In its ‘Saudi Arabia Education Report’, consultants from Knight Frank provide an overview of the Kingdom’s growing and transforming education sector. Shehzad Jamal, Head of the firm’s Education practice, outlines the current state of the primary, secondary, and tertiary education segments.
Ramping up risk management, cyber and sustainability goals are among the top priorities for Middle East internal audit leaders in the coming months, according to a new survey by Protiviti. Protiviti recently organised a virtual forum for MENA-based executives, finance and internal audit leaders, taking the opportunity to survey the 250+ participants on what they believe are the top strategic priorities for internal audit in the months to come.
Bahrain completed its nationwide 5G rollout in April, securing access for its entire 1.6 million strong population. A global Booz Allen Hamilton report sheds light into the far-reaching benefits the next generation connectivity will bring to the country’s businesses and people.
A new report by PwC examining the situation has found that while the current coronavirus pandemic presents a number of stumbling blocks for diversity and inclusion efforts in the GCC, it also presents a chance to better adapt the world of work for the needs of people with disabilities.
Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, have been making headlines during the past few months as they went from something very few people had heard of, to the latest crypto trend. NFT advocates say that they can fix a significant problem within art and entertainment, while critics only see it as another crypto bubble soon to pop.
In a new report, experts from PwC produced a first-of-its-kind benchmark of retail-focused digital currencies, sourcing central bank websites and other sources such as the Atlantic Council, the press and Google trends to gain insight in the different coins available and the maturity of these coins.
In the footsteps of banking groups globally, insurance companies are increasingly embracing an ‘open data collaboration’ approach to underpin their services, operations and innovation. This is according to research from Innopay.
A handful of forward-looking companies actually thrived during the pandemic – winning new customers and boosting revenues. PwC has taken a closer look at the ‘magic formula’ of these businesses. PwC surveyed more than 500 European businesses across two periods – covering both ‘waves’ of the Covid-19 infection in the continent.
Portugal’s banking sector needs to consolidate and cut its physical branch presence to gear up for a post-Covid-19 world. This is according to a study by strategic consultancy Roland Berger.
Building on a successful collaboration to establish the inaugural Special Olympics UAE in 2019, KPMG has signed on with the games’ organizing bodies to support ongoing initiatives that promote inclusiveness and unity – in the UAE and the broader Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Turkey’s largest soft candy producer Kervan Gida has made a strategic entry into the European market by acquiring a majority in sweet and confectionary company ZPC Otmuchów and its subsidiary PWC Odra. KPMG Turkey provided strategic advisory to the expansion.
The Women Traders in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), a partnership formed by ICC, TRALAC, UPS, and West Blue Consulting, launched the eTradeHubs portal today to mobilise women small business owners in the AfCFTA. The portal provides timely information, trade management tools and supply chain information related to the AfCFTA to business owners in the region.
Star Alliance member Croatia Airlines has flown in strategy consultants from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to support the carrier with developing its post-Covid-19 strategy. In the first quarter of this year, Croatia Airlines ended with a net loss of HRK 96.9 million, lower than the year previous on the back of Covid-19 response measures, but still alarmingly high for a carrier that operates just 13 aircraft.
Tarkett moved into its new and largely automated distribution center in the Dutch city of Waalwijk in 2020. Tarkett enlisted Groenewout’s expertise and experience for the construction project, the logistics concept and the warehouse design, among other things.
Global strategy consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has kicked off the third edition of its Jeel Tamooh program, bringing together 100 of the most talented students from Saudi Arabia’s top universities.
Big Four professional services firm PwC has been named the UAE’s top employer by LinkedIn, which examined millions of data points to come to its analysis. The ranking from LinkedIn lists the country’s top employers for career opportunities and growth, with Landmark Group topping the list’s inaugural edition. Just behind the retail and hospitality giant comes PwC, with over 6,000 professionals, one of the largest professional services firms in the region.
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