The three-month long programme will commence in mid-July 2021 and is for ‘Seed to Series’ startups in the region
Citigroup ultimately plans to exit retail-banking operations in Australia, Bahrain, China, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam
An agreement has been signed between the two countries for mutual recognition of Covid-19 vaccine documents
CoinMENA is a fully-regulated, onshore, and Sharia-compliant crypto assets exchange
The sale price was more than $165m, according to sources
On Tuesday, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa also directed his country’s officials to set up a diplomatic mission within Israel
Covid-19 response sees Ministry of Health spending almost tripled compared to 2019
The acquisition is fully financed from Almarai’s operating cash flow
Saudi Arabia is the UAE’s top trading partner, with a total of Dhs113.2bn in trade exchange in 2019
Al Salam Bank is waiving administrative fees for personal and property facilities
The money manager is the Gulf’s largest private investor in US real estate
The data centre will be the first in the MENA region and will go live by the end of 2021
Merger of Finablr assets and BFC would create regional financial services giant
Phased project consists of a 109km urban rail transit network
Startups receive a total of $250,000 in investments, head to demo day
By June 2021, Etihad and Gulf Air will be able to offer up to an additional 30 combined destinations beyond the Abu Dhabi and Bahrain hubs
BeAware app enables individuals to show their immunity status two weeks after receiving both doses
All inbound travellers will be subject to an additional PCR test on the fifth day of arrival
FlexxPay is currently available in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and will be launched in Bahrain next month
The resumption of ties with Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt will boost the regional economy with certain sectors set to witness a significant impact
The two-week suspension is effective February 11 onwards
The UAE is poised to become only the 5th country ever to enter Mars’ orbit
Project financed by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development as part of GCC Development Programme
Investcorp confirmed the purchase in a stock market filing
All public and private schools, universities and kindergartens in the country will move to remote learning for three weeks
Number of streams in Arabic increased by 221% from February to May peak
Covishield is the third vaccine to receive emergency authorisation in Bahrain following Sinopharm and Pfizer-BioNTech
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At launch, CoinMENA’s platform will be available to residents of Bahrain, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman
Bahrain exports surge 12 per cent in Q4 of 2020 buoyed by manufacturing sector