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MUSCAT, JUNE 23Oman’s first equity crowdfunding campaign, launched by Omani fintech company Mamun, raised an amount of $50,000 for local freelancing platform, Zameeli, earlier this year.Speaking to...

MUSCAT: The Ministry of Sports, Culture and Youth has unveiled plans for the launch of a ‘Film City’ project with an investment value of RO 12 million, based on the outcomes of Creative and...

MUSCAT: Sectorial readiness is key to establishing a successful green hydrogen ecosystem and achieving a target of 1 million tonnes of H2 by 2030, according to Eng Salim bin Nasser al Aufi, Minister...

MUSCAT, JUNE 10The National Hospitality Institute announced the launch yesterday, June 10, 2024, of a hospitality vocational programme to empower young professionals.The Employment Enabling Programme...

MUSCAT, JUNE 9The Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Investment Promotion announced the inauguration of a branch of the Gulf Accreditation Centre in the Sultanate of Oman on Sunday, June 9, 2024. The...

MUSCAT: The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) has announced that it is accepting applications for a specialised training programme in green hydrogen and renewables.According...

DUQM: The largest fish canning factory in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region began operations at a site in Duqm Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the first quarter of 2024. The International...

Data from Oman’s first satellite Aman-1, which was launched by Omani ETCO Space, will be used to monitor and track the country’s gas networks per an agreement signed during COMEX 2024, which...

MUSCAT: A forum highlighting the financial technology sector in Oman took place here yesterday, May 30, at the sidelines of COMEX 2024 The conference, organised by the Oman Chamber of Commerce and...

MUSCAT, MAY 28A framework for the regulation of online trade and e-commerce within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region will soon be released, according to a key official of the Emirati Ministry...

MUSCAT, MAY 28Omani proptech company ‘Doorly’ utilises technology to provide potential buyers with property solutions. Through an online chatbot launched earlier this year, the company acts as a...

Muscat: The value of the Omani e-commerce market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 9.8 per cent from 2023 to 2027 to reach a market size of $3.27 billion, according to Dr Saleh...

MUSCAT, MAY 26The volume of trade exchange between the Republic of Iran and countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council reached $8.2 billion in 2021, according to a recent report published by the GCC...

MUSCAT, MAY 22Oman’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources highlighted the significance of the halal global food industry at the 2024 Russia-Islamic World forum, which was held...

MUSCAT, MAY 20Bilateral and multilateral ties involving Oman and Russia are progressing well, according to a statement made by the Omani Minister of Economy, Dr Said bin Mohammed al Saqri, during the...

MUSCAT, MAY 19The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has launched a public consultation to elicit stakeholder feedback on its draft regulations governing last-mile delivery services in...

MUSCAT, MAY 19OQ8, the joint venture of Oman’s OQ Group and Kuwait Petroleum International (Q8), which owns and operates the Duqm Refinery, has revealed that it had allocated over $500 million to...

MUSCAT: The volume of investments between the Sultanate of Oman and the State of Qatar has amounted to $1.4 billion as of end-2023, according to Zahra Ali al Siyabi, Head of the Commercial...

MUSCAT, MAY 13GCC-based entrepreneurial reality television show Beban has announced in a recent post that it is accepting applications from entrepreneurs in the region, including the Sultanate of...

MUSCAT, MAY 12The volume of investment inflows into the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector in Oman is expected to reach $250 million, according to Dr Ali al Shidhani, Under-Secretary of...