Healthcare in the UAE and wider GCC is growing up. And rather than just a growth spurt, this is an inevitable maturing.

The UAE has bold ambitions for its startup ecosystem. The government has stated its intent to make the country the ‘startup capital of the world’ and has worked steadily to establish the necessary infrastructure.

The world is increasingly powered by mobility, flexibility, and global opportunity. But whether you can access these benefits depends on where you are located. This is why the concept of a ‘dual footprint’ has become so attractive to entrepreneurs and investors, as well as families and other professionals with a global outlook.

There’s a familiar moment that rarely gets talked about, yet it plays out every day. You close a car door and pause, almost unconsciously. You lift a phone and register its density. You turn a lever or rest your hands on a steering wheel and feel resistance where you expect it.

Few regions have drawn global capital at the pace seen across the Gulf. Sovereign funds are expanding their reach, foreign investors are backing new sectors and family offices are setting up regional bases.

Scroll Instagram or TikTok at any hour, and you’ll see it: glossy close-ups of dramatic cheese pulls, slow-motion dessert breaks, creators taking outsized bites while nodding with exaggerated delight. This genre – once fringe, now mainstream – has become one of the most commercially effective forms of marketing in the entire F&B industry.

Marketing technology is a huge industry, with the number of martech tools and solutions increasing enormously over the last ten years. In 2014, there were estimated to be around 1,000 tools, rising to over 7,000 by 2019. As of this year, there are more than 15,000, according to McKinsey.

Describing a signal as ‘weak’ makes it sound ineffectual. It might be more helpful to talk in terms of ‘distant’ signals. But whatever phraseology you choose, these signals are what leading marketers are attuned to.

If you spend enough time with AI – whether it’s ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot or any of the customer-service bots we now meet on banking or telco sites – you start to notice something subtle. These systems respond better when you’re clear, polite and reasonable. They shut down, deflect or nudge you away when you use

For a long time, the idea of casinos in the UAE was just speculation. The scenario quickly changed, though, following a surge in visits by high-level gaming executives and the steady expansion of major global brands into the region, indicating that a policy shift was imminent.