Technology
Abu Dhabi’s Hub71 2026 Cohort: 40 Startups Raise USD 230 Million in Six Months
Hub71, Abu Dhabi's global technology ecosystem located in the Mubadala-backed Al Maryah Island district, has announced that its 2026 accelerator cohort of 40 startups...
Expo City Dubai 2025: A Year of Innovation, Culture and Global Connections
Expo City Dubai, the legacy development of the World Expo 2020 site in Dubai South, has established itself as one of the most dynamic...
UAE’s VARA Issues 14 New Crypto Licences as Dubai Cements Role as Global Virtual Asset Hub
The UAE's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) has issued 14 new virtual asset service provider (VASP) licences in Q1 2026, bringing the total number...
MASDAR: How Abu Dhabi’s Renewable Energy Champion is Reshaping Global Clean Power
MASDAR, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, has evolved from a clean-tech incubator in the 2000s into one of the world's most significant renewable energy...
GITEX Global 2026: Inside the GCC’s Biggest Tech Event and What Business Leaders Must Know
GITEX Global, held annually at the Dubai World Trade Centre each October, has grown from a regional consumer electronics show into one of the...
UAE Passes New Digital Economy Law Regulating AI-Generated Content and Data Brokers
The UAE Federal National Council has ratified the Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence Content Regulation Law, the GCC's first comprehensive federal regulation governing AI-generated...
EdTech in the GCC: How Technology is Transforming Education Across the Gulf
Educational technology has moved from a supplementary tool to a core component of learning across GCC schools, universities, and professional development programmes. Driven by...
UAE Education Reforms 2025: STEM, AI Literacy and the Future of Learning in the Gulf
The UAE has identified education as one of the most critical pillars of its long-term economic transformation, recognising that a knowledge-driven economy requires a...
AI in GCC Banking: How Gulf Banks Are Deploying Artificial Intelligence
Gulf financial institutions have emerged as among the most aggressive adopters of artificial intelligence in the banking sector globally, deploying AI across customer service,...
Reem Asaad: The Saudi Woman Who Changed Labour Law with Facebook, Then Built a Tech Leadership Career
In 2009, when a Saudi woman used Facebook to campaign against a retail labour regulation, the likelihood that it would change a decades-old national...
Closing the GCC Cybersecurity Talent Gap: Careers, Skills and Opportunities
The GCC faces a severe and widening cybersecurity talent shortage. As governments and corporations race to digitalise their operations and as cyber threat actors...
GITEX Global: Why the World’s Largest Tech Event Calls Dubai Home
GITEX Global, held annually at the Dubai World Trade Centre, has grown into one of the largest, and by some measures the largest, technology...


