Arab-German trade up 10% to 41.2 billion euros in 2021
The trade between Arab countries and Germany grew 10 percent in 2021 to 41.2 billion euros, with Arab exports accounting for 12.4 billion euros and German exports 28.8 billion euros, Qatar Chamber Chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani has said in Berlin. Addressing the 25th Arab-German Economic Forum held between June 21 and […]
QIB bags 4 titles at MEED MENA banking excellence awards
Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) received four awards from the Middle East Economic Digest (MEED) MENA Banking Excellence Awards 2022 in recognition of its outstanding performance across retail and digital banking. With its comprehensive customer offering and focus on optimizing and digitizing its banking operations, QIB was named ‘MENA Retail Bank of the Year’, ‘Best Retail […]
Qatari Islamic finance assets rise 20 percent to QR629 billion: Report
Islamic finance assets in Qatar grew at a rate of 20 percent in 2021 to reach QR629 billion ($172 billion), an annual report on Islamic finance in Qatar has revealed. Islamic banks accounted for 87 percent of these assets, it added. Islamic Sukuk accounted for 11.6 percent and Takaful insurance companies 0.8 percent. The […]
Qatari women getting active in financial and business sectors
The number of Qatari women who partially or fully own companies registered with the Qatar Chamber is around 7,000, according to QC data that shows that Qatari women’s participation in the financial and business sectors has risen at an accelerated pace in the past few years. While an additional 4,900 manage the companies along with […]
Group ONE Holdings, Media City Qatar ink pact for long-term global partnership
Group ONE Holdings (ONE) and Media City Qatar have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a strategic long-term partnership, collaborating in the production and development of a wide range of global content in Qatar across multiple media sectors, including original programming, studio shows, and e-sports, that will strengthen Qatar’s growing media ecosystem. […]
First Qatari plane carrying aid arrives in Afghanistan
The first Qatari plane carrying a shipment of aid, provided by Qatar Charity (QC) in cooperation with partner agencies and in coordination with Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), arrived in the city of Khost in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on Saturday to support the Afghan people as part of an urgent relief campaign due […]
Amir meets Algerian president
His Highness the Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Saturday met with President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune at His Highness’s residence in Oran. During the meeting, they reviewed the relations of cooperation between the two brotherly countries and ways to support and develop them, […]
Amir, Egyptian president discuss ways to strengthen bilateral ties
His Highness the Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and his borther President of the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt HE Abdel Fattah El-Sisi held a session of official talks at Al Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo on Saturday. At the outset of the session, the Egyptian president welcomed HH […]
PM visits Cityscape Qatar 2022 exhibition
Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani visited the 10th edition of the Cityscape Qatar 2022 exhibition held at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center on Wednesday. During his visit to various sections of the exhibition, the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior was briefed on the […]
Amir issues decree to adjourn Shura Council session
His Highness the Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Wednesday issued Decree No 31 of 2022 to adjourn the first regular session of the first legislative term, corresponding to the 50th session of the Shura Council as of Tuesday, Dhu’l-Hijjah 6, 1443 AH, corresponding to July 5. The […]