Beyond2020, the UAE-driven humanitarian initiative, has installed water filters in 25 communities in the Sabah and Sarawak regions of Malaysia, providing clean drinking water to 10,000 people. Beyond2020 was launched by the Zayed Sustainability Prize in 2019 in partnership with several leading organisations with the aim of furthering the humanitarianContinue Reading
Qatar Foundation’s (QF) edutainment show Stars of Science – which drives scientific innovation and entrepreneurship among Arab youth – announced that applications for its upcoming season 16 are open, and invited aspiring Arab innovators to apply for an opportunity to join the show and transform their innovative ideas into tangible solutions. Claiming theContinue Reading
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Dubai Chambers has successfully concluded the inaugural edition of Dubai Business Forum under the theme ‘Shifting Economic Power: Dubai and the Future of Global Trade.’ Hosted under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of theContinue Reading
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — stc group, an engine of digital transformation, today announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with Microsoft to further advance its digitalization and drive innovation across Saudi Arabia. As part of the partnership, the organizations will jointly develop and deploy cutting-edge solutions that will transform andContinue Reading
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Chief Executive Officer, H.E. Sultan Al-Marshad, signed today, a new development loan agreement marking the Fund’s first presence in the country, worth USD $100 million with the Province Governor of Córdoba, H.E. Juan Schiaretti and the Province Governor of SantaContinue Reading
Muscat, Oman — Ministry of Education in Oman, Almarai Company and the Arab Bureau of Education for the GCC States honored 84 students from general education in the GCC countries and Yemen who won Almarai Award for Academic Excellence in its 16th edition during a ceremony held in the capitalContinue Reading
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — As part of the World Scouting annual JOTA-JOTI (Jamboree-on-the-Air-Jamboree-on-the-Internet), the world’s largest online Scout event which connects Scouts from over 170 countries over 3 days from 20-22 October, Alwaleed Philanthropies, chaired by HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Al Saud, hosted an event in partnership with the World ScoutContinue Reading
to Construct and Equip Schools in Tajikistan Dushanbe, Tajikistan — The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Chief Executive Officer, H.E. Sultan Al-Marshad, signed today a new development loan agreement with the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Tajikistan, H.E. Kahhorzoda Fayziddin Sattor, through which SFD is contributing $20 million USDContinue Reading
Doha, Qatar — After intense challenges and rigorous evaluations, five contestants on Season 15 of Stars of Science – Qatar Foundation’sArab edutainment TV show that promotes scientific innovation in the region – have proceeded towards the next stage of the competition, known as the ‘design’ stage. With two more participantsContinue Reading
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi Arabian delegation comprising some of the nation’s leading entrepreneurs recently participated in the Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2023 (GEC23), led by Monsha’at, the Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Among Monsha’at’s objectives was to support the delegation of SaudiContinue Reading
