RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business The UAE, apart from being at the forefront of international level education, is also a mature market for online professional courses. At the pace with which the online education sector is growing in the region, experts predict that it will outpace the traditional training courses in coming years. One of the major reasons for ...
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RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business For a city to become ‘smart’ it is the construction and transport sectors that make a huge difference, regional experts say. Pointing towards the effective strategies that the UAE is following, industry leaders are applauding country’s efforts in development of the aforesaid sectors. The UAE is preparing to showcase the latest of technologies across ...
Read More »Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) is getting ready to accept a fresh batch of students to its yearly Tourism Youth Summer Programme, an ongoing project that aims to find and inspire the next generation of tourism professionals for Abu Dhabi. The three-week course will run from July 24 to August 11 and will ...
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ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business Technology is casting its spell on almost all the industries, including unconventional sectors like sports. Industry experts say that technology, if used judiciously, can be a major revenue-churner in the sports field. Positive impacts of technology could be felt on sporting venue designs that have the ability to drive performance through implementing out-of-the-box advertising ...
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Emirates Business In the biggest upgrade to its flagship product for sales professionals since its launch, LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, has released three new updates for its Sales Navigator product. The newest service for businesses from LinkedIn is used by companies including Santander, Vodafone, and JLL to find new customers and build their businesses. LinkedIn Sales Navigator ...
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Dubai / Emirates Business In partnership with Microsoft, the world’s leading IT solutions provider, Al Jalila Cultural Centre for Children (AJCCC) recently received a software donation grant from their Technology for Good programme. The software solutions will make possible a paperless, eco-friendly environment that will improve and streamline the Centre’s interactions with its stakeholders, parents, partners and suppliers. The ...
Read More »Dubai / AFP The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised its 2016 growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa after a rebound in oil prices, but maintained its cautious outlook for Saudi Arabia. The region, along with Afghanistan and Pakistan, is set to see economic growth of 3.4 percent this year, better than a previous projection of ...
Read More »DUBAI / WAM MAF Global Securities on Tuesday listed a conventional bond valued at US$ 300 million on Nasdaq Dubai. It was the third conventional bond to be listed on the exchange by MAF Global Securities, part of the Majid Al Futtaim Holding group, following listings in July 2013 and May 2014 of 500 million US Dollars each. Hamed ...
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Abu Dhabi /Â WAM The Executive Committee at the Executive Council, headed by Saeed Eid Al Ghafli, Chairman of the Executive Office, approved during its meeting an array of development projects in collaboration with the private sector worth a total of AED 470 million, in addition to making a number of decisions and adopting vital projects in the Emirate. In ...
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Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business HE Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, met with the Finnish Ambassador to the UAE, Rita Swan, at the Ministry’s headquarters in Dubai to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral relations at the economic and commercial levels. The two parties also supported the exchange of investments and more joint cooperation specifically in the ...
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