18 September 2024 – MUFG EMEA has today announced the appointment of Yoshi Katsuda as Regional Head for Middle East. Yoshi will be responsible for all operations from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) branch in Dubai as MUFG continues to service clients across the Middle East with a focus on innovation, sustainability and bespoke financing solutions, tailored to requirements …
Finance
Cairo, 31 July, 2024: Paymob, the leading financial services enabler in MENAP announces today that it has expanded its longstanding partnership with Shopify, the leading commerce platform, by launching embedded card and wallet payments. Paymob is one of the first regional payment service provider (PSP) to offer embedded checkout experiences to merchants in MENA. Embedded payments streamline the checkout …
Business
INJAZ Lebanon, with the support of UNICEF Lebanon and Generation Unlimited, has just launched the Youth Agri-Business (YAB) Program—an initiative designed to empower youth-led businesses that are already making strides in this vital industry. Why You Should Apply: Intensive Training & Workshops: Selected teams will join a bootcamp designed to sharpen your business skills, assess the viability of your ideas, …
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 27, 2024 – By 2028, 75% of enterprises will prioritize backup of software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications as a critical requirement, compared to 15% in 2024, according to Gartner, Inc. SaaS-based applications have become a preferred choice for new and modernized deployments, with the data these applications generate expected to be among the fastest-growing sets of critical …
Humanitarian
The “Free Lebanese National Theater” has begun welcoming families seeking shelter and support in Tripoli and Tyre. In parallel, the “Tiro Association for the Arts” is organizing training workshops for children and youth affected by the conflict in these cities. Kassem Istanbouli, the founder of the Lebanese National Theater, emphasized the importance of transforming theaters and cultural spaces into havens …
Health services under immense strain as the number of casualties and injuries rise, including among children BEIRUT, 8 October 2024 – UNICEF is providing 167 metric tons of medical supplies for about 2 million people affected by the rapidly escalating conflict in Lebanon, especially women and children. UNICEF has delivered 67 metric tons of medical supplies in the past three …