Tag: UAE

SEWA’s Award-Winning Virtual Assistant Streamlines Customer Service Across Sharjah

Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (SEWA) has introduced a digital assistant that is changing how customers interact with utility services. Nafa’a, an AI-powered virtual assistant, has handled over 228,000 interactions in six months, assisting with bill instalment requests, outage...

What Are CX Leaders Really Measuring?

In the Gulf, CX leaders are measuring success differently. They rely less on proving immediate ROI and more on refining customer loyalty scores, streamlining journeys, and building new feedback engines. While Western markets are under pressure to justify every CX investment...

The UAE offers ChatGPT Plus free to all citizens

How is your country promoting the benefits of ChatGPT and other AIs? Some nations talk a big AI game with varying levels of investment. Others do nothing but let the market decide. The UAE is taking a fresh approach. Boldly...

Oracle, Cleveland Clinic, and G42 join forces to build global AI health empire

Oracle, Cleveland Clinic, and UAE-based AI firm G42 have announced a partnership to build a global, AI-powered healthcare delivery platform—one designed to make advanced, personalised care both scalable and cost-efficient. It’s a rare alignment of tech muscle, clinical authority, and geopolitical...

MAF’s Share Ambassadors take home gold at the GCXAs

Majid Al Futtaim’s (MAF) Share Ambassadors programme took gold in the Best Employee-Driven CX category at the 10th Gulf Customer Experience Awards (GXCA). It was the second gold of the day for the group, which also claimed top prize for...

Kore.ai taps G42’s Inception to fast-track UAE’s digital domination

US-based enterprise AI player Kore.ai has joined forces with Inception, a G42 company, to co-develop advanced AI products aimed at turbocharging digital transformation across the UAE and beyond. The strategic partnership, revealed today, fuses Kore.ai’s conversational and generative AI tech with...

We’ve got 27 years to reach Net Zero in the most polluted cities in the world. How can it be done?

Sustainability has always been a critical topic. But it’s now more important than ever. We’re on limited time to literally save the world by cutting back our emissions, getting control on global warming again, and striving for Net Zero in...

Winners announced for Gulf Sustainability Awards ’22

Dubai, October  – The GSA™ programme concludes another successful year, after bringing together top organisations across the Gulf region to recognise the best sustainability initiatives.  On October 24, the event took place at the Conrad Hotel and Fairmont Hotel, with the judges watching...

The 2023 Edition of the Gulf Customer Experience Awards: Open for Entries

Awards International is proud to announce the start of the Gulf Customer Experience Awards ’23: a premium awards programme celebrating top results and achievements in CX. As of July 4th, the eighth edition of GCXA will be officially accepting entries. Organisations...

Latest Gulf Sustainability Awards 2022 launched at the Netherlands Pavilion in Dubai 

Organized by Awards International, a pioneer in conducting awards in the Middle East region, launched their latest edition of Gulf Sustainability Awards 2022 to be held at the Netherlands Pavilion in Dubai.  ‘Together, we want to communicate how to find sustainable...