Cairo, 9 June, 2026 – Visa (NYSE: V), a world leader in digital payments, today released the annual Stay Secure study in Egypt, which assesses consumer awareness and behaviors around digital commerce and fraud. This year’s edition, conducted by Wakefield Research, highlights how AI‑enabled shopping and social commerce are changing consumer behavior even as expectations around trust and protection remain …
Finance
Lebanon, 09 June 2026: Mastercard released its inaugural Cyber Pulse report, offering a comprehensive view of the evolving cyber threat landscape across Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EEMEA) over the last year. The report combines regional threat intelligence from Mastercard’s Cyber Insights platform with organizational cyber health assessments from RiskRecon, a tool which allows companies to evaluate the …
Business
The American University of Beirut (AUB) announced that the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business in Beirut and the Faculty of Business at AUB Mediterraneo in Cyprus have earned EQUIS (EFMD Quality Improvement System) accreditation from EFMD, one of the world’s leading international accreditation systems for business and management education. This achievement makes AUB the first institution in Lebanon and …
Beirut, Lebanon – May 22, 2026: Project Management Institute (PMI), the leading authority in project success, and the Modern University for Business and Science (MUBS), a world-class university committed to developing conscientious leaders, are proud to announce the signing of a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU was signed by Prof. Nael Alami, Vice President at MUBS, and Hanny …
Humanitarian
Cambridge University Press & Assessment (Cambridge) and NGO Alsama Project have signed an agreement during the Education World Forum to collaborate on a new qualification for refugees and displaced young people that can be rolled out in Jordan and worldwide. The new G12++ qualification is designed to tackle the education crisis faced by displaced youth excluded from university, training and …
EBRD US$ 22 million financing package to the company Spinneys in Lebanon The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the resilience and sustainable growth of Lebanon’s food retail sector with a US$22 million financing package for Spinneys Levant Limited, a leading retailer in the country operating through its subsidiary Gray Mackenzie Retail Lebanon SAL (GMRL). The package …