In an exclusive interview, K-Pop band ATEEZ speak about crafting their latest release, their upcoming Saudi concert, and more.

With global economic uncertainty on the rise and a significant drop in VC funding, young entrepreneurs in Asia-Pacific have faced a new set of challenges in the past year. But the current environment

Although V hit the records first, all of the BTS members—Jimin, Jungkook, RM, Suga, Jin, J-Hope and V—now have more than 20 million followers on Instagram.

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Global digital payments company, Visa, announced the 19 winners of its “She’s Next” Grant Program across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Morocco, each who has received a funding grant and a 1-year m

Alfa Romeo’s F1 Team ORLEN has unveiled that it is partnering with Everdome—a hyper-realistic metaverse—to optimise fan engagement and provide a digital home for its community.

Andrew Torre, Visa’s regional president for CEMEA: The Future of Money is Digital: Payment Trends for 2022

The food hub aims to accelerate the government’s National Food Security Strategy and boost food trade flow through Abu Dhabi.

Exclusive: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE's Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation, explains how the Gulf nation is innovating its financial crime response.

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The travel and tourism industry experienced a revival in 2021, following one of the worst years the sector has ever seen. As countries and people continue to emerge from the cloud of the pandemic,...

Recent years have witnessed an increasing growth of forward-looking innovations and transformations within the healthcare industry, including emerging biotech and healthtech startups and initiatives,...

Visa’s She’s Next initiative is supporting women entrepreneurs worldwide, including in North Africa, Levant, and Pakistan – a region brimming with potential as well as challenge.

International companies have been playing a pivotal role in driving economic growth and development in MENA for decades. Their presence fosters healthy competition, driving local companies to...

Over the last decade, the Saudi Arabian government—with the support of major telecom and large industrial companies—has been developing the country’s innovation ecosystem, and these efforts are...

Amer Sunna, CEO and Managing Director of Asiacell, talks about the Iraqi telco’s pivotal role in fostering economic growth and development.

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Ali Ozbay, Regional Director of Marketing & Communications, ALL Inclusive Collection, explains how the innovative digital platform is making an impact on the luxury all-inclusive travel market.

Around 96% of people in the UAE want technology to help define their future with 87% saying that they would make life changes based on robot recommendations, a survey jointly conducted by Oracle and H

Mahi Aramideh and Acaena Amoros Romero, Founders of The Elixir Clinic, outline the benefits of IV vitamin therapy and share their company’s rise to prominence in the MENA’s wellness industry.

The shot was captured by photographer Alexi Lubomirski, who also took the couple’s wedding photos.

Ajay Bhalla, President Of Cyber & Intelligence At Mastercard: Building Trusted Connections in The Digital Economy

May 9, 2021 Top 100 Arab Family Businesses in the Middle East In the Middle East, family businesses are more influential than corporates. According to a 2019 report by PwC, family firms contribute...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle called on Moderna specifically to increase its delivery schedule with COVAX and the promised volume to at least 100 million doses, the open letter showed.

Gene Yoo, CEO Of Resecurity Inc: Helping Clients Protect Themselves From Cyberthreat

The original Enigma was purchased in the late 1990s and would have weighed over 800 carats in its rough, freshly unearthed form.

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Leila Serhan, Senior Vice President and Group Country Manager, North Africa, Levant, and Pakistan at Visa, shares the impact that the She’s Next initiative is making on the lives and businesses of wom

Tariq Chauhan, CEO of EFS Facilities Services Group, shares the group’s journey to transformation and the enduring importance of people, passion, and precision to its success.

H.E. Masaood Ahmed Al Masaood, Chairman of Al Masaood Group, explains how business has evolved over the course of 50 years, and how it plans to continue making an impact for decades to come.

From groundbreaking entrepreneurs to visionary corporate leaders, women in MENA are leaving their mark in every sector and industry. For example, Hana Al Rostamani, Group CEO of the First Abu Dhabi...

Slim Zaiane, General Manager at Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates, explains what sets the hotel apart from the crowd, and what guests can expect as a new year dawns.

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Elevated Japanese cuisine meets eco-minded design at Madi Hiyaa, a spectacular new restaurant at Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru.

Leading the Way in the Financial Sector’s Digital Transformation. Saudi Fransi for Leasing Finance has a new identity. Under the name J-B, the car leasing and financial solutions company is adding val

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Samih Abutaleb, Group Head of Information Technology at Ahli United Bank, explains why digitalization is a must in the world of finance – and how banks can get it right.

While the companies on our 2023 list of the Middle East’s top Fintechs confirmed having zero or limited exposure to Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and are expecting it to have a minimal impact on regional...

Most of the top family-owned businesses in the Middle East either started off as dealers, agents, or distributors for international companies, with the most successful enterprises evolving by adding...

Kareem Shahin, Acting CEO of Malaffi (Abu Dhabi Health Data Services – Sole Proprietorship LLC): Empowering Collaboration Through Health Information Exchange

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Breaking the glass ceiling for women entrepreneurs in MENA is a much harder task compared to their counterparts in other parts of the world. Women-led businesses make up less than 5% of MENA’s total...

Pakistani startups raised over $125 million in the first half of 2021, more than double what the country's startups had raised in all of 2020. Habibullah Khan, the founder of Penumbra, explains w

Samer Soliman, CEO of Arab Financial Services (AFS) explains how the company plans to remain a dominant force on MENA’s rapidly advancing digital payments landscape.

Mastercard Economics Institute’s Economic Outlook 2024: Empowered Consumers to Balance Price and Priority

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