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Mashreq and Anghami Announce Regional Strategic Partnershipin the MENA region. 

Mashreq and Anghami Announce Regional Strategic Partnershipin the MENA region. 

Long-term collaboration announced with MENA’s leading music and entertainment streaming app.
Mashreq to co – create content for MENA audiences and Mashreq UAE customers to enjoy Ad- and restriction-free access to Anghami’s entire catalog with up to 12 months of Anghami Plus for free

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3rd Future Food Forum to focus on strategies driving sustainable economic growth and regional food security

3rd Future Food Forum to focus on strategies driving sustainable economic growth and regional food security

The forum will highlight opportunities and challenges in the F&B sector under the theme ‘Transforming the future of food and beverage manufacturing

Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 04 October 2022:

The third edition of the Future Food Forum 2022, organised and hosted by the UAE Food & Beverage Manufacturers Business Group, in strategic partnership with Dubai Chamber and Food Tech Valley, will address topics including sustainability, food security, retail supply chain management, digital technologies and the future of farming among other topics.

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Standard Chartered introduces the region’s First Sustainable Receivables Financing Facility in partnership with ECI and Siemens

Standard Chartered introduces the region’s First Sustainable Receivables Financing Facility in partnership with ECI and Siemens

04 October 2022 – Dubai, UAE: Standard Chartered Bank announced today the successful completion of the region’s first Receivables Financing Facility for Siemens in the UAE, a technology company focused on the digital transformation of industry and infrastructure.

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Up to $85 billion needed in investments to achieve sustainable waste management in the GCC

Up to $85 billion needed in investments to achieve sustainable waste management in the GCC

A joint WBCSD-BCG study highlights key value streams in the GCC to achieve a circular economy by 2040

Dubai, UAE October 3 2022: With the expansion of GCC urban areas, municipalities in the GCC are challenged to handle the ever-increasing waste generation through the existing landfill strategies. However, many GCC countries are already investing to improve their waste management, with deals soaring in volume and value in 2019, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in collaboration with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The report, titled “Recycling in the GCC: Securing Valuable Resources for a Sustainable Future”, finds that securing finite resources for future generations and minimizing environmental impact will depend on further increasing waste collection and recycling targets globally as well as across the GCC.

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Sixth edition of region’s leading FDI event, the Sharjah Investment Forum, will take place on February 8–9

Sixth edition of region’s leading FDI event, the Sharjah
Investment Forum, will take place on February 8–
9

Hosted by Invest in Sharjah, the forum carries the theme
‘Redefining economies making significant strides for a better future’

Sharjah, October 03, 2022

The Sharjah FDI Office (Invest in Sharjah) has announced the dates of the sixth edition of its annual flagship event, Sharjah Investment Forum (SIF), which will take place on February 8 – 9 next year at the Jawaher Reception and Convention Centre in Sharjah. 

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