Dubai / WAM DP World has announced the completion of the early stages of the integration with TradeLens, a blockchain-based digital container logistics platform, jointly developed by A.P. Moller – Maersk and IBM. The collaboration between DP World and the TradeLens platform will help accelerate the digitisation of global supply chains. DP World aims to connect all its 82 marine ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM National banks invested AED200 million ($54.45 million) in local stock markets in April after stock prices reached attractive levels, an increase of 2.2 percent compared to March. This investment led to an increase in the prices of many stocks, which positively affected general indexes over the past weeks. Attractive stock prices encouraged individuals and traders to ...

Bloomberg South Africa is seeking investments from multilateral lenders, commercial banks and pension funds in what a senior ruling party official said will be a $20.5 billion infrastructure program. The program will focus on “network industries such as rail and ports, energy, broadband connectivity, water, sanitation and human settlements,” Paul Mashatile, the treasurer-general of the African National Congress, said in ...