Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company has announced a $600m investment in Nord Anglia Education, securing a minority stake in the global private school network. The move sees Mubadala join an international consortium led by investment firm EQT, alongside partners including Neuberger Berman, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Corporación Financiera Alba, and Dubai Holding.
Dubai’s real estate sector posted its strongest first-quarter performance in over a decade. Both transaction volume and value reached historic levels according to Property Finder’s Q1 2025 Insights.
The first-ever Dubai AI Week will run from 21–25 April. The event will bring together more than 10,000 participants from over 100 countries for a landmark exploration of AI’s impact on business and society.
Gulf banks are well-positioned to weather the economic fallout from rising global trade tensions according to a new report by S&P Global Ratings.
Hong Kong and Dubai, 16 April 2025 – Creative Zone Group (“Creative Zone”, or the “Company”), a leading corporate service provider based in the UAE, has been acquired by Encor Group (“Encor”), a regional corporate, trust and fund services platform headquartered in Hong Kong. The transaction marks the second acquisition by Encor in the past
A lot has changed in UAE education over the past few years. What was once a system built mainly around local demand and expat families has grown into something broader, more global, more competitive and more ambitious. Enrolments are rising, new schools and universities are opening and standards are climbing. In Dubai alone, international student
Some investors swear by timing the market, waiting for the lowest dip before buying and selling at the top. It’s a great theory. The problem? Real estate doesn’t work that way. Property markets are not like stocks or crypto – they move at a different pace. Prices shift over months or years, not overnight. And
UAE tech startups raised a record $872m in Q1 2025, an 865%year-on-year increase, according to Tracxn’s latest UAE Tech Funding Report.
The UAE-based AI startup AIREV has secured investment from Irish private equity firm Venturewave Capital to accelerate the global rollout of ‘On-Demand’, a pioneering AI operating system that currently has 60,000 users.
The first industrial robot was developed by George Devol in 1954 and sold to General Motors, who used it on their production line. Today, robotics is big business. Goldman Sachs has stated that by 2035, the global humanoid robot market will reach USD 38 billion, while Elon Musk predicts it will eventually become a USD
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