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Image: Abu Dhabi Media Office Microsoft said it would invest $15.2bn in the UAE by 2029 to advance artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure, develop local digital talent, and deepen technology cooperation between the UAE and the US. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, was briefed by Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith on the company’s plans to expand AI infrastructure and training programmes in the UAE, Abu Dhabi Media Office reported on November 3. “This is not money raised in the UAE. It’s money…
Image: EO Charging EO Charging said it has completed a GBP25m recapitalisation backed by its existing investors, Zouk Capital and Vortex Energy, alongside an increased debt facility from HSBC, to support the next phase of its growth and fleet electrification strategy in the UK and Europe. The shareholder-led funding follows a strategic restructuring that includes EO’s planned exit from the US market and the sale of its domestic EV charger hardware and manufacturing business to Cogent Technologies, part of the Heathpatch Group. The move enables the company to focus on its software, services, and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offering for commercial fleets…
Mohamed El Missaoui, chief executive officer of Bupa CareConnect/Image: Supplied Bupa CareConnect, the healthcare delivery arm of Bupa Arabia, used its Platinum Sponsorship of Global Health Exhibition 2025 to underscore its expanding role in Saudi Arabia’s healthcare transformation. The company’s participation reflected a clear objective: to demonstrate how an integrated, patient-centric ecosystem—powered by digital innovation and human care—can accelerate the goals of Vision 2030. Through its initiatives, Bupa CareConnect continues to redefine how healthcare is delivered, connecting digital, home, and clinical services into a seamless, data-driven experience designed to enhance accessibility, efficiency, and wellbeing across the Kingdom. Mohamed El Missaoui,…
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Khalil Alabdulwahab, chief commercial officer of Lean Business Services/Image: Supplied Saudi Arabia’s healthcare transformation is entering a new stage—and Lean Business Services, a Public Investment Fund (PIF) company and the nation’s leading provider of integrated digital health and wellbeing solutions, is at its center. Having built the Kingdom’s foundational digital infrastructure, Lean is now shifting its focus toward what it calls “ecosystem activation”, a strategic evolution from platform development to large-scale citizen engagement and outcome-driven healthcare innovation. “We have successfully built the foundational national health platform; now, success means activating it at scale,” said Khalil Alabdulwahab, chief commercial officer of…
Image credit: Supplied As the GCC accelerates its push toward diversification and digital maturity, the most valuable leaders are no longer just innovators, they are integrators. In an era where “transformation” has become a buzzword, many companies still mistake digital adoption for strategic reinvention. The result is often expensive platforms, underutilised data, and teams struggling to keep pace. For an increasing number of organisations, the solution is not in the next technology stack, but in a new kind of leadership, one that understands both the algorithm and the audience, and can turn chaos into coherence. Dalida Nahas exemplifies this rare…
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Image credit: Emirates/Website Emirates has made a bold move toward a fully contactless travel experience with an Dhs85m investment to install more than 200 biometrics-enabled cameras across Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport (DXB). The airline says the rollout will allow passengers to pass through check-in, immigration, boarding gates, and lounges using only facial recognition, eliminating the need to repeatedly present passports or boarding passes. The initiative, developed in collaboration with the General Directorate of Identity and Foreigner Affairs Dubai (GDRFAD), marks a major step forward in Emirates’ long-term vision to deliver a seamless, high-tech airport journey, an Emirates media…
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Image: Getty Images/ For illustrative purposes Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Authority (CMA) has issued a set of guidelines for issuing green, social, sustainability and sustainability‑linked debt instruments, effective from May 27, marking a key step in aligning the kingdom’s capital‑markets framework with global standards under Vision 2030. The guidelines, part of the CMA’s 2024‑2026 Strategic Plan, provide a framework for issuers that includes mandatory external reviews, ongoing reporting and disclosure of any non‑alignment in issuance frameworks or offering documents. They define four categories of qualifying instruments — green, social, sustainable and sustainability‑linked. Guidelines to support Saudi Arabia’s sustainable finance market…