Top UAE Free Zones for Startups in 2025: Hub71, DSO, IFZA and Beyond
The UAE has positioned itself as one of the world's premier destinations for technology startups, offering a combination of favourable tax treatment, 100% foreign...
GCC EdTech Startups to Watch: Companies Transforming Education in the Gulf
The GCC EdTech sector has attracted significant venture capital investment and produced a cohort of innovative companies addressing some of the most important education...
Mohamad Ballout: The Lebanese-American Who Turned Cloud Kitchens Into a SoftBank-Backed Global Empire
In January 2018, Mohamad Ballout and three co-founders launched a company with a premise that many in Dubai's restaurant industry considered absurd: instead of...
Opinion: GCC Youth Entrepreneurship — Real Opportunity or Expensive Branding?
Opinion — Gulf Times NowEvery major GCC government has invested in youth entrepreneurship programmes, startup accelerators, and innovation funds over the past decade. From...
Fadi Ghandour Founder Story: Aramex, NASDAQ and the Arab Startup Ecosystem
Fadi Ghandour is the founder of Aramex — the logistics and courier company that became one of the Arab world's first technology-enabled businesses to...
