By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Al-Futtaim Group, a leading diversified and progressive, privately held regional family business headquartered in Dubai, has appointed Moza Omar Al Futtaim as its Chief AI Officer, a role recently created to harness the enormous potential of artificial intelligence (AI) across its operations. Moza will play a pivotal role in ensuring the smart, swift, and effective adoption …

By Muhammad Rafiq DUBAI: Union Coop in Dubai reports a significant milestone: 913,306 members are now part of the ‘Tamayaz’ loyalty program. These cardholders, comprising 87% of total sales, reflect the program’s success and its contribution to sustainability by reducing paper usage. Tamayaz offers two types of cards—Gold for shareholders and Silver for non-shareholders. Gold cardholders number 33,937, while Silver …

News Desk DUBAI: Yango, transforming global technologies into everyday services tailored to local needs, today announced the launch of Yango Play, the first AI-powered entertainment service that combines video streaming, music, and mini-games in one place. Yango Play offers a diverse range of entertainment options, featuring exclusive premieres of both Arabic and international movies and series, personalized music streaming, and …

DUBAI: Digital Dubai has been recognized with the Great Place to Work Certified designation by the Global Authority on Workplace Culture (Great Place to Work®), in acknowledgment of its outstanding efforts in cultivating a work environment that aligns with the highest international standards and organizational objectives. This achievement underscores Digital Dubai’s commitment to fostering job satisfaction, harmony, and productivity, while …

News Desk DUBAI: Uppercase Legal Advisory, a leading international law firm, today unveiled plans to launch the practice in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in the second quarter of 2024. The Saudi office is part of the company’s MENA expansion strategy. Saudi Arabia has witnessed a significant increase in its legal and economic landscape, attracting legal firms to the Kingdom. The decision …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI/ISLAMABAD: The European Union and its Member States organise the popular, family-focused festival “EuroVillage” on 17th of February at the Jinnah Convention Center Islamabad. The doors of this open door family event will open at 2pm to welcome Pakistani public to get a taste of European food, culture, music and sustainable actions. The EU and Member States …

DUBAI: The 29th Edition of the World Blockchain Summit, an event by Trescon, returns to Dubai on 22nd and 23rd April 2024 bringing together leading innovators, investors, enterprises, thought leaders, entrepreneurs under one roof to debate and dissect the trending issues and challenges that are rapidly reshaping the regional blockchain and web3 ecosystem. Held at the prestigious JW Marriot Hotel, …

News Desk ABU DHABI: Agthia Group PJSC (“Agthia” or “the Group”), one of the region’s leading regional food and beverage companies, today announced its preliminary and unaudited results for the fiscal year ending 31 December 2023.  Group net revenue increased 12.1% year-on-year to AED 4.6 billion during FY’23, supported by a continued shift in the Group’s product portfolio towards higher growth …

DUBAI: MI Emirates stormed into the final through a domineering show over defending champions Gulf Giants to win by 45 runs in the Qualifier 1 of the DP World ILT20 season 2 at the Dubai International Stadium. Giants were bowled out for 118 in 18.2 overs through Sri Lanka’s 22-year-old leg spinner Vijayakanth Viyaskanth bagging 3 for 22 after Windies …

Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) proudly announces big wins following an outstanding performance at the 2024 edition of one of the world’s most coveted culinary competitions, the IKA/Culinary Olympics held in Stuttgart, Germany, last week. Representing the United Arab Emirates, along with a team of the country’s finest chefs, as part of The Emirates Culinary Guild, Dwiyanti Cintaningrum, Pastry Chef at …