Amazon, Google, Microsoft to set up regional headquarters in Saudi – report
US technology giants Google, Amazon and Microsoft have joined the growing list of companies that are ramping up their presence...
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MATAR adopts new cloud solution for enhanced airport operations: Qatar
MATAR, the Qatar Company for Airports Operation and Management’s Airport Operations Control Centre, Scheduling and Planning and Airfield Operations, implemented...
Tech businesses, investors optimistic about post-pandemic prospects
Technology-driven startups and innovative businesses in Qatar, including the investors i this sector, are optimistic they will emerge stronger after...
GCC states ease Covid-19 lockdown and accelerate digitalization
Moves to begin easing restrictions were partly prompted by data that shows a slower spread of the virus in the...
Qatar looking for investment opportunities in tech, health: FT
Qatar's sovereign wealth fund will remain "very active" through the coronavirus pandemic as the oil-rich Gulf investor searches for deals...
Innovation one of the main pillars of Oman 2040 Vision
The Research Council (TRC) has reaffirmed the 'full harmony' between the Sultanate’s National Innovation Strategy (NIS) and Oman Vision 2040....
Opportunities for ICT as Oman fights Covid-19
Oman has responded incisively to the pandemic. On February 24, two citizens returning from Iran became the first recorded cases...
Innovation to help Oman’s transition to knowledge-based economy
The National Innovation Strategy has played a major role in the establishment of an effective system which meets the aspirations...
Bank Muscat announces new $100 million Fintech investment program
Bank Muscat announced that the Central Bank of Oman has approved the bank’s request to launch a $100 million (RO...
Dubai is Silicon Valley of Middle East: Sheikh Mohammed
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said...
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