A celebration of the pet owners who stayed back, held on, and never let go.
Dubai, April 2026: Some things in life stay beautifully constant, and for many Dubai residents, that has been their pets. Through everyday routines, slow days, and everything in between, pet parents have built their lives around their four-legged companions in the most natural, heartwarming way. UBK at Mövenpick Jumeirah Lakes Towers is celebrating that bond with Paws & Pour, a feel-good gesture for guests who stayed in Dubai with their pets during the recent period of regional uncertainty.
Across the GCC, the real question is no longer whether organisations are using AI, but whether AI is actually doing the work. Most deployments still sit at the surface, assisting employees without changing how execution happens. AI is now moving beyond individual task support into structured workforce roles, where it carries responsibility across workflows, follows business logic, and executes within real enterprise systems. Gartner projects that by 2028, 33% of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI, up from less than 1% in 2024.
OGold Secures Strategic Investment from Silicon Valley’s Plug and Play Ventures to Scale Global & Silver Ecosystem
After reaching over 1 million users and $50 million in GMV within its first year, OGold has secured institutional investment to accelerate its mission of connecting trusted assets like gold and silver with modern digital commerce.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 27th April 2026: OGold, the UAE’s premier Shariah-compliant gold and silver-backed Super App, has secured a strategic investment from Plug and Play Ventures, the venture capital arm of a world-leading innovation platform and startup accelerator headquartered in Silicon Valley, which connects high-growth companies with global corporations, investors, and strategic opportunities to scale internationally. This institutional backing signals a transformative entry into the Middle Eastern fintech landscape, validating its vision to bridge traditional wealth with the speed and utility of modern digital commerce on a global scale.
Signed by Bodour Al Qasimi and Morocco’s Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication
Bodour Al Qasimi: Advancing the Arab knowledge economy is central to Sharjah’s cultural project
Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid: Sharjah provides a key reference point for developing cultural policy and strengthening the Arab publishing sector
Rabat, 27 April 2026,
The Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) has signed a partnership agreement with Morocco’s Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication – Culture Sector to exchange expertise and knowledge in the book industry and develop mechanisms for institutional and technical cooperation in related public policies, coinciding with UNESCO’s designation of Rabat as World Book Capital 2026.
The agreement was signed by Her Highness Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairperson of SBA, and H.E. Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, Morocco’s Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, during an SBA delegation visit to Rabat as part of celebrations marking its selection as World Book Capital 2026.
Dubai, UAE, April 27, 2026 — TCL, a global leader in consumer electronics and the world’s No. 1 Mini LED and ultra-large TV brand, today hosted the 2026 TCL Industries Global Partners Conference (GPC 2026) in Shenzhen. Held under the theme “Pioneering for Greatness,” the biennial gathering brought together nearly 500 key accounts, strategic partners, and industry leaders from 49 markets to review two years of sustained growth, while exploring the next wave of innovation and reinforcing a shared commitment to long-term collaboration.
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