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...
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World Health Organization readies coronavirus app for checking symptoms, possibly contact tracing
The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to launch an app this month to enable people in under-resourced countries to assess...
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...
Private sector contributes by 26% of total investments in ICT sector in FY2020/2021
Private investments worth LE6.9 billion compose 26 percent of total investments worth LE27.5 billion in the communications and information technology...
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....
Digital solutions supporting Qatar’s Covid-19 strategy
Qatar recorded its first case of the virus on February 29, which involved a citizen who had been evacuated from...
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...
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