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Dubai’s Ride-Hailing Firm Careem to Launch Services in Sudan

10Sep By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Dubai’s Ride-Hailing Firm Careem to Launch Services in Sudan

Careem, the leading ride-hailing company in the Middle East has announced that it has started a service in Sudan, one of few international companies to enter the country since US economic sanctions were lifted last year. Following this move, Careem has hired 10 Sudanese employees and signed up hundreds of drivers to its app to launch operations in Khartoum, which is the capital of Sudan. The company is planning to have 30 employees in Sudan and have its existence in at least one other city in the northeast African country by the end of the year. "My goal and aim is to cover as many (cities) as possible in the next one or two years," Careem's Managing Director for Emerging Markets Ibrahim Manna stated. It has been stated that Sudan has the potential to be one of biggest markets of C...

Dubai Comes Under the World’s Top 5 Maritime Hubs

28Jul By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Dubai Comes Under the World’s Top 5 Maritime Hubs

Dubai, the largest city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been given the title of one of the world's top five maritime/shipping hubs in the International Shipping Centre Development Index (ISCD). The countries that stand above Dubai in the index published by the London-based shipping exchange the Baltic Exchange and Xinhua are Singapore, Hong Kong, London and Shanghai. The report stated that Dubai is well-known for its advanced infrastructure, logistics capabilities and world-class maritime, a commendable environment conducive to trade, business and investment. "We are proud of the new achievement, which is a testament to the success of our dedicated efforts to enhance the competitiveness of the local maritime sector and consolidate Dubai's leadership as a major global maritime ...

Kuwait’s Rami Joudi Becomes the PR & Communications Manager of Rolls Royce

17Jul By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Kuwait’s Rami Joudi Becomes the PR & Communications Manager of Rolls Royce

The luxury automobile maker Rolls Royce has appointed Rami Joudi at the position of PR and communications manager, for Middle East, Africa and India. The new PR officer will be based in Dubai while his duration of work. Kuwait born Joudi started with his career in 1999. “I am delighted to announce that Rami Joudi has been appointed as Regional PR & Communications Manager, Middle East, Africa & India. Rami has exceptional experience across the public relations spectrum in the region, and he is ideally positioned to embrace this role in a very important market for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars,” said Richard Carter, director of global communications of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. Rolls-Royce names new communication & PR manager for Middle East, Africa and India https://t.co/J...

6Jul By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Uber In Talks To Merge With Careem In Middle East

Uber Technologies is in preliminary talks with the Middle East cab service company Careem Networks for the purpose of combining their ride-hailing services in the Middle East. Both the cab companies have discussed various considerable deal structures but have still not come to an agreement. According to the reports, current leaders of Careem would be managing the newly combined business, as well as retaining one or both of the companies' local brands. Another proposal that has been reported is that the Uber will be acquiring the Middle-East ride-hailing mobile application. If not acquiring Careem wholly, Uber stated that it would need to own more than half of the combined company. To this, Careem has yet not declined or accepted any comments. "Our ambition is to build a lasting inst...

This Middle East Country is Giving Free Transit Visa For Two Days to Passengers!

18Jun By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

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This Middle East Country is Giving Free Transit Visa For Two Days to Passengers!

Foreign residents flying between India and Dubai have a good news for them! The UAE government has announced to grant free transit visas for first 48 hours to transit passengers. Additionally, the visa can be extended for up to 96 hours by paying 50 Dirham (about Rs 930). Though the confirmed date for the service to kickstart has not been announced, it is likely to be declared officially in a few days as per travel industry majors. India- The No. 1 Tourist Source for UAE According to Dubai Tourism Department, India is the leading international tourist source for Dubai with about 1.8 crore Indians travelling to UAE every year. Moreover, about a quarter travel to and fro from India happens on mega UAE flights like Etihad, flyDubai, Emirates. The decision to grant free 48-ho...

UrbanClap Marks an International Debut Lands in Dubai

9May By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

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UrbanClap Marks an International Debut Lands in Dubai

Four-year-old on-demand home services startup, UrbanClap has marked a successful international debut by offically announcing its launch in Dubai, one of the most populous cities in the United Arab Emirates. The web-based platform which already has its presence in all major Indian metropolitans has chosen Dubai before looking at tier-2 cities in India. As per sources, the startup is looking forward to begins its operations in Dubai with about 100 servicemen in five sectors: home cleaning, packers and movers, handymen and home painting. Abhiraj Bhal, co-founder at UrbanClap confirmed the launch on his social media account today stating, UrbanClap is formally launched in Dubai today. If you are in Dubai, do check out our services. 'We don’t see it as an international expansi...

