Innovation & Education

Orange Jordan has announced that it will offer 13 free training courses to young women and men in Jordan through Coursera, an online educational platform, to support digital education in the …

To combat climate mis and disinformation, the United Nations, in collaboration with Purpose, has been running Verified for Climate – a global communications program. The initiative is supported by TikTok, Rockefeller Foundation, …

Dubai Municipality has announced the launch of a smart marine scraper to combat water pollution. The scraper, developed locally in collaboration with Al Khattal Boat Factory, is designed to collect floating …

Following the recent record-breaking weather experienced across the Gulf region, the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) is investigating how AI-powered solutions can be used in urban planning to tackle climate change-induced extreme weather …

UN Tourism has launched the second edition of the Women in Tech Startup Competition: Middle East, which aims to support women entrepreneurs in the sustainable tourism and tech space.  The edition follows …

DP World has announced that it has won two awards at the 2024 SEAL Business Sustainability Awards.  The SEAL awards spotlight leadership, innovation, and commitment to sustainable business practices. This year, DP World won both the Environmental …

This week, Oxford-based environmental technology company Dendra Systems announced the successful closure of its Series B funding round, through which it raised $15.76 million (£12.5 million) to further its ecology …

Dubai Chambers has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Invest Seoul, a South Korean investment promotion agency, aimed at enhancing the investment and trade opportunities available to …

Standard Chartered and C3 – Companies Creating Change have announced the launch of the latest cohort of the Women in Tech accelerator. Operating as part of a global Women in …