Bahrain ranked 6th regionally in WEF gender gap reportBahrain has been ranked sixth overall in the region in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2018, securing an improvement of a whole 32 placements in the educational attainment pillar. However, despite this im More… |
UAE e-commerce sector ‘set to top $27bn’The value of e-commerce in the UAE is expected to reach Dh100 billion ($27.2 billion) by 2020, which is double the figure for 2016, said a media report, citing a recent study by the World Economic Forum. The UAE will account for 4 More… |
Saudi Arabia ranks second in road connectivity indexSaudi Arabia has been ranked second on the Road Connectivity Index, right after the US, in the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) 2018. Also the report indicated that kingdom was now positioned 30 More… |
World enters critical period of risks in 2018: WEFExperts are preparing for another year of heightened risk, said a new report by the World Economic Forum (WEF), cautioning that people are struggling to keep up with the accelerating pace of change. The prospect of strong economic More… |
Damac founder to speak on digital skills at WEFThe founder and chairman of Damac Properties, Hussain Sajwani, will be speaking about the increasing demand for advanced digital skills on day one of the World Economic Forum (WEF), taking place on January 23 - 26, in Davos, Switzerland. More… |
Damac founder to speak on digital skills at WEFThe founder and chairman of Damac Properties, Hussain Sajwani, will be speaking about the increasing demand for advanced digital skills on day one of the World Economic Forum (WEF), taking place on January 23 - 26, in Davos, Switzerland. More… |
UAE tops world in efficiency of govt spending indexThe UAE has been ranked first in the “Efficiency of Government Spending” index, a sub-criteria of the World Competitiveness Report issued by the World Economic Forum (Davos) in Switzerland, having ranked second for three previous yea More… |
Climate change, Nature top issues, say millennialsYoung people selected climate change and the destruction of nature as the most serious global issue for the third year in a row in the world’s most geographically diverse survey of millennials conducted by the World Economic Forum. More… |
UAE ‘provides a unique model for a better world’The UAE provides a unique model through a combination of sublime human values and future vision to establish a better world, said Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum. In a speech during the Wor More… |
UAE releases report with 112 predictions at DavosBy 2020, 20 per cent of households will run on solar energy, while electric, self-driving cars will make up 90 per cent of all vehicles by 2035, says a report containing 112 predictions released at the World Economic Forum by the UAE. More… |