MENA

PIF-backed Americana plans $1 bn IPO

The company added Morgan Stanley to IPO

Boston Consulting Group appoints new head to its Middle East operations

Pablo Martinez to succeed Joerg Hildebrandt who led the company for 11 years

Digital upsurge paves way for enticing careers in content creation

Content creators are making a decent living through digital platforms

Oil drives Middle East IPOs to achieve best semi-annual performance ever

IPOs fetched $11.4 billion in the first 5 months of 2022

As travel rises, airlines are facing drastic ground handlers shortage

The aviation industry is experiencing delays in hiring personnels

The depositor in Lebanon a victim of special interests

Continued bleeding of the Central Bank's reserves in foreign currencies

Dust storms are blanketing the Gulf region

The storms put human health at serious risk

ADX, BHB to support further growth of regional economy

The two stock exchanges aim to enhance market liquidity

Total viewing hours by Arabs increase by 80% during Ramadan

First-of-its-kind UAE TV viewership research launched at CABSAT 2022

Saudi, UAE making strides on their journey to sustainable future

The energy and resources industry will witness a major transformation

Smarties announces marketing winners of first NFT awards

The NFT format is titled ‘SMARTIES MENA INTO THE METAVERSE’

EU discusses waving Schengen requirements for Omanis

This comes after EU proposed visa-free travel for Qatar, Kuwait

Qatar tops global oral health index, Oman second

Qatar has 6.2 dentists per 10K people

Turkish lira hits new historical lows

This comes as banks cut down dollar sales to prop up currency

Tourism sector leads the region’s wider economic recovery

The sector could create 3.6 million new jobs in 10 years

Saudi, Bahrain join Qatar in UK visa waiver eligibility

Status will be effective from June 1 and under this new amendment

‘Welcome to the World’ wins first ATM tech startup competition

Securing up to $500,000 of investment at ATM 2022

Middle East on cusp of a real-time payments revolution

Region could reap huge dividends from real-time payments

Lebanon probe receives account data on CB governor’s brother

Alleged embezzlement of at least $330 million in public funds

FAB backs out of acquiring EFG Hermes

The decision is due to the instability in global markets and economies