By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: A high level delegation together with Mr. Tim Welsh, Southeast Asia Representative of the US Dry Bean Council (USDBC), and Mr. Rashid Raja, Marketing Specialist, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service and other business dignitaries, visited the premises and office of Naheed Supermarket, Karachi. The delegation was welcomed by Mr. Abraruddin, Founder Naheed Supermarket, Mr. Munsub Abrar, Director …

UN Global Compact Network Pakistan (UN GCNP) organized Business Talk SDGs Meeting on elevating ambition for greater collective action on the sustainable development goals which was hosted by Artistic Milliner. Entrepreneurs, stakeholders and representatives from various organizations learned about SDGs, their targets and how they can embed them in their normal business practices to achieve the Global 2030 Agenda.  The …

RIYADH: At LEAP, Cisco released the KSA findings of its latest Security Outcomes Report, focusing on “Achieving Security Resilience”. Now in its third year, the report is Cisco’s annual security study and consists of responses from more than 4,700 participants across 26 countries, including Saudi Arabia. It identifies the top success factors that boost enterprise security resilience and measures responses against these factors to …

Magnom Properties, the real estate developer of FORBES International Tower, is partnering with UNICEF to support young people’s empowerment in Egypt, bridging the digital divide and providing a wide range of skills development opportunities to young girls and boys. A partnership agreement signed by Maged Marie, CEO of Magnom Properties, and Jeremy Hopkins, UNICEF Egypt Representative in Geneva, Switzerland, launched …

Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, one of the three chambers operating under Dubai Chambers, has conducted the latest instalment of its series of interactive workshops, a session on the fintech sector to discuss the challenges and prospects within the various sectors of the digital economy. In the presence of His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial …

Staying committed to the health and safety of its people, Telenor Pakistan is proud to announce enhancements to insurance plans for its franchise staff, setting another benchmark in the industry. Insurance plans for franchise staff members was a novel move introduced by Telenor Pakistan last year and is now offering greater value for all its franchise employees. As part of …

The Dawoodi Bohra women entrepreneurs of Karachi are proud to announce the “IDEAL TIJARAT EXPO 2023”, a two-day industrial and commercial expo, to be held on the 25th and 26th of February at Port Grand from 12pm to 9pm. The Bohra entrepreneurs have established themselves as successful traders and merchants in the business community and are now looking to further …

Pan Asian Media, a Dubai-based strategic public relations and communications advisory engaged in media consultancy, research, crisis communications and event management, delivered US$9.9 million (Dh36.33 million) worth of press coverage to clients through more than 120 successful press campaigns including 30 events in 2022. The boutique media advisory ran on an average a campaign in every three days – for …

Value-added Tax (VAT) will continue being the primary revenue-generating tax for the UAE for the next few years, according to a report published by WTS Dhruva Consultants on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of VAT. The total revenue distributed at the state level in the UAE for VAT has amounted to over AED95.4 billion (US$26 billion), since its implementation …

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and Lenovo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to inaugurate the Lenovo Innovation and Creativity Centre in the Kingdom. The facility is set to become the first innovation center in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to accelerate digital transformation and enhance cooperation in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) …