Education

Knowledge Group Partners with CILT for Logistics Training

Advancing the regions’ logistics talent pipeline,

Knowledge Group collaborates with CILT International to expand logistics and supply chain professional education across the UAE and wider MENA

Abu Dhabi, UAE, 29 April 2026: As the UAE continues to strengthen its position as a global hub for trade, logistics and supply chain innovation, Knowledge Group has collaborated with The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) International to expand access to globally recognised professional education programmes across the MENA region. The partnership aims to support the development of a future-ready operations workforce and enhance resilience and efficiency of supply chain ecosystems.

The collaboration brings together Knowledge Group’s regional learning expertise with CILT International’s global education framework. CILT International offers internationally recognised qualifications, designed to support professionals at different career stages, with flexible learning formats including taught programmes, distance learning and e-learning.

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Business & Investments

Vision Golfe 2026: Strengthening France-GCC Economic Ties

United Arab Emirates-  April  , 2026 – As global trade routes and investment flows are redrawn by geopolitical tension, energy-transition pressures and intensifying technology competition, France and the Gulf Cooperation Council states will meet in Paris on 18–19 June 2026 for Vision Golfe, a high-level forum designed to accelerate trade, investment and strategic cooperation between the two regions.

A Leading Platform for Business and Innovation

Organised by Business France, the fourth edition of Vision Golfe will bring together ministers and senior public and private business leaders at the French Ministry for the Economy, Finance, and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty. Held under the High Patronage of President Emmanuel Macron, the forum reflects the growing institutional weight of France’s engagement with Gulf partners, as both sides pursue economic resilience, strategic autonomy and long-horizon cooperation.

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Business & Investments

Geidea Integrates Weixin Pay for Chinese Tourists

Geidea Partners with Weixin Pay to Enable Seamless Payments for Chinese Visitors Across the Region

29 April, Dubai, UAE – Geidea, a leading fintech and payments technology provider in the region, has announced a strategic partnership with Weixin Pay (also known as WeChat Pay), one of China’s most widely used digital payment ecosystems, to enable seamless payment acceptance for Chinese visitors across its merchant network.

Through this partnership, Geidea merchants will be able to accept Weixin Pay at approved locations, empowering businesses across retail, hospitality, and tourism to better serve the rapidly growing influx of Chinese travellers visiting the region for both leisure and business.

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Featured

Global Support for Social Media Ban for Under-16s Revealed

  • Family First unveils preliminary findings from world’s first global intergenerational study of a social media ban for under-16s in 15 countries
  • 63% of UAE parents back a social media ban for under-16s, with support highest in Malaysia (77%) and India (75%), and lowest in Japan (38%) and Nigeria (39%)
  • Data reveals generational divide: 45% of UAE children support a ban – an 18-point gap compared to parents. Worldwide, support for a ban among children is also highest in Malaysia, India (both 62%), and China (50%), and lowest in Japan (20%), Argentina, and Sweden (both 26%)
  • In the UAE, 67% of Gen Z – the first true digital natives – support a social media ban for under-16s – the second highest globally after India (73%). Support for the ban is lowest in Japan (28%), UK and Canada (both 40%)

Following Australia’s first-of-its-kind ban on social media for under-16s, and with more than two dozen countries considering similar measures, new global research from Family First, a Varkey Foundation initiative, shows that 63% of UAE parents support a social media ban for under-16s in their country. However, children are more divided: 45% of 9- to 18-year-olds in the UAE back a ban, while 33% are against it, and 22% are undecided. Strikingly, a large majority of Gen Z respondents in the UAE (67%) support banning social media for under-16s, the second highest after India (73%). This is particularly noteworthy given they are the first generation to have grown up with social media from childhood.

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Technologies

“I Am Sophia”: MOBH Holding Group Introduces the Region’s First Agentic AI

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – April 2026:Expanding its Agentic AI integration strategy across the Group, MOBH Holding Group has announced the launch of Sophia AI, described as the region’s first Agentic AI HR Intelligence Officer.

Expanding AI Integration Across the Group

Commenting on the launch, Deputy Chairman Mr. Rashed Mohammed Omar Bin Haider stated:

Sophia AI

“This is not about replacing people, but about reshaping how work is delivered. We are accelerating AI integration across multiple departments and respective sectors within the Group, with a vision for up to 30% of selected operational processes to be supported by generative AI across key functions such as finance, public relations, security, digital and social media, and customer relations, as well as across sectors including education, hospitality, smart booking platform, marine services, non-profit organizations, entertainment, and engineering.

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