News Desk KARACHI: Focusing on the importance of quick first response in children’s care, The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) launched, Child Connect, a free-of-cost one-stop solution for parents, on Monday, 17 August 2020. This solution revolves around the understanding that children are often unable to fully communicate the pain of their illness and need early intervention for ailment relief. …

News Desk KARACHI: As e-commerce continues to accelerate owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mastercard is leading the way in fostering cybersecurity and combatting fraud. With online shopping playing an integral role in the region’s economic recovery, ensuring transaction approval rates remain robust while countering fraud attempts has taken a completely new focus. Mastercard’s technology plays an integral role in reducing …

KARACHI: LADIESFUND intensifies its deep dive into buraq building to give Pakistani women start-ups the insight into becoming unicorns.  Watch Her Fly is The Buraq Center by LADIESFUND’s motto and certainly the charitable organization is taking this vision seriously.  Their How To Build a Buraq trainings continue with Sameer Chishty, partner, SparkLabs, a network of tech startup accelerators and tech …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates will resume passenger flights to Warsaw from 4 September starting with twice-a-week services, and increasing to three-a-week from 7 October. The resumption of flights to Warsaw will expand Emirates’ current network to 75 cities in September, offering travellers in the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific convenient connections via Dubai to the Polish capital. The airline …

News Desk ABU DHABI: Today the SMB sector plays an important role in the UAE economy, accounting for 86 percent of the total private sector workforce and more than 60 percent of the country’s current GDP. Etisalat serves close to 300,000 SMB customers in the country, working closely with them in their digital transformation journey. The relevance of digital innovation and capabilities have gained significance …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Dubai’s trade with Africa could see an annual increase of up to 10% over the next five years following the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), according to Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s latest forecast. The outlook for Dubai-Africa trade and new bilateral business opportunities created by AfCFTA were among the main …

DUBAI: Majid Al Futtaim’s Dubai shopping malls,in partnership with Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishments (DFRE),are giving customers the chance to win one of eight Modesh Scholarships worth AED 25,000. Whether in school or university, undertaking an online course, or hoping to enrol in an institute or academy, the scholarship offers learners— parents, children, and young professionals—the ease of a smooth …

JOHANNESBURG: In a novel, De-risked funding strategy, a group of South African Express employees have engaged an equity funding platform, Uprise.Africa, to assist in raising the capital needed to save SA Express. The group strongly believes that SA Express (SAX) is a national asset that should be salvaged and definitely not liquidated. They further believe that the company is a …

KARACHI: Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, inaugurated today the Baab-e- Muhammad at Naya Nazimabad Jamia Masjid. The Masjid which is built on 175,000 square feet will welcome 12,000 worshippers at a time, at completion. There will be a separate space for 2,500 women to pray and special arrangements have also been made for …

News Desk KARACHI: An institute named Darul Uloom Memon has been set up at New Memon Masjid Boulton Market for the promotion and awareness of Islamic banking in the country. The institute was inaugurated on Sunday by Chairman Ruet Hilal Committee and Patron of the Institute Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman, Chairman New Memon Masjid and prominent social and business personality Haji Rafiq …