The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is racing towards digital transformation, shifting economic growth from dependency on oil to supporting tech innovation and entrepreneurship. It has poured billions of dollars into high-tech funds to strengthen the digital sector, leading to new growth and new opportunities. The pace of digitalisation in the Kingdom had accelerated before 2020. […]
YouTube announced the relaunch of YouTube Batala, a channel by YouTube in the Middle East and North Africa dedicated to helping the millions of people who watch YouTube everyday discover the next generation of Arabic-speaking women creators. YouTube Batala is part of a larger effort towards supporting women creators across Arabic speaking countries. YouTube Batala […]
Eighty six per cent of buyers are willing to pay more for a great customer experience. It is proving to be a key differentiator and brands are struggling to meet the rising customer expectations. CX NXT – a virtual event focused on CX, personalisation and service is set to take place on November 15-16, 2021. […]
IRI announced that Euan Jarvie will join IRI as president of the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, effective immediately. In this role, Jarvie will drive strategy, commercial activity operations and financial performance for the EMEA region, and oversee its assets, alliances and partnerships. Jarvie will also join IRI’s Executive Leadership Team. “We are thrilled […]
Motom, currently mobile web beta, was launched in April 2021 with strong early adoption among creators and their audiences. Motom is a social shopping platform that gives creators the power to launch their own storefront in such a way that their content from TikTok, Instagram and YouTube can be made shoppable in one place. It […]
Amazon.com’s Middle Eastern rival Noon.com is set to draw as much as $2 billion in financing from investors including Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund over three to four years, as it seeks to capture a larger slice of the Gulf eCommerce market. The investments from the Public Investment Fund and others will be used to […]
Commvault, a recognised global enterprise software leader in the management of data across cloud and on-premise environments, has appointed Lena Halbourian as Senior Head of Marketing Middle East, Turkey & Africa (META). Lena will be based in Dubai and work with Commvault’s senior leadership team across the META region. Lena brings more than 16 years […]
Fashion startup Fashinza plans to enter all GCC markets with a focus on the UAE. They will look forward to partnering with apparel retailers as well as commercial brands. The company, which was founded by serial entrepreneurs Abhishek Sharma, Pawan Gupta, and Jamil Ahmad, had recently secured $20 million in series A VC funding. Fashinza […]
The office in Kuwait is the newest addition to AWS offices in MENA, which include Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, where it is building teams of account managers, technical account managers, partner managers, systems engineers, solutions architects, professional services, and other roles to help customers of all sizes move to AWS. Amazon Web Services (AWS) […]
Sitecore was born out of the frustration of a web developer. Five friends — Thomas Albert, Jakob Christensen, Peter Christensen, Ole Thrane, and Michael Seifert — launched a system integration company called Pentia A/S in 1998. Thrane was in charge of developing several volumes of websites built with Microsoft technologies. Disgruntled by the repetitive tasks, […]
