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Islamic Finance is catching up among non-Islamic markets also. Economists and finance experts say that Islamic Finance is the need of the hour for the global economy in the wake of sluggish markets and looming uncertainty. Islamic finance assets globally are expected to be $1.8 trillion by 2020.

This year’s African economic summit was ended with calls to boost trade and investment on the continent. The conference aims to strengthen Africa’s place in the world economy through investment and to establish Egypt as a gateway for foreign investments.

Malala Yousafzai will be speaking at the "Supporting Syria and the region" conference in London on Thursday, February 4 to ask the world leaders attending to donate $1.4 billion in support of education for Syrian refugees. Muzoon Almellehan, a student and Syrian refugee will also speak at the conference in support of her cause.

Amidst falling revenues and declining stock values, Samsung plans the holding of a strategic conference for its future.

Dan Morris of Facebook will discuss mobile gaming at the Casual Connect conference.

Microsoft admitted that it could not vie against Google on price when it comes to selling cloud services.

Myanmar government figures and US companies met to discuss future investment endeavors.

More than 300 investors gathered at the Premoney Conference in San Francisco.

JP Morgan CEO issues warnings on capital hoarding.