Careem Founders Story: How Mudassir Sheikha Built the Gulf’s First Tech Unicorn
Careem, the ride-hailing superapp that became the first GCC tech unicorn and was acquired by Uber for $3.1 billion, was founded by two unlikely...
Expert View: What the Fed’s Rate Decisions Mean for GCC Currencies in 2026
By Dr. Marcus Thornton, Managing Director, Gulf Capital ResearchThe Federal Reserve's monetary policy decisions ripple through Gulf economies with unusual speed and force. As...
Saudi Arabia Renewable Energy 2026: Solar, Wind, Green Hydrogen and NEOM
Saudi Arabia is executing one of the world's most ambitious renewable energy transitions, a country whose entire modern economy was built on petroleum is...
Gulf Banking Transformation 2026: Digital Finance, Fintech and the GCC’s Financial Future
Gulf banking is undergoing its most profound transformation since the oil booms of the 1970s created the region's modern financial sector. As of 2026,...
GCC Sports Economy 2026: How the Gulf Became a Global Sports Powerhouse
Sport has become one of the Gulf Cooperation Council's most powerful instruments of economic transformation, global brand-building, and soft power projection. What began as...
GCC Startup Ecosystem 2026: Venture Capital, Unicorns and Hub71
The GCC startup ecosystem in 2026 is unrecognisable from a decade ago, a region that barely registered on global venture capital maps in 2015...
Emaar Properties Company Profile 2026: Burj Khalifa, Dubai Mall and the GCC Real Estate Giant
Emaar Properties is the company most responsible for shaping the physical skyline of modern Dubai, and one of the most watched real estate and...
Editorial: The Gulf SME Gap, Why Small Business Is the Region’s Untapped Engine
The Gulf's small and medium enterprises are the invisible backbone of an economy that likes to celebrate its tallest towers and biggest sovereign wealth...
UAE vs Saudi Arabia 2026: Competing Visions for Gulf Economic Leadership
In 2026, two visions are competing to define the future of the Gulf, and by extension, the broader trajectory of the Arab world. The...
OPEC+ and GCC Oil Strategy 2026: Aramco, ADNOC, and Global Energy Markets
The Gulf Cooperation Council countries collectively hold approximately 30 percent of the world's proven crude oil reserves, making decisions made in Riyadh, Abu Dhabi,...
UAE Stock Markets 2026: DFM and ADX Investor Guide, IPOs, Major Companies and Foreign Access
The UAE operates two main stock exchanges, the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), and both have undergone significant...
UAE-India CEPA 2026: Trade Volumes, Benefits and Opportunities
The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the UAE and India, signed in February 2022 and implemented from May 2022, has fundamentally reshaped bilateral...
