A recent study released by Hays Recruiting revealed that professionals working in the IT sector in the Gulf are more optimistic about the prospects of a pay rise as compared to professionals in non-IT roles.
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Excessive technology use to blame for child obesity in UAE, Saudi Arabia
Nine in 10 children across UAE and KSA have access to tablets, smartphones or other handheld electronic devices with screens.1 3831
Logistics platform Truxapp projects $1 billion revenue by 2022
Trucking and logistics technology platform Truxapp has projected that its revenue will hit the $1 billion mark by 2022, with …
Saudi health tech startup Sihatech raises $1.3m in Series A round
Saudi Internet Health Application Technology Company (Sihatech), a Riyadh based health tech startup has just closed a Series A round …
Saudi’s Sagia eyes global innovators with new license service
Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (Sagia) has launched a new licensing service targeting entrepreneurs and innovators around the world enabling …
Saudi tech startup incubator Badir wins Mohammed Bin Rashid award
H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, awarded …
Saudi Arabia’s STC and Mobily increase data pack prices
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) have reportedly announced data pack price hikes by up to 50 percent.
Saudi plans to harness kinetic energy to power NEOM
A team of Saudi inventors have come up with an innovation – on-road energy harvesting from running vehicles – that …
STC to build MENA’s largest NOC
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has announced the start of constructing the largest network operations centre (NOC) in MENA, in order …
Apple and Amazon ‘in talks’ to set up Saudi presence
Apple and Amazon are having separate discussions over the prospect of opening a presence in Saudi Arabia, two sources have …
Five Saudi tech startups qualified for Badir Accelerator
Five startup technology companies have been qualified for Badir Business Accelerator Program in its second cohort this coming year. These …