The Government of Sharjah aims to award 10 percent of all digital transformation projects to start-ups and SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), according to an announcement made at the inaugural Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival (SharjahEF) by ‎the emirate’s Department of Government Relations. Organised by Sheraa, the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre, SharjahEF took place on November 21st and 22nd at the Sharjah Golf ...

Sharjah-headquartered Air Arabia PJSC (AIRARABI:DFM), the largest low-cost carrier operator in the Middle East and North Africa, has signed a leasing agreement with U.S.-based Air Lease Corporation (ALC) for six Airbus A321neo long range aircraft. The long range airliners are built with the Airbus A321 new engine option, featuring CFM International engines. The 215-seat passenger jets will be delivered from ...

Seventy-five percent of Sharjah’s Emirates Industrial City (EIC) has now been leased, according to a a report in the UAE’s Khaleej Times newspaper, and an additional AED 200 million (US$ 55m) of plots are expected to be sold by the first quarter of 2019. Launched in 2005 by the investment consortium Emirates Company for Industrial Cities, the massive multi-use development ...