Hospitality can be a precarious industry to work in and there is no doubt that hospitality staff work hard to keep customers happy. Behind the scenes, there are various options to make operations smoother. FOODICS is a cloud-based restaurant management technology and payments platform which is...

The Ministry of Economy and Cisco have announced a digitisation initiative aimed at accelerating the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UAE, under the scope of the ambitious programme, Entrepreneurial Nation 2.0.  As part of the Scale-Up track, SMEs from across the UAE will...

Security planning is a must for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as they continue to face a complex and evolving cyberthreat landscape. This feature focuses on the landscape in the Middle East, where technological acceleration in the region dominates business decisions, and...

Working with regional partners, Huawei Cloud launched a Start-up Programme for the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa. The initiative provides SMEs in these regions with Huawei cloud credits, technical support, talent development training and business resources to drive their growth. The Huawei...

Emirates Islamic, one of the leading Islamic financial institutions in the UAE, has launched its ‘Trade More, Earn More’ campaign to incentivise small- and medium-sized businesses to use the bank’s trade solutions suite for optimal import and export business transactions. The...

Lenovo has announced a new partnership with Novo Genomics, one of Saudi Arabia’s leading biotech start-ups with a focus on localising and applying the latest technologies in genomics and multi-omics. Novo Genomics leverages data through advanced analytics and data mining to promote health...

Masdar City, Abu Dhabi’s flagship sustainable urban community and innovation hub, has strengthened ties with Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, to promote opportunities for clean tech and climate tech start-ups focused on sustainability. Further to a memorandum of understanding...

Aerospace Xelerated has announced the 11 start-ups working on digital services and solutions that will join their fourth cohort to solve key challenges for the aerospace sector. Following three successful programmes led by Boeing and supported by industry partners, this year’s programme...

New research reveals that, while 79% of UAE organisations invest in analytics ahead of all other technology, historic unsolved challenges mean critical business insights aren’t fully utilised. The research, carried out by IDC on behalf of Alteryx, showed that futureproofing business using...

Mohammed bin Rashid innovation Fund (MBRIF), an initiative launched by the UAE Ministry of Finance to support nationwide innovation, has partnered with Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the free zone technology park and member of Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ), to support emerging...