Dubai, United Arab Emirates//-H.E Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), announced that DEWA has set a new world record for the lowest electricity customer minutes lost (CML), at just 0.82 minutes (about 49 seconds) per year. With this significant achievement, DEWA has surpassed its own previous world […]
Category: Economy
Global Disruptions Are Testing How the World Moves Goods and People
The war in the Middle East has severely disrupted maritime and air traffic, damaging infrastructure and interrupting transport corridors that are critical for global energy and goods. Even in the best case, there will be no neat and clean return to the way things were.
‘Tell me who your friends are, and I’ll tell you who you are’
New research from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, just published in Nature Microbiology, reveals that when microbes live together, they can sense one another and actively reduce competition by shifting toward different roles instead of all doing the same thing.
World Press Freedom Day: Africans Endorse Media Watchdog Role, but Perceptions of Freedom Are Mixed
Accra, Ghana/// — Most Africans are supportive of media holding government to account, and favour press freedom over government regulation, the latest Afrobarometer (www.Afrobarometer.org) Pan-Africa Profile (https://apo-opa.co/4ukNfS8) showed.
Bank of England Must ‘Be Honest’ on UK Stagflation Risk
The Bank of England needs to be honest and flag the risk of stagflation in the UK – not just “unavoidable” higher inflation – warns the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory and asset management organisations.
KfW Development Bank becomes an ATIDI Shareholder, Enhances German Investment Opportunities in Africa
Nairobi, Kenya// – The German development bank KfW, acting on behalf of and for the account of the Federal Republic of Germany, has become the latest shareholder in the African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI). KfW becomes the 13th Institutional shareholder in Africa’s premier development insurer, further strengthening the organisation’s capital base and its capacity […]
Strong B2B Branded Businesses Command 65% Valuation Premium as Global Brand Value Reaches $4 Trillion
London, UK – Strong brands deliver significant financial returns for B2B businesses, according to a new report from Brand Finance, the world’s leading brand valuation consultancy, in collaboration with the ANA and IAA.
Ghana: Cocoa Buyers Divert Funds to Purchase Smuggled Beans
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has accused some officials at licensed buying companies of using government funds to buy cheap beans smuggled from the Ivory Coast.
Estithmar Holding Reports 97% Surge YoY in Q1 2026 in Net Profit to QAR 333 Mn
Doha, Qatar – Estithmar Holding Q.P.S.C. announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2026, reporting a net profit of QAR 333 million, marking a significant 97% increase compared to the same period last year.
Dubai’s Medcare Hospital Becomes World’s First to Treat Adult Spinal Muscular Atrophy Patient Outside US
Medcare Royal Speciality Hospital (MRSH) in Dubai has become the world’s first hospital outside the USA to offer a newly licensed intrathecal gene therapy to any adult patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).










