Already the largest facilities management market in the GCC, Saudi Arabia’s sector has plenty of room to grow in both value and sophistication, as it rises from being worth an estimated $20.3bn in 2014 to a forecast $29bn by 2017. This increase in value could in part be fuelled by Saudi...
PAYFORT, the leading online payment service provider in the Arab world, has received the Doha Bank Partners Award in recognition for its efforts to develop Qatar’s ecommerce sector. Doha Bank last year signed a partnership agreement with PayFort to develop electronic payment options for the...
Bringing the advantages of digital transactions to customers across Saudi Arabia, Western Union, a leader in global payments services, and Bank AlBilad, one of the fastest growing banks in Saudi Arabia, today launched the Western Union® online money transfer service via AlBilad Net to provide...
Swisslog, a leading automation expert for robot-based and data-driven intralogistic solutions, strengthened its commitment to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) by participating for the first time as a launch partner at Materials Handling Saudi Arabia.
Swisslog Middle East will...
In a new survey by Bayt.com titled ‘Top Cities in the Middle East and North Africa’, Eastern Province, Riyadh and Jeddah ranked among the Top 10 Cities to live in. In all three cities, the majority of citizens were happy about their current city of residence. 60% of Eastern Province...
Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA), celebrated the achievements of its partners in Africa by recognising them at a glittering awards ceremony on the conclusion of its first Annual Partner Conference held at Enashipai, Lake Naivasha, Kenya.
The awards night saw over 100 Canon...
OMA Emirates Group, a provider of cutting edge technology for the payment industry announced today, the Point of Sales (POS) solution that they will provide to Bank Sohar in the Sultanate of Oman. The deployment of the industry leading payment terminal from Ingenico provides the Bank with multiple...
Azizi Developments, the UAE-based real estate developer with global reach into international markets, has announced the launch of Azizi Farishta, the 15th project located in the ever-expanding Al Furjan district. The fully-serviced residence, a B+G+2P+12 structure, is the developer’s...
Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy, Industry and Petroleum Khalid Al-Falih on Sunday said he believed the oil market would balance itself in 2017 even if producers did not intervene, and that keeping output at current levels could therefore be justified.
Under a preliminary agreement reached in ...
“As drones and driverless vehicles have arrived to do the last mile delivery, supply chain and logistics industry is in for a massive shift in approach in 2017 and beyond,” stated Shashi Shekhar, Group Chairman and founder of SCLG, during the 9th Global Supply Chain and Logistics...