MEED Analyst John Bambridge says that the UAE has demonstrated remarkable economic resilience in recent years, with its non-oil sector bouncing back from Covid-19 and emerging as the real driving force behind the country’s growth.
NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Senior Lecturer Dr Woo Jun Jie discusses Singapore’s urban planning mitigation against congestion strategies in light of the new capital cities currently under construction in Indonesia and Egypt.
Tunisian Agricultural Minister Abdelmonem Belati says that the olive oil industry must take advantage of high export prices to capitalise on a bumper harvest.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Affairs Mehdi Safari says that the country is targeting an annual USD 20 billion trade with neighboring Iraq by 2027.
Hungary signs an economic cooperation agreement with the UAE aimed at stimulating trade and investment flows between the two countries in Budapest this month.
Rice exports from Pakistan surged 85.8%, reaching USD 2.5 billion within eight months, largely due to India’s self-imposed restrictions on its own shipments.
The Supreme Committee for the Development of Capital Markets and Exchanges in Dubai round-tabled the latest Dubai Financial Market review, and the results speak for themselves.
US-UAE Business Council Chairman Danny Seabright says the volume of non-oil trade between the UAE and the United States of America rose to USD 31.4 billion in 2023 and is expected to continue to grow at the same pace in 2024.
With USD 6.4 billion in fresh deals, the Kingdom is staking its claim on Syria’s future and sending a clear message: Arab-led recovery is back in focus.
KUN’s recent Series A $50 million funding round signals a pivotal moment for stablecoins, ushering in a new era of regulated, efficient, and cross-border digital payments across Asia.
Next time you’re haggling for a business class upgrade with your accounts department, point them to Blacklane’s recent report Luxury and Productivity: The Changing Face of Travel and Work which claims that luxury experiences have a direct correlation to improved worker competency.
President of the Moroccan Anti-Doping Agency (AMAD) Dr. Fatima Abouali is elected as the President of the Executive Bureau of the African Union of Sports Medicine (UAMS) in late January 2025 in Cairo Egypt.
According to analysts, EV adoption will gain major momentum in the Middle East thanks to growing tech-savvy urban hubs in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, in addition to a significant drop in the cost of EVs over the past decade.
This first equity phase is part of USD 130 million investment to place Ethiopia on a USD 5 billion African medical tourism map with the development of a new specialty Roha hospital in Addis Ababa.
The Conference on ASEAN SCP Policies and Practices: Celebrating 12 Years of German-Southeast Asian SCP Cooperation was held this week at the DoubleTree by Hilton Shah Alam i-City Malaysia, marking 12 years of cooperation between SE Asia and Germany.