Defending champion Garbine Muguruza was handed a monumental first round challenge when the draw was conducted for the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Saturday. The world number six, number four seed and two-time Grand Slam winner was drawn to face recent Australian Open finalist Danielle Collins to set up what is certain to be a mouth-watering encounter. Collins is an …

The UK celebrated its National Day at Expo 2020 Dubai on Thursday with a visit by His Royal Highness Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, who addressed the first Earthshot Prize Innovation Showcase and met with His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Dubai Executive Council. Following the Commonwealth Games …

Former world number one and 2017 champion Andy Murray will make a welcome return to the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships this month. The two-time Wimbledon and Olympics winner, who was awarded an OBE in Queen Elizabeth’s New Year Honours List in December 2016 for services to tennis and charity and knighted in 2019 by Prince Charles, will be returning …

The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) and Lulu International Group have entered into a partnership to promote Malaysian palm oil-based products at Lulu Hypermarkets in Dubai.  A Memorandum of Understanding between MPOC and Lulu International group was signed during the opening of the Sustainable Agricommodities (Food Agricommodities) Week at the Malaysia Pavilion in Expo 2020 Dubai.  The MoU was exchanged …

A delegation from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce headed by Omar Khan, Director of International Offices, Dubai Chamber of Commerce, recently visited the Dubai branch of ECVV.ae, a one-stop e-commerce procurement platform based in Shenzhen, China. The company expanded to the Dubai market after receiving support from Dubai Chamber of Commerce’s representative office in Shenzhen. ECVV reaches more than 20,000 buyers …

Agthia Group PJSC, one of the region’s leading food and beverages companies, today announced preliminary and unaudited results for the fiscal year ending 31 December 2021. The Group posted AED 216 million in net profit, as well as net revenues of over AED 3 billion. Agthia grew its revenues by 49% year-on-year following strong growth in the Protein and Snacking segments through a series of acquisitions that have since been consolidated under the Group’s brand portfolio. The Consumer-Business contribution to Agthia’s top-line almost doubled versus last year reflecting the positive growth of …

ILMA University hosted its 17th Convocation on Wednesday, 09th February 2022 at its main campus. The convocation was presided by Chancellor Mr. Noman Abid Lakhani (T.I.) and graced by the Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Mansoor uz Zafar Dawood, Registrar Syed Kashif Rafi, Deans, Directors, Head of Teaching Departments, Distinguished Faculty members, Guests of Honor including Senator Abdul Haeeb Khan of …

Leading UAE-based smart and green facilities management (FM) company Farnek has launched a new smart FM technology solutions company, HITEK, under the leadership of managing director, Javeria Aijaz, who was previouslySenior Director – Technology & Innovations at Farnek. Developed in-house, the HITEK solution 4.0, was originally launched in Q3 last year, connecting people, assets and spaces from multiple remote sites, …

Zara Basharat Higgs, Head of Public Policy Program, Pakistan, TikTok and Syed Tajwar Hashmi, CFO, Zindagi Trust are present at the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony between TikTok and  Zindagi Trust to work on creating awareness around safe usage of the internet. Fahad Khan, Head Public Policy/Government Relations, Pakistan, TikTok and Faiq Ahmed, Senior Marketing and Resource Development Manager, …

Her Excellency Noura Bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Youth, visited the pavilion of the Federal Republic of Germany at Expo 2020 Dubai. The Germany Pavilion, one of the largest at Expo, is located in the Sustainability District of the Expo and it is entitled “Campus Germany”. The design of the pavilion is inspired by a university campus, …