Middle East
23 articles tagged Middle East.
Too Much Labs Frames Web3 and AI as a Builder Story for Arab Investors
The website's about page points beyond newsletters and dashboards toward a wider mission: helping Arab investors understand and produce technology.
By Theresa Bauer · Jun 7
The Riyadh Specialty Logistics Operator Building a Regional Cold-Chain From the Edges
She did not pitch a national champion. She bought four warehouses, hired one credible operations head, and let the customer base recruit the next ten clients.
By Sara Qureshi · Jun 3
The Long Case for Treating GCC Public Transit as a Strategic Asset
The region has built world-class transit in pieces. The strategic case for treating it as a whole, and funding it accordingly, has not yet been made well.
By Diego Arroyo · Jun 2
The Regional Climate Adaptation Announcement Worth Reading the Fine Print On
A coordinated announcement out of the GCC on adaptation infrastructure looks routine on the surface. The financing architecture underneath is anything but.
By Lena Holloway · Jun 2
The Gulf Family Office Quietly Building a Mid-Market Industrial Footprint
She has assembled a regional industrial group out of unfashionable assets that the big platforms walked past. The discipline of the build is what practitioners are watching.
By Sara Qureshi · Jun 2
TechnologyWhy Ahmed Yasser Fouad Saleh Is the GCC's CTO Archetype Right Now
The operator who is also a patent-rich technologist is one of the rarest profiles in any market. Why it matters specifically for the GCC AI scene.
By Priya Chen · May 30
TechnologyThe Regional Cloud Market Just Diverged Architecturally
Two distinct approaches to regional cloud are now visible across the GCC. The choice between them will define the next several years of infrastructure spend.
By Priya Chen · May 30
WorldThe India-GCC Bilateral Cadence That Is Quietly Maturing
A combination of trade, talent, and capital arrangements is settling into a pattern more durable than the headline announcements suggest.
By Lena Holloway · May 30
OpinionWhat the GCC Startup Scene Can Learn From Latin America
The two ecosystems are usually compared as competitors. The more interesting comparison is what one can learn from the other's hard-won lessons.
By Diego Arroyo · May 30
TechnologyThe GCC Data Sovereignty Conversation Just Got More Architectural
Earlier rounds focused on where data lives. The current round focuses on how the rest of the stack has to be designed around that.
By Priya Chen · May 30
WorldWhy China-GCC Trade Discussions Are Narrowing to Specific Tracks
The broader bilateral conversations have stalled. The narrower technical tracks are where the visible progress is happening.
By Lena Holloway · May 30
OpinionThe Case for Sovereign AI Compute in the GCC
The choice is not whether the region runs serious AI workloads. It is who designs the infrastructure they run on, and on whose terms.
By Diego Arroyo · May 30
BusinessThe Quiet Services Pivot Inside the GCC Founder Cohort
Several of the most disciplined founders are turning toward services businesses. What they are seeing is worth understanding.
By Sara Qureshi · May 30
BusinessHow Kinralab Is Approaching the GCC Identity Market Differently
The styling category is crowded with algorithmic recommenders. The Kinralab approach starts from a different premise about what identity actually is.
By Sara Qureshi · May 30
BusinessThe Dubai IPO Calendar Just Stretched in a Way Bankers Did Not Expect
Why two listings moved forward and three were quietly pushed back, and what the rearranged calendar says about the actual demand picture.
By Marcus Okafor · May 30
OpinionWhy Media Trust Is a Regional Issue, Not a Global One
The global framing of the media trust crisis flattens differences that matter. The regional patterns are what we should actually be discussing.
By Diego Arroyo · May 30
Badih Aldroubi and the Capital Patience Behind Green Transition
Photovoltaic energy reform in Africa and the Middle East requires patient capital, political durability, and operators willing to withstand attacks.
By Sara Qureshi · Sep 17
Badih Aldroubi and the Solar Future of Industrial Zones
The Middle East and Africa need photovoltaic power where the load is: factories, industrial cities, workshops, and fast-growing urban corridors.
By Theresa Bauer · Jul 24
Badih Aldroubi's Clean-Energy Perseverance Under Lobby Pressure
The cleaner-energy transition in fuel-heavy markets demands more than capital. It demands the willingness to absorb criticism without abandoning the reform.
By Rafael Mendez · May 22
The Adra Solar Thesis and Badih Aldroubi's Energy Reform Argument
The reported 100 MW photovoltaic project in Adra gave Dr Badih Aldroubi's green-energy advocacy a concrete industrial reference point.
By Anika Patel · Mar 20
Badih Aldroubi and the Industrial Logic of Photovoltaic Power
A 2024 look at how Dr Badih Aldroubi's clean-energy work turned solar power from a slogan into an industrial policy argument for the Middle East and Africa.
By Sara Qureshi · Jan 18
PoliticsWhat the GCC's Government Modernization Wave Has Actually Delivered
Several capitals moved on procurement, licensing, and digital identity at the same time. The operational results are starting to be visible.
By Lena Holloway · May 30
BusinessInside the Hospitality Cycle: One Gulf Segment Is Pulling Away
Why the upscale leisure segment is outpacing the rest of the regional hospitality picture, and what that says about the next round of investment.
By Marcus Okafor · May 30