Centered on the theme “Light Up Living,” the campaign marks an important evolution in how Himel presents its residential offering. Rather than spotlighting a single hero product, Dream Home brings together a broad portfolio of wiring devices, EV charging solutions and other home electrical products to demonstrate how connected technologies can support every stage of modern living — from everyday convenience inside the home to a more sustainable lifestyle beyond it.

Attovia Therapeutics, a portfolio company of Qiming Venture Partners and clinical-stage biopharmaceutical leader, successfully listed on the Nasdaq on August 5, 2026 Beijing time. Attovia Therapeutics (Nasdaq: ATTO) issued shares at a price of $17.00 per share and opened at $21.00 per share, with an approximate market capitalization of $904 million. Commencing operations in 2023, Attovia develops next‑generation biotherapeutics for immune‑mediated diseases with high unmet medical needs. All of Attovia’s product candidates are discovered on its ATTOBODY biologics platform, which is licensed under an exclusive worldwide license from Alamar Biosciences, also a portfolio company of Qiming Venture Partners. Leveraging an evolution‑based high‑throughput workflow, the platform enables rapid discovery of highly diverse candidates that can be assembled into monospecific, bispecific and trispecific biologics.

The enablement allows international UnionPay cardholders to seamlessly make in-store purchases using both contact and contactless (tap-to-pay) payment technologies. The rollout immediately expands UnionPay’s acceptance network by more than 3000 merchant locations across Tanzania and Rwanda, significantly strengthening payment acceptance across hospitality, retail, tourism, petroleum, and SME merchants.

LG Electronics (LG) is inviting consumers from around the world to visit its exhibition at IFA 2026 in Berlin, Germany, from September 4 to 8. Under the theme “Innovation in Tune with You,” LG will showcase its AI Home vision, powered by “Affectionate Intelligence,” through integrated solutions that orchestrate connected experiences across customers’ living spaces, lifestyles and everyday routines. LG will unveil the next evolution of its AI Appliances Orchestra concept, showcasing an expanded, AI-powered connected ecosystem that builds on the debut of the concept last year. The booth will bring products, services and AI-powered experiences together to illustrate how LG’s solutions can work in harmony to make life more convenient, personalized and efficient for European consumers.

Award-winning online trading platform Mitrade Group is rolling out an upgraded MitradeGPT model to traders across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) after receiving Global Business Magazine’s 2026 AI Broker of the Year award. The launch comes as growing use of AI in financial research raises questions about the accuracy, context and reliability of generated information. That reliance is evident in HSBC’s 2026 research involving UAE investors. It found that 83% of respondents use AI for finance and investment decisions, including 78% who use it for analysis and research.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council today announced the selection of Diego Mesa Puyo as the family of funds’ next CEO and Chairperson. Mesa Puyo, an international leader in energy policy, economic development, and sustainability, and former Minister of Energy and Mines from Colombia, will serve an initial term of four years, aligned with the GEF-9 funding period and the last sprint towards critical 2030 environmental goals.

Envision Energy, a global leader in green technology, today announced a collaboration with Sasol, a global energy and chemicals company, to advance the design study of a potential green hydrogen system at Sasol’s Sasolburg operations in South Africa. The collaboration marks an important step in exploring how future energy system can integrate renewable power, energy storage and electrolyser technologies to unlock new pathways to support the development of lower-carbon fuels and chemicals, including potential applications in eMethanol and sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF).

TONGWEI, a global leader in renewable energy and one of the world’s largest integrated photovoltaic manufacturers, has once again secured a place on the 2026 Fortune Global 500, ranking No. 464 globally. This marks the fourth consecutive year that TONGWEI has been included in the prestigious ranking, recognizing its strong manufacturing capabilities, business resilience, and continued growth in the global clean energy market.

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (HKG: 0386, “Sinopec”) has commissioned a specialty polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) resin facility with an annual production capacity of 50,000 metric tons at its subsidiary, Chongqing SVW Chemical Co., Ltd. The facility achieved stable operation during its initial startup and produced products that met quality specifications, with the first shipment already sent to Europe. The new facility increases the site’s total PVA production capacity to 210,000 metric tons per year, making it the world’s largest single-site production base for high-end PVA.

On July 30, 2026, the opening ceremony for Wison’s Abu Dhabi subsidiary and its new office was held in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Since establishing its first overseas office in Saudi Arabia in 2008, Wison has been actively involved in energy engineering projects across the Middle East, steadily building its regional market expertise and international project execution capabilities. Mr. Zhou Hongliang, CEO of Wison Engineering, stated that the Abu Dhabi subsidiary serves as a key base for the company to establish a strong presence in the Middle East and reach out to the global market, reflecting its company commitment to overseas expansion.

