Gold Investment in 2025: Why GCC Investors Remain the World’s Most Committed Buyers
Gold has sat at the centre of Gulf culture, commerce and investment for millennia, and 2025 gave no sign of that loosening. What is...
Building Strategic Partnerships in the GCC: A Practical Guide for International Businesses
The most common challenge international companies cite when entering GCC markets is not regulatory complexity or cultural difference, it's finding the right local partner....
GCC Technology Champions: The Companies Building the Gulf’s Digital Future
The GCC technology sector has produced a growing cohort of regionally significant companies that are building digital infrastructure, AI capabilities, and technology services across...
Khalid Al Ameri: The Emirati Who Turned Storytelling Into a Stanford-Backed Global Business
When Khalid Al Ameri first began posting videos on Facebook from his Abu Dhabi apartment in 2014, the concept of an Emirati man narrating...
Dr. Sara Al Madani: The Emirati Entrepreneur Who Started at 15 and Never Stopped Building
Most entrepreneurs point to a university project, a failed job, or a late-night idea as the origin of their first business. Dr. Sara Al...
ADNOC and TotalEnergies Sign AED 15 Billion UAE Green Hydrogen Production Partnership
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and France's TotalEnergies have signed a strategic partnership agreement to develop the UAE's largest green hydrogen production facility,...
Dubai’s Gold Market: How DMCC Makes the UAE a Global Commodities Trading Hub
Dubai handles more physical gold than almost anywhere else on the planet. The city's position at the intersection of African, Asian, and European trade...
UAE AI Strategy 2031: Building an Artificial Intelligence Powerhouse in the Gulf
The United Arab Emirates was among the first countries in the world to appoint a dedicated Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence and to...
Tadawul: Inside Saudi Arabia’s Stock Exchange and What It Means for Investors
The Saudi Exchange, known as Tadawul, is the largest stock exchange in the Middle East and one of the top 15 exchanges in the...
DeFi and Web3 in the GCC: How Decentralised Finance is Taking Root in the Gulf
While most discussions of cryptocurrency in the GCC focus on centralised exchanges and Bitcoin investment, a quieter but potentially more consequential development is underway:...
Abdulmajeed Alsukhan: How a Saudi Central Bank Alumnus Built the Kingdom’s First Fintech Unicorn
There is a particular irony in the fact that Abdulmajeed Alsukhan, the man who disrupted Saudi Arabia's financial sector with a new generation of...
DFM and ADX: A Practical Guide to Investing in UAE Stock Markets
The United Arab Emirates operates two primary stock exchanges, the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), alongside the internationally...
