Dubai / Emirates Business The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF) – a member of the Mohammed bin Rashid Global Initiatives – is set to expand its “A Book in Minutes” initiative, which has already published up to 105 books. Launched by the Foundation three years ago, the initiative seeks to promote reading and to spread knowledge to …

  Dubai / Emirates Business Continuing its expansion program, Careem, the region’s leading ride-hailing service, has now expanded to more than 50 cities across the broader MENASA (Middle East, North Africa and South Asia) region, including Turkey and three new cities in Pakistan. Mudassir Sheikha, co-founder and CEO of Careem, said, “Our main focus is to broaden and deepen our …

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, (MIST) an independent, research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy, and sustainable technologies, signed a memorandum of understanding with French company Thales/Thales Alenia Space and French engineering university MINES ParisTech to develop applications for the StratobusTM drone-satellite hybrid airship. In the presence of the French ambassador to the …