DUBAI / GULF TIME The world is going through difficult times. Across the GCC, homegrown brands with genuine potential are struggling — not because their products aren’t good enough, but because they don’t have the platform to prove it. Citron built that platform. The Dubai-born kids’ lifestyle brand started in 2017 as a single lunchbox made by a mum who …

DUBAI/ WAM The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation PJSC (Empower), held with a quorum of 85 percent of the company’s paid-up share capital, approved the Board of Directors’ proposal to distribute cash dividends of AED437.5 million (4.375 fils per share equivalent to 43.75% of the company’s paid-up capital) to shareholders for second half of …

DUBAI / WAM Further to the announcement made on 28 November 2025 regarding the strategic partnership between RAKBANK and Network International (Network), the transaction has now successfully closed following all required approvals from the Central Bank of the UAE. As part of the partnership, Network will provide its state-of-the-art payment solutions to serve RAKBANK’s customers across SMEs and large corporates, …