North Africa

Wego Partners with Gulf Air

Wego, one of the largest online travel marketplaces in the Middle East and North Africa, has announced today a partnership with Gulf Air.

Western Union Partners with Arab Federation for e-Commerce

Western Union has announced a collaboration with the Arab Federation for e-Commerce, to jointly boost the uptake of e-Commerce and digital payments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. R...

AURAK Signs MoU with Education For Employment (EFE)

The American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Education For Employment (EFE), an international not-for-profit network that creates employment opportun...

NFIA Launches Awareness Campaign in Dubai

The Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency has reported that it is seeing a spurt in Investments from UAE companies in Holland. So far, over 40 UAE companies have set up base in the Netherlands. These ...

Majority of Job Seekers Use their Smartphones to Search for Jobs Online

A new poll by Bayt.com, the Middle East’s leading career site, titled Job Search Challenges in the Middle East and North Africa, revealed that the vast majority of people in the region use online job ...

Souq.com Introduces Same Day Delivery Service

Souq.com, one of the region’s largest online retail and marketplace platform has introduced the same day delivery service. The service offers same day delivery for “Fulfilled by Souq” (FBS) prod...

PiSlice teams up with du to fund MENA’s micro entrepreneurs finance instituitions

PiSlice, the first web-based social platform of online funding for micro-entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Ooredoo’s “Buzz” Portal Named as One of “Ten Best Intranets in the World”

Ooredoo’s “buzz” portal – the global intranet that connects employees in its operating companies in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa – has been named one of the world’s top ten intranets in a ne...

Most UAE Professionals Believe they are ‘Responsible’, ‘Effective’ and ‘Strategic’

LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, today released the most overused words in United Arab Emirates members’ LinkedIn Profiles