Arabian Business Expo Lives: a $100m game changer arabianbusiness.com - Gavin Gibbon Yousuf Caires describes it as “the most inspiring and human and real aspect of Expo 2020 Dubai”. He may be biased when it comes to talking about Expo …
Arabian Business Mohammed Al Hashmi: how tech aims to ensure Expo 2020 success arabianbusiness.com - Alicia Buller Expo 2020 Dubai is set to showcase some of the most futuristic innovations the world has ever seen. So it’s no surprise that the event’s own …
Arabian Business Healthcare disruptors: Azad and Alisha Moopen arabianbusiness.com - By Shane McGinley “What are we doing? All of us are doing sickcare. When are we going to do healthcare? That is the big question.” It’s not often you sit down for an …
Arabian BusinessTechnology How to earn dirhams for your data arabianbusiness.com - Gavin Gibbon “If you had an oil rig, you would not give your oil away for free,” says Ankit Chaudhari. Perish the thought. This region, in particular, would be a …
Arabian BusinessBusiness Entrepreneur of the Week: Nicholas Brooks, MD, Zaeto Middle East arabianbusiness.com - Lubna Hamdan The Dubai-based company’s goal for the region is to reduce the environmental impact of heavy industry. It plans to achieve this by adding a simple …
Arabian BusinessIraq Baghdad is safer than Chicago, says Zain Iraq CEO Ali Al Zahid arabianbusiness.com Baghdad is safer than Chicago, at least according to the CEO of Zain Iraq. “A consultant based in Chicago asked if we can have a meeting outside Iraq, …
Arabian Business The secret of Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange's success arabianbusiness.com - Gavin Gibbon No sooner had the press release from the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) been issued, with the grand headline boasting ‘DGCX records best …
Arabian Business Life on cloud Amazon arabianbusiness.com - Neil Halligan Twenty laps to go in the Hungarian Grand Prix, and World Champion Lewis Hamilton pits for new tyres, having unsuccessfully tried twice to get past …
Arabian Business Knocking on success' door: From TV flop to $1bn company arabianbusiness.com - Bernd Debusmann Jr “I was literally in tears.” Jamie Siminoff recalls the night his business pitch was rejected on national television as millions of Americans tuned in …
Arabian Business Marriage broker: Helping single expats in the UAE find their perfect match arabianbusiness.com Thirty guys for every girl. That’s the number of marriage proposals an eligible Indian or Pakistani bachelorette in the UAE can currently get from …
Arabian Business Qiddiya: Meet the CEO making Saudi Arabia's entertainment ambitions a reality arabianbusiness.com - Gavin Gibbon Walt Disney famously said: “If you can dream it, you can do it.” Mike Reininger, CEO of Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC), spent 12 years dreaming and …
Arabian Business Entrepreneur of the Week: Adam Whitnall, founder of arabianbusiness.com - Lubna Hamdan He’s been working in the automotive industry since he was a teenager - from petrol stations to workshops and insurance companies to automotive …
Arabian Business Entrepreneur of the Week: Sultan Al Masri, founder of Acquico arabianbusiness.com - Lubna Hamdan How did the idea for Acquico come about and why did you decide to launch it? I always wanted to create something that added value and opportunity to …
Arabian Business Arabian Business Podcast: What next for the Gulf's tourism industry? arabianbusiness.com - Jeremy Lawrence As the Arabian Travel Market wrapped up for another year, we asked three experts where the industry is heading, and whether the region can deliver on …
Arabian Business Marsha Lazareva case: The inside story arabianbusiness.com Marsha Lazareva last week sat in the front row of a court room in Kuwait’s Palace of Justice. Clad in an abaya, she looked tired but seemed in …
Arabian Business Video: Tilal City in Sharjah wins the best infrastructure project award arabianbusiness.com Speaking at the Arabian Business Real Estate Awards this year, Khalifa Al Shaibani, director general of Tilal Properties, is helping to build a …
Arabian Business Video: How far from the 50% clean energy target of 2050 is the UAE? arabianbusiness.com Hana Dalmar, Environmental Manager of DP World and Laurent Longuet, CEO of Siraj Power, share their views of the future of clean energy in the UAE
Arabian Business Meet me in Kerala: how to woo Gulf tourists to India arabianbusiness.com - James Mathew Rani George talks like an entrepreneur rather than a typical bureaucrat. As she outlines the potential for developing tourism in Kerala and lists the …
Arabian Business Entrepreneur of the Week: Dylan Eiffe, CEO of boutique gym Bare arabianbusiness.com - Lubna Hamdan Dylan Eiffe, CEO of boutique gym Bare on why Dubai’s fitness sector is lagging behind many Western cities. Why does the market need another gym and …
Arabian Business Spice world: Indian billionaire Dr Dhananjay Datar arabianbusiness.com - Shane McGinley “We always open with a bang…” says Dr Dhananjay Datar, the chairman and managing director of Al Adil Trading. “We call a Bollywood actress, we make a …
Arabian Business Elena Ford: driven to succeed arabianbusiness.com - Shane McGinley Being an heiress can be a tough role to juggle: It gives you a platform, such as Abigail Disney’s recent testimony on Washington, DC’s Capitol Hill …
Arabian Business Entrepreneur of the Week: iRecruiter's Kamal Al Samarrai arabianbusiness.com - Lubna Hamdan The founder of recruitment agency Dawaam has set up his second start-up in Dubai. This time, it’s a global platform that connects companies to …
Arabian Business Badou Jack: a different kind of victory arabianbusiness.com - Bernd Debusmann Jr He stands at 1.85 metres tall and weighs in at 75 kilograms of seemingly solid-rock muscle, making me – despite being taller and heavier – feel small …
Arabian Business Tech titan eyes UAE for international innovation conference arabianbusiness.com The Irish entrepreneur behind the world’s fastest-growing tech conference programme wants to launch his next event in the UAE. Paddy Cosgrave, the CEO …
Arabian Business Entrepreneur of the Week: Janardan Dalmia, CEO of Trukkin Middle East arabianbusiness.com - Lubna Hamdan Dubai-based start-up founded by Dalmia and Ahmed Ibrahim Alnafie to connect shippers and transporters for the movement of heavy cargo. At what point …
Arabian Business Turning Tablez: Adeeb Ahamed arabianbusiness.com - James Mathew YusuffAli MA put his stamp on the retail sector with the opening of his first hypermarket in the highly competitive Abu Dhabi market in the …
Arabian Business Entrepreneur of the Week: Himmi Bangia: founder of discount shopping website Barakatalan arabianbusiness.com - Lubna Hamdan Himmi Bangia discovered she had a knack for online discounted shopping, so she launched a discount website (which she bootstrapped) that is growing …
Arabian Business Feet in the clouds: Dell EMC's Mohammed Amin on what the future holds for businesses arabianbusiness.com While robots are progressively doing the work of humans and rendering many jobs obsolete, and technologies like AI, 5G and blockchain are heightening …
Arabian Business Sobhi AbdulJaleel Batterjee: Keeping it in the family arabianbusiness.com - Staff writer Eng.Sobhi, you established a huge healthcare empire. What are some lessons that you will pass on to Makarem? Passion is key in taking my place. In our …
