Tomorrow conference, concluded March 15. Read More »

In early March, Nortal LLC arbitrated an event aimed to share Estonian involvement of developing an operative and simple taxation setting and to talk about the challenges of IT infrastructure and strategic ideas for the future of taxation. Read More »

GLA Property Management Company, a Tamdeen Group Company, recently organized an awards event for 360 Mall. Read More »

With instability brewing and tensions with Iran at high levels, cyber security has taken on heightened urgency and importance in Saudi Arabia. Read More »

A long-standing, successful joint venture business is expanding its product line, location of product availability and contractual agreement. Read More »

Warba Bank, providing Sharia-compliant banking and investment services in Kuwait and beyond, has launched its new user-friendly website designed to enhance the customer experience. Read More »

The final standing committee for the Saudi Arbitration Centers will be formed, the Council of Saudi Chambers (CSC) announced March 9. Read More »

Qatar-based hotel management company Aiana Hotels & Resorts said this week that its first Aiana hotel in Saudi Arabia will open later this year in Mecca, providing direct access to the Masjid Al Haram. "Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a key market for Aiana Hotels & Resorts and we are honored to open our first property in the Holy City of Mecca," Aiana Hotels & Resorts CEO Amruda Nair said. Read More »

The Oman Ministry of Tourism launched a mobile tourist vehicle project at Port of Salalah in an effort to develop small and medium businesses that add to the growth of tourist sites. The project will involve two vehicles selling traditional craft projects, two vehicles selling Omani foods, two vehicles selling fruit juices and one vehicle providing information and tourism services. Read More »

The law firm of Clifford Chance will be advising the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) on its Clean Fuels Project (CFP), the first time that KNPC has looked to access debt markets.The CFP is intended to upgrade Kuwait’s refineries at Mina Abdulla and Mina Al-Ahmadi. The CFP will see the two refineries transformed into an assimilated commercial refining complex. Read More »

A lack of what Ambareen Musa, founder of Souqalmal.com, calls financial literacy in Saudi Arabia has sparked the company to focus on educating the general public about retail banking and personal finance. Read More »

Here’s your chance to live on Amwaj Island; a large villa is now available for $955,033. The four-bedroom, five-bathroom villa offers breathtaking sea views from the spacious living room. The open, fully equipped kitchen is great for entertaining. Each of the four bedrooms has its own bathroom. The apartment is decorated in neutral tones. Read More »

UAE-based telecommunications service provider du's subsidiary, datamena, revealed its association with Epsilon Telecommunications to further extend Epsilon’s cross-border connectivity capabilities to their international clients.This deployment enables Epsilon customers to directly connect with CloudLX, a newly launched on-demand Ethernet connectivity portal. Read More »

The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), based in the United Arab Emirates, placed an order this week for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) H-IIA launch services for the launch of the Emirates Mars Mission’s Hope spacecraft. Hope is slated for launch in 2020 on MHI's H-IIA launch vehicle and is expected to arrive at Mars in 2021. Read More »

Siemens outlined the use of technology to decrease production and operational costs in the Oman oil and gas sector at the Oil & Gas West Asia Exhibition and Conference in Muscat. The company detailed its ongoing efforts within the sultanate to be more accepting of the use of advanced technologies in the oil and gas industry and how it can help companies endure current oil prices. Read More »

Guinea President Alpha Conde and his delegation met with members of the Saudi business sector at the Council of Saudi Chambers to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries. Conde encouraged Saudi investors to explore opportunities in Guinea to create partnerships in agriculture, mining, manufacturing and tourism, pointing out incentives Guinea offers to foreign investors. Read More »