Yazan Al Homsi, a venture capital investor and principal of Catalyst Wire and Founders Round Capital, holds an equity position in Aduro Clean Technologies and has pointed to the results as reinforcing his long-held view that contamination tolerance, not processing volume, is the central bottleneck in global plastic recycling. “The number that matters most to me isn’t the yield percentage, it’s the two hours it took the team to get back to steady state after they deliberately threw the process off balance,” said Yazan Al Homsi. “That kind of process control only comes from repetition, not a single good test.”

“The Summit will open with a royal keynote from the Asante King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, and feature institutional investors, private equity and private credit firms, multilateral development institutions, blended finance organizations, development finance institutions, sovereign representatives, policymakers, family offices, and business leaders to explore investment opportunities across infrastructure, mining, natural resources, agriculture, manufacturing, technology, energy, and other strategic sectors.”

Aquatech today announced the acquisition of UAE-headquartered Metito Chemical Solutions (“METICHEM”). The company, now known as Metichem, an Aquatech company, brings together specialty chemicals and operations & maintenance expertise to help customers achieve their environmental and operational goals across the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. Combining Aquatech’s global project experience with Metichem’s deep local roots will enable the two companies to deliver more complete water lifecycle solutions. Both Aquatech and Metichem draw on decades-long legacies of success across the Middle East and Southeast Asia, with both companies having executed noteworthy projects in the UAE, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia.

UGREEN, a leading global consumer technology company, today introduces its new Nexode and MagFlow Air Editions, a collection of ultra-portable charging solutions tailored for Apple users. The Air Editions combine compact design, powerful performance, and dependable safety, delivering truly pocket-sized fast charging for life on the go. At the forefront is the Nexode Air 65W Charger, a compact yet powerful solution for MacBook Air users. UGREEN also offers the Nexode Air 65W Charger Slim as an ultra-portable alternative. Away from an outlet, the MagFlow Air Magnetic Power Bank 10000mAh 15W provides seamless on-the-go charging.

Optimizing Streaming Performance Through Advanced Tencent Cloud SolutionsBroadcasting a global football tournament of this magnitude requires a resilient technology backbone capable of handling surging traffic, supporting millions of concurrent requests, and maintaining uninterrupted performance from the opening match to the final whistle. To meet these demands, tapmad partnered with Tencent Cloud to strengthen its streaming capabilities and ensure audiences across Pakistan could stay connected to every moment of the action.

The first phase of South Africa’s largest wind farm cluster has entered commercial operation, marking a tangible step in the country’s Just Energy Transition. The Ummbila Emoyeni Wind Farm Phase one, developed by Seriti Green and powered by 25 Goldwind GWH182-6.2 MW smart turbines, has a total capacity of 155 MW. President Ramaphosa hailed the project as a pivotal milestone for South Africa’s Just Energy Transition and national sustainable development agenda. Chinese Ambassador to South Africa Wu Peng congratulated the project on its milestone success, noting that this undertaking stands as a compelling testament to pragmatic and fruitful China-South Africa bilateral collaboration.

Oxford International Digital Institute (OIDI) has announced the launch of Oxford ELLT Express, a new service designed to help international students take their Speaking test with a human examiner with as little as two hours’ notice. Oxford ELLT Express enables eligible test takers to receive their English language test results within 12 working hours of completing all components of the Oxford ELLT. The service also provides same-day Speaking test appointments, letting students take a live speaking test with a human examiner with as little as two hours’ notice.

“My immediate priorities are to build a management team rooted in the UAE, to establish sound operating and governance systems, and to translate the Group’s technology and manufacturing capabilities into deliverable outcomes — based in the UAE, serving the GCC and reaching global markets,” said Dr. Al-Mansory.

The trouble, for many university students in Oman, rarely starts with the ideas. It often starts from mid-sentence. Switch from Arabic to English inside the same document, and the formatting comes apart — margins drift, text runs the wrong direction. It’s a micro problem, but a constant one, and that’s why a number of Omani students choose to download WPS Office.

Our goal is to enable the global flow of compute, and that means every cluster we deliver has to perform, no matter where the capacity comes from. Standardizing on WEKA NeuralMesh has given our customers hyperscaler-grade consistency with open-market flexibility at the storage and memory layer, where performance is won or lost,” said Wil Moushey, CEO at Andromeda. “Idle GPUs are throttling the pace of AI innovation. WEKA helps us ensure every GPU we manage is earning its keep.”