Connecting expats
On Thursday 8th March 2018, women all over the world came together to celebrate women’s achievements from the past and present, whilst campaigning for progress for the future. This year’s protests for gender equality...
Nairobi, Kenya, is the latest destination for young tech entrepreneurs looking to take advantage of major funding opportunities and a unique lifestyle. Since 2010, the city’s transformation into a cosmopolitan hub has resulted in...
Nowadays many businesses are putting a big emphasis on diversity in the workplace. Is this just to fill a quota or is diversity a factor of success? Does diversity equal profit? At the beginning...
As of the 4th February 2018, non-nationals working in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have to obtain a ‘Good Conduct & Behaviour Certificate’ as a main condition of receiving or renewing a work visa....
Cape Town is hugely popular with international tourists and is an important economic hub for South Africa. Yet it could soon become the world’s first major city to run out of water. As water...
Want to find out where working expats are happiest? The Expat Insider survey gives us a further insight into what life is really like for expats all over the world. The survey’s Working Abroad...
Following his recent inauguration, Emmerson Mnangagwa, the new leader of Zimbabwe, is keen to try and rebuild the country’s ailing economy. In a recent speech at the Zimbabwean embassy in Pretoria, he spoke about...
In 2017, Pakistani expats remitted a whopping USD 19.3 billion back to Pakistan with USD 9 billion coming from Saudi Arabia and the UAE alone. More than 8 million Pakistanis live abroad and remittances...
Moving to a new city in a different country for an Erasmus study semester is an exciting yet scary thing to do as a student. I arrived in Madrid for my study abroad experience...
Bahrain is set to announce a new rule for expat salary transfers which will require every firm to transfer all expatriate salaries through local banks. This will ensure that the payment of salaries fulfills...
