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The initiative offers flexible payment terms for new and existing clients across the UAE, Egypt, Jordan, and other GCC markets.

The new capital will be used to accelerate its regional expansion, increase its footprint across key Gulf markets, and strengthen its seller ecosystem.

As of January 2026, women occupy 403 board seats across the GCC, held by 341 individuals, an increase from 390 seats held by 334 women in 2025.

Maison Safqa offers shoppers limited-time discounts of up to 80% on international and regional designer brands across fashion, beauty, and lifestyle.

At a high-level Investor Dialogue, Qatar’s investment agency highlighted the country’s resilient economy, strong fiscal management, and digital tools to support investors amid regional challenges.

US wearable health tech company WHOOP is set to open WHOOP Labs Doha in the coming months, its first international performance research and development facility. 

“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.

The report showed that SVC’s strategy contributed to the Kingdom’s maintaining its first rank in the MENA region for the third straight year in VC funding in 2025, reaching a historic total of US$1.7 billion.

At SuperReturn Saudi, Katja Rieger of Women for Boards GCC explains why the real barrier to women joining boards isn’t talent—it’s trusted access to decision makers, and how the region is accelerating change.

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. Manish Malhotra is a designer, yes, but he is also a mood the industry keeps circling back to: Indian glamour refined into a kind of quiet […]

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 […]

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.

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

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

Business travel seeing significant boost.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.