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How Elie Habib Built World Monitor to Track Global Events in Real Time

“The regional escalations made World Monitor visible, not useful,” says the CEO behind Anghami, the MENA region’s first Nasdaq-listed music streaming platform, who is now helping millions understand major global developments in real time.

By Aalia Mehreen Ahmed

Business News

Saudi Venture Capital Company Invests US$1.2 Billion, Contributes to the Kingdom’s Pole Position Across the Region in VC Funding

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Leadership

The Boardroom Gap Isn’t Talent—It’s Trust: Katja Rieger on Why the GCC’s Next Leap Needs Women at the Table

By Erika Masako Welch

Entrepreneurs

The 100 NRIs – 2026: Manish Malhotra, Founder and Creative Director, Manish Malhotra

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Entrepreneurs

The 100 NRIs – 2026: Ajay Bhatia, Founder and CEO, SOL Properties

This article forms part of The 100 NRIs, a special edition by Entrepreneur Middle East spotlighting the most influential non-resident Indians shaping business, innovation, and investment across the region. Ajay Bhatia is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SOL Properties, a Dubai-based real estate development company renowned for luxury residential, mixed-use, and lifestyle projects […]

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Business News

Singapore-Based MISSION+ Expands into the GCC with New DIFC Headquarters

Fractionalized tech leaders and engineers provided by MISSION+ can provide AI use-case workshops and empower teams to deliver vision-to-prototype in eight weeks.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Business News

GCC Real Estate Sector Records Solid First-Half Gains

Real estate markets in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE expected to maintain upward momentum through the second half of 2025.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Business News

Driven by UAE and Saudi, GCC Assets Under Management Surge 9% to US$2.2 Trillion

Kuwait and Abu Dhabi have also taken the lead in the sovereign wealth fund space.

Business News

Dubai and Riyadh Poised as Top Business and Luxury Travel Destinations

Business travel seeing significant boost.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Business News

Vision Golfe Returns to Paris in its Third Edition from June 17-18, 2025; Set to Further Cement Ties Between France and GCC

The 2025 edition will be held under the theme "From Bold Visions to Concrete Impact: A New Era of Cooperation."

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Business News

Riding The Wave: How Investors Should Tap Into The Growing Opportunity Presented By Venture Capital In The GCC

To take advantage, and contribute to the region's growing and diversifying economy, all types of investors need an investment strategy that fits their ambitions and capabilities.

By Ahmed El Sharkawy

Business News

Vision Golfe 2024’s Record Attendance Points To The Growing Economic Ties Between France And The GCC

More than 1,200 people came together for Vision Golfe 2024 which was designed to facilitate the creation of new businesses and foster the signing of more contracts.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Business News

Qatar Financial Centre And Founder Institute Come Together To Strengthen Qatar’s Business Ecosystem

The MoU records the intention of both parties to pursue areas of mutual collaboration, keeping in mind QFC's target sectors, which include digital, technology, financial services, and professional business services.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Business News

With An Aim To Make Food Accessible And Equitable, The GCC Agtech Revolution Has Begun

The industry enablers that can successfully fundraise and commercialize their technology today will become the Teslas and SpaceXs of the agtech world tomorrow.

By Stuart Oda

Business News

Bahrain: A Fintech Frontier Calling For Pioneers

Catalyzed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, something more radical than even the unprecedented consumer uptake of financial technologies is taking place in the GCC fintech space.

By Dalal Buhejji

Business News

Amani Circle Founder And CEO Deborah Webster On Creating A More Ethical, Responsible, And Sustainable Way Of Doing Business

Webster started her career in the marketing field, which is what got her convinced in the power of relationships. In the midst of Webster talking about her love of building things in new domains, I notice that this part of her story carries a lesson for how to go about making decisions in difficult situations- so, dear reader, pay attention!

By Tamara Pupic

Business News

Kuwait’s On-Demand Car Wash App Offers Convenience to Customers

Ghaseel, Kuwait's biggest on-demand car wash app, allows its users to get their car washed and have detailing services done anytime and anywhere.

By Junaid Seraj

Business News

Why 2019 And 2020 Will Be Great Vintage Years For Investing In The UAE And KSA

To survive and thrive, consumer-facing businesses in the UAE and KSA will need to be managed much more professionally and tightly than they were in the past.

By Ziad Awad

Business News

Redefining Perceptions: Amal Dokhan, Director, Babson Global Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership in Saudi Arabia

Amal Dokhan, Director, Babson Global Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (BGCEL) in Saudi Arabia, on the Kingdom's reception to (and aptitude for) change.

By Tamara Pupic

Business News

Creative Pursuits: Anna Szonyi, Director, AR.Gallery + Studio

What does it take to be a part of the GCC's art gallery scene? Anna Szonyi of AR Gallery + Studio shares her insights.

By Tamara Pupic

Business News

The Five Industry Sectors Keeping The GCC On The Global Map

While the GCC is a small economy, some players in its leading sectors of healthcare, retail, transport and logistics, energy and power and real estate stand proudly on the global scene.

By Ziad Awad

Business News

Driving Opportunity: Three Recommendations To Help Spur Entrepreneurship In Kuwait

By drawing on lessons learned from other "clusters of innovation" such as those in smaller European countries or Singapore, we found that Kuwait has an opportunity to be strategically focused on areas of local strength.

By Jared Willis

Business News

The How-To: Ensuring Integrity And Succession Planning In UAE’s Family Businesses

Taking certain precautionary measures in governance control is extremely important for the integrity and future of a family business.

By John Martin St. Valery

Business News

Infographic: LinkedIn And Strategy&’s Empowering The GCC Digital Workforce Study

The Empowering the GCC digital workforce: Building adaptable skills in the digital era report found that the proportion of digital jobs GCC countries are particularly low- accounting for only 1.7% of the GCC workforce.

By Entrepreneur Middle East Staff

Business News

Redefining Pricing Strategies As GCC Gets Set To Welcome VAT

The UAE, until now a tax-free country, announced that Value-added tax (VAT) is to be introduced in 2018, which as a whole, will intensify price pressure and deteriorate margins, making price management more important than ever.

By Lovrenc Kessler

Business News

A Bright Future For Sustainable Energy Technologies

Business opportunities for entrepreneurs arise as renewable energies come under the spotlight in the GCC

By Dr. Andrea Masini

Business News

Katara Hospitality Chairman Sheikh Nawaf Bin Jassim Bin Jabor Al-Thani Talks GCC Hospitality and Group’s Plans

Qatar's hospitality sector is tilted towards serving the upper end of the market– more than half of the new hotels being planned over the next five years will be five star properties.

By Erika Widen