Indian Businessman wins USD 1 million in Dubai Lottery

25Apr By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

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Indian Businessman wins USD 1 million in Dubai Lottery

An Indian businessman based in Kerala has today won USD 1 million in a Duty-Free Draw at Dubai International Airport. Kerala based Prabin Thomas, runs a networking business that is involved in selling IT products. As reported by Khaleej Times, he has won the lottery prize with ticket number 0471. Thomas who is a regular lottery ticket buyer in India had never won anything in the lottery before. But, this time he turned out lucky with his first online ticket purchase in Millenium Millionaire Promotion. An elated Thomas said, I will use the money to expand my networking business and probably start a small software company. The Duty-Free Draw in Dubai proved really lucky for Indians this time as another Indian based Dubai won a motorbike in the same. Earlier in January, another ...

World’s First Automatic Transportation Pods Tested In Dubai

12Feb By Sabhyata AgarwalNo Comments

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World’s First Automatic Transportation Pods Tested In Dubai

Technology drives Innovation or Innovation drives Technology, in both case there is an invention. An invention to make a better product than before. Speaking about inventions in transport sector, we have come a long way from bicycle, motorcycle, scooter, car, trains, metro that depends on human labor to work. Although, Driver-less carry pods in Dubai is ready to add a new feather in the transport facilities available. The Emirate's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced to test independent pods in the country, since it is planning for 25% of the public transport journeys to be driverless by 2030. This is being done in collaboration with US technology firm Next Future Transportation. The agreement seems to build in late 2016, when the Dubai ride hailing service Careem annou...

12Feb By Sabhyata AgarwalNo Comments

INDIA

How Indian Prime Minister Set the Stage For India at Dubai’s World Government Summit

The 6th Annual World Government Summit this year in Dubai where India was a Guest of Honour, witnessed 4000 delegates and 130 Speakers including Narendra Modi, Robert Di Nero, Christine Lagarde, Edouard Phillipe etc and many more. On arriving at Abu Dhabi, PM Narendra Modi met with all the important delegates such as the business leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Vice President, PM of UAE and Ruler of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the President Kyrgyzstan Sapar Isakov etc. The eventful ceremony observed a delightful instance of PM Narendra Modi speaking about Technology and various other important topics that made the speech trending on twitter with the hashtag #ModiInUAE . Today we welcomed His Excellency @narendramodi Prime Minster of India, as a guest...

11Jul By RishabhNo Comments

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Fabogo(formerly known as Mazkara) Raises $2.25 Million Funding

Fabogo(formerly known as Mazkara) a salon and spa discovery platform run by Dubai based Mazkara FZ LLC, has recently raised $2.25 million (Rs 14.5 crore) in its third round of funding from Dunamis Ventures Pte Ltd. The company had earlier secured an angel funding of $500,000 in May, 2015 and $1 Million in January, 2016. Founded by Roy and Mohammad Ali Akmal, Fabgo was launched in Dubai in March 2015 entered in Pune, India in August 2015 and then later in Mumbai. The company is planning to utilize 40% of its funding to strengthen its technology and another 40 to increase its user base. The remaining amount will be used for geographical expansion. “Our focus this time is technology because we’re entering into the transaction game,” Roy, co-founder Fabogo said. Fabogo aims to be th...

Robocop Joins Dubai Police to Fight Real Life Crime

4Jun By reutersNo Comments

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Robocop Joins Dubai Police to Fight Real Life Crime

A robotic policeman which can help identify wanted criminals and collect evidence has joined Dubai's police force and will patrol busy areas in the city, as part of a government program aimed at replacing some human crime-fighters with machines. If the "Robocop" experiment is successful, Dubai Police says it wants the unarmed robots to make up 25 percent of its patrolling force by 2030. Clad in the colors of the Dubai Police uniform, the life-size robot, which can shake hands and perform a military salute, is the lighter side of a government plan to use technology to improve services and security ahead of Dubai hosting Expo 2020. "These kind of robots can work 24/7. They won't ask you for leave, sick leave or maternity leave. It can work around the clock," said Brigadier Khalid Na...

Dubai “Worlds First City” Gets Its Own Typographic Font

2May By AdityaNo Comments

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Dubai “Worlds First City” Gets Its Own Typographic Font

Dubai has teamed up with Microsoft to become the worlds first city to have a font named after the gleaming metropolis. Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum yesterday launched the Dubai Font in line with the UAEs vision to become a regional and global leader in innovation. The font, the first typeface developed by Microsoft for a city, comes in both Arabic and Latin script and will be available in 23 languages to 100 million Office 365 users around the world. "The launch of the Dubai Font to the world is a very important step for us as part of our continuous efforts to be ranked first in the digital world," Shaikh Hamdan was quoted as saying by media reports. He also directed government departments ...