Dubai Chamber of Commerce has announced a 16.8% year-on-year rise in member exports and re-exports for Q1 2025, reaching $23bn. This is a strong indicator of the emirate’s continued momentum as a global business and trade hub.
Dubai is rapidly advancing towards full tier-one global city recognition, with industry consensus indicating it could join the ranks of London, New York and Singapore within the next decade.
Abu Dhabi will send a senior economic delegation to Japan from 6 - 9 May 2025, as part of efforts to deepen collaboration with major global markets. Led by the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) and supported by the UAE Embassy in Tokyo, the visit underscores the emirate’s strategy to forge stronger investment
Lucid Group and Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have announced a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating innovation in electric vehicle (EV) and autonomous driving technologies.
Emirates Airline has reaffirmed its 15-year partnership with PayPal during a strategic meeting aiming to deepen collaboration in the digital payments sector. Emirates currently offers PayPal as a payment option on emirates.com across 34 countries, enabling customers to benefit from secure, seamless checkout experiences. The airline has reported significant growth in customer adoption, transaction volumes,
Dubai’s reputation for innovation, luxury and bold development is set to grow with a slate of major projects launching through 2025. These large-scale initiatives aim to reshape the city’s skyline while advancing sustainability and cutting-edge technology. Together, they are expected to significantly boost tourism, real estate and quality of life.
UAE-based digital assets startup Fuze has secured $12.2m in a Series A funding round, bringing its total funding to $20m. The raise comes amid growing interest in crypto infrastructure and signals investor confidence in the region’s fintech sector.
Dubai Financial Market (DFM) has reported strong growth for the first quarter of 2025, fuelled by record trading activity and continued investor engagement.
Quick, go-to-market products have traditionally been hard to develop. Software development used to require technical expertise, long development cycles, and the cash to cover both. Given the resources and time needed for successful development in the past, these restrictions have, understandably, prevented many new products from seeing the light of day. But this is no
Chelsea Football Club has announced a landmark partnership with Dubai-based DAMAC Properties to launch Chelsea Residences by DAMAC.
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