Deutsche Post’s DHL Express parcel delivery subsidiary said it is bolstering investment in the Middle East to support a region that is among its fastest growing, spurred by demand from Egypt and Iraq, Bloomberg reported. The unit of the Bonn-based company is spending 100mn dirham ($27mn) to expand its ground operations in Dubai, along with additional investments at the Dubai International Airport, in Abu Dhabi, in Saudi Arabia and in Cairo, for a total sum of about $341mn, it said. “Business is developing not dropping, people need the service more when communications are cut off, and they need more tools to reach people,” Nour Suliman, the chief
executive officer of DHL Express in the Middle East, said in Dubai. “Egypt is doing fantastic. Iraq had zero infrastructure after the war and now companies are going there to rebuild.” DHL Express has 261 service centres in 19 countries across the Middle East.
