PwC Achieves Double Digit Growth In Africa And The Middle East: Revenues Up 16%
The PwC network reported total global gross revenues of US$35.4 billion for the fiscal year ended on 30 June 2015. At constant exchange rates, PwC’s total global revenues rose by 10%. This is up markedly from the previous year and the strongest year-on-year growth that the network has seen since FY07. Growth was strong across […]
OSN, Biggest TV Subscription Service In The Middle East And North Africa Cancels Daily Show Because They Hate Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah is set to make his debut as the host of The Daily Show on 28 September. While he has been getting massive support from his fellow South Africans, not everybody shares the same enthusiasm. OSN, a Dubai-based broadcaster and arguably the biggest TV subscription service in the Middle East and North Africa, has […]
The Arab world’s wealthiest nations are doing next to nothing for Syria’s refugees
The world has been transfixed in recent weeks by the unfolding refugee crisis in Europe, an influx of migrants unprecedented since World War II. Their plight was chillingly highlighted on Wednesday in the image of a drowned Syrian toddler, his lifeless body lying alone on a Turkish beach. A fair amount of attention has fallen […]
Bahrain tightens security after ISIL threats
Bahrain is beefing up security measures around the country’s mosques over threats made by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, the interior ministry said. The measures were taken after a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in neighbouring Kuwait last week, in which an ISIL member killed 27 people. Security volunteers […]
