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Sports & Recreations

African Associate Member players gain invaluable exposure at DP World ILT20 Season 4

Dubai, 17 December, 2025: The DP World ILT20, under the aegis of the Emirates Cricket Board, has continued to deliver meaningful progress through its Player Development Initiative. Seven emerging cricketers from African ICC Associate Members are gaining hands-on experience within franchises during Season 4.

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Technologies

HUAWEI Mate XT ULTIMATE DESIGN Remains the Trifold Benchmark

UAE, 17 December 2025 – The evolution of smartphones took a new trajectory in the summer of 2024. After months of speculation and rumours, as Huawei unveiled the first-ever commercially available trifold to the world, it was praised universally. It proved that there is still room for groundbreaking innovations in smartphones. The HUAWEI Mate XT was so ahead of its time, it took the competition over a year to release a viable triple fold.

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Hotels & Hosppitality

From sustainability to sleep tourism and convenience to connectivity: five essentials shaping the future of the Middle East’s hospitality sector

The era of scaling hospitality businesses simply by counting rooms is over, according to The Bench, organisers of Future Hospitality Summit, which says that the future of hospitality lies in creating integrated ecosystems, lifestyle platforms and purpose-driven destinations.

After nearly 1,600 hospitality leaders from more than 70 countries checked in to Dubai for FHS World 2025, it is clear that a new wave of factors is shaping the future of hospitality in the Middle East – and globally – from the rise of non-hospitality brands in real estate to the critical intersection of Artificial Intelligence.

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Business & Investments

Blue Ocean Global delivers 360° smart solutions for the e-commerce distribution of FMCG brands through subsidiary, Blue Infinity

Blue Infinity LLC, part of the Dubai-based leading e-commerce distribution house Blue Ocean Global Group, is driving e-commerce growth with rapid, streamlined, and end-to-end 360-degree solutions for FMCG brands across the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

Date: Dubai, UAE, December 17, 2025

News Highlights:

  1. The e-commerce sector is valued at US$8.8 billion in 2024 and is projected to surpass US$13.8 billion by 2029 in the UAE;
  • The e-commerce market in Saudi Arabia was valued at US$27 billion in 2024 and expected to exceed US$50 billion by 2030
  • Blue Infinity will support FMCG brands with focused distribution solution across e-commerce and q commerce channels, tailored to meet the evolving demands of digital retail.

Blue Ocean Global Group, one of the largest e-commerce distribution houses in the UAE, today announced a new strategic direction for its subsidiary, Blue Infinity LLC. The company will focus on providing a comprehensive suite of services to distribute both global and regional FMCG brands across e-commerce platforms. This move is set to empower brands with more targeted, efficient, and scalable distribution solutions tailored to meet the growing demand for digital retail in UAE and Saudi Arabia markets.

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Technologies

Zoho Launches Solutions for Enterprise Billing and Spend Management

Dubai, December 17, 2025: Zoho Corporation, a leading global technology company, today announced the launch of Zoho Billing Enterprise Edition, an advanced billing solution for large enterprises, and Zoho Spend, an industry-first spend management solution that includes payroll.

Hyther Nizam, President MEA at Zoho Corp

The two new solutions help finance teams in the UAE and wider region monetise with modern revenue strategies, improve spend controls, streamline procurement, and gain end-to-end financial visibility. These new offerings are designed to support the UAE’s rapidly growing digital economy and meet the high complexity needs of large businesses operating across the Emirates.

Prashant Ganti, Vice President of Global Product Strategy, Finance and Operations BU, Zoho

“As part of our transnational localism strategy, of being globally connected and locally rooted, we have been launching solutions tailor-made for the region,” said Hyther Nizam, President, Zoho MEA. “As enterprises across the UAE scale in complexity and ambition, finance leaders are under pressure to move beyond fragmented systems and gain real-time, end-to-end visibility across revenue and spend. With the launch of Zoho Billing and Zoho Spend, we are addressing a critical gap by bringing billing, payroll, procurement, and expense management together on a single, integrated platform built for scale, compliance, and agility. These solutions support the UAE’s vision for a digitally enabled, globally competitive business ecosystem.”

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