Savills underlines its commitment to the KSA market with the appointment of Ramzi Darwish as Head of Savills SA

Savills, the leading global real estate advisors, today announced the appointment of Ramzi Darwish as Head of Savills Saudi Arabia. Ramzi will lead the Saudi team whilst driving the expansion of all service lines with a strong focus on Property Management, Facilities Management, Consultancy and Valuation, leveraging his extensive knowledge of both the KSA market […]

ServeU expands services in Abu Dhabi to include B2C segment

Following the success of its business-to-business (B2B) services in Abu Dhabi, ServeU announced its expansion through the launching of its business-to-consumer (B2C) segment in the emirate. Named Home Essentials, the new offering will enable customers to avail cost-effective facilities management (FM) services for their residence. The announcement comes after ServeU recently achieved a record revenue […]

World Government Summit: Building Resilience Of Cities Develops Their Readiness For Future Transformations

The World Government Summit has launched a report entitled “Time to Future Proof: A blueprint for holistic urban resilience”, in partnership with Strategy& Middle East, part of the PwC network. The report stresses the importance of building cities’ resilience in the region, and develop their institutional capacities to enhance their ability to face challenges and […]

GLP Closes BRL 5.2 Billion Brazil Development Fund

GLP today announced the closing of one of the largest ever logistics-focused funds in Latin America, GLP Brazil Development Partners II (“GLP BDP II”) with BRL 2.63 billion (US$530 million1) of total equity commitments. GLP BDP II’s investors are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (“ADIA”) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (“CPP Investments”), with […]

INJAZ Al-Arab And JA Africa Partner With Oliver Wyman To Explore Labour Market Skills Gap In The MENA Region And Sub-Saharan Africa

INJAZ Al-Arab and JA Africa have partnered with global consulting firm Oliver Wyman to explore labour market skills gap in the MENA Region and Sub-Saharan Africa in an effort to tackle the unemployment challenge. The “Youth Employment Perception” survey was conducted in response to the realization that these incremental unemployment figures cannot solely be attributed […]

Sharjah Publishing City Free Zone renews support for entrepreneurs

To commemorate World Entrepreneurs’ Day observed annually on August 21, Sharjah Publishing City Free Zone (SPC Free Zone) has announced the launch variety of new competitive, flexible, and comprehensive business set up packages to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit of regional and global investors and support the growth of the publishing and education sectors and allied […]

Uniphore to Acquire Jacada to Transform Customer Experience with Advanced AI and Low Code/No Code Automation

Uniphore, a leader in Conversational Service Automation (CSA), today announced its agreement to acquire Jacada, a customer experience pioneer with the industry’s leading low code/no code platform for contact centre automation. Jacada’s advanced automation software brings a proven track record of solving complex contact center challenges and empowering the design and implementation of transformational customer experiences quickly and easily. Combined with Jacada’s innovative low code/no code platform, Uniphore’s industry-leading conversational automation platform will empower businesses to easily automate key interactions across self-service and agent-assisted customer engagements. With this comprehensive platform, business users can realize state-of-the-art digital transformation, resulting in significant ROI. When integrated with Uniphore’s conversational AI and automation […]

BD to empower youth across MENA through its ‘GenZ’ program reiterating its commitment to International Youth Day 2021

The Dubai Branch of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced its ‘GenZ’ internship program to empower youth from the MENA region with 21st-century employability skills. Over the next two years, the company aims to equip young talent across MENA with hands on corporate experience across various […]