Top StoriesUAE urges banks to extend support to private sectorGBO CorrespondentApril 13, 2020 GBO CorrespondentApril 13, 202001307 Previously, the central bank provided over Dh 61 billion in the form of lowered cash reserve requirement to support businesses and individuals
Top StoriesLaSalle raises $681 mn for China-focused logistics fundGBO CorrespondentApril 13, 2020 GBO CorrespondentApril 13, 202001650 The fund, which was launched in 2019, secured $359 mn in initial commitment
Top StoriesUK-based healthtech SilverCloud raises $16 million in fundingGBO CorrespondentApril 10, 2020 GBO CorrespondentApril 10, 202001312 MemorialCare Innovation Fund led the funding round
Top StoriesSouth Africa plans to launch funding for lending schemeGBO CorrespondentApril 9, 2020 GBO CorrespondentApril 9, 202001469 The National Treasury is exploring all possibilities to launch the scheme to help banks cope with Covid-19
Top StoriesAerodyne makes strategic investment in MidEast drone companyGBO CorrespondentApril 9, 2020 GBO CorrespondentApril 9, 202001914 Aerodyne Group invested in FEDS Group, the largest drone solutions provider in the Middle East
Top StoriesDHA provides medicine home delivery service across the UAEGBO CorrespondentApril 8, 2020 GBO CorrespondentApril 8, 202001587 Its medicine home delivery service Dawa’ee is rolled out across the UAE to help citizens cope with the Covid-19 pandemic
Top StoriesOPEC and partners mulls cutting production for the next three monthsGBO CorrespondentApril 8, 2020 GBO CorrespondentApril 8, 202001197 They might decide to cut oil output by about 4.3 million bpd
Top StoriesSingapore-based VC Antler to commit $500k for startups tackling Covid-19GBO CorrespondentApril 7, 2020 GBO CorrespondentApril 7, 202001503 The VC firm is expected to invest in five different startups
Top StoriesChina’s Three Gorges begins construction of 25 renewable power plantsGBO CorrespondentApril 7, 2020 GBO CorrespondentApril 7, 202001455 The total investment of those projects is estimated to be $11.73 bn
Top StoriesEthiopian Airlines furlough employees to fight coronavirus crisisGBO CorrespondentApril 6, 2020 GBO CorrespondentApril 6, 202001523 The airlines could lay off thousands of employees with no pay for three months