Dubai / Emirates Business As the Middle East accelerates its digital transformation and Smart Cities growth, regional data center spend will reach a record-high of $5 billion by 2020, industry experts announced ahead of GITEX Technology Week. Middle East and North Africa data center spend to reach a record high of $5.1 billion by 2020, increasing by 8.5 percent from ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The relations between the UAE and Norway have witnessed increasing development, in line with their strong bilateral ties over the past decades with the value of their trade exchange reaching around $639.9 million in 2017, compared to $326.7 million in 2016, according to Ministry of Economy’s Trade Policy Review Report. The value of imports from Norway ...

SHARJAH / WAM Gulftainer, the world’s largest privately owned independent port operator based in the UAE, will host a ceremony to commence the construction of the Saja’a Permanent Access Road. The company’s AED11 million investment in the road extension aligns with its objective to play a key role in driving Sharjah’s economy. The highway will extend over two kilometres to ...