The UAE esports team has qualified for the quarter-finals of the Aichi–Nagoya 2026 Asian Games in Japan after losing 3-0 to Japan and defeating Palestine 3-0. The UAE team comprises Abdullah Mohammed Saif Bouhnad Al Muhairi, Mohammed Abdulrahman Abdullah Al Banna and Sultan Rashid Mohammed Marshoul Taheri. In swimming, Mohammed Al Yamahi recorded 2:06.29 in
Al-Futtaim has announced a strategic partnership with Juspay, a global payments technology company, which will serve as its payment orchestration partner across its brands and markets. The orchestration rollout will commence in September 2026, with the first brand scheduled to go live that month. The partnership is an important step in Al-Futtaim’s digital commerce transformation, with
PhonePe, India’s leading digital payments platform, has achieved a key milestone in its international expansion journey by securing In-Principle Approval (IPA) from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) for two licenses: Retail Payment Services and Card Schemes (RPSCS) and Stored Value Facilities (SVF). This comes after the successful completion of the initial regulatory due
Dubai business owners dealing with poor-quality leads, hiring problems, inefficient systems or a business that relies too heavily on them are being invited to a free one-day accelerator on Friday, 2 October at Le Royal Méridien Beach Resort & Spa, Dubai. Fix & Scale, hosted by the Business Owners Collective (BOC), is aimed at owners whose
Zoho Corp., a leading global technology company, announced the launch of new capabilities for Catalyst by Zoho, its cloud platform for application development, for developers and businesses in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to turn AI-generated code into production-ready applications faster and with greater control. The new enhancements to Catalyst enable developers to
Paymob, the leading payments infrastructure service provider in the MENA region, today announced a $35 million pre-Series C funding round co-led by Mubadala Investment Company (“Mubadala”), an Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investor, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD”). Other participating investors included British International Investment (BII), Global Ventures, and DPI Ventures. The proceeds will fund
Grant Thornton UAE has acted as lead sell-side M&A advisor on the sale of ROJA London to Extravaganza Holdings Ltd, in a high-profile cross-border transaction that underlines the UAE’s growing status as the dealmaking hub of the Middle East and beyond. Key points: Grant Thornton UAE’s full announcement is live on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gtuae-gtdeals-manda-ugcPost-7506701564229783552-g1-E/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAABGVrSsBjEpSLmVsm0FW2ark1isDBW0PFyI
