Grow Yasmine Nazmy Oola’s Haya Al Ghanim On How Stepping Back Made Her A Better Founder The founder of the Qatari modest sportswear brand oola shares how a hiatus led her to move from building with urgency to building with clarity.
Sustainability Aby Sam Thomas Building With Intention: Msheireb Properties CEO Eng. Ali Al Kuwari Inc. Arabia spoke with Al Kuwari about how he has led the creation of a modern city rooted in heritage, purpose, and people in Msheireb Downtown Doha.
Innovate Stiven Muccioli From Experimentation To Execution: In Qatar, Fintechs Are Being Bui... Qatar has laid down the ideal groundwork, and now, it’s the fintech industry’s turn to ensure that innovation can actually be deployed, scaled, and sustained.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Dubai Gold District Launches As New Hub For Global Gold And Jewelry... Developed by Ithra Dubai, the district aims to position Dubai as the world’s leading destination for gold and jewelry trade.
Innovate Aby Sam Thomas Catalyzing Change: With Web Summit Qatar, Paddy Cosgrave Is Playing... With its 2026 edition in Qatar set to welcome more than 30,000 attendees, the founder and CEO of Web Summit says the event’s true impact goes beyond scale.
Events Yara Sayed 10 Speakers You Don't Want To Miss At Web Summit Qatar 2026 From billion-dollar founders to cultural and policy leaders, the world’s most influential tech voices are coming to Doha for this year’s edition of Web Summit Qatar.
Innovate Ekta Tolani How The Gulf Is Turning The Page To Become A Global Leader In Food... Just as earlier centers of agricultural innovation benefited from nature’s abundance, what now positions the Gulf as an emerging hub for global food security is the absence of it.
Money Anas (Andy) Abbar A New Era Of Finance: Why Islamic Banking Is Going Mainstream What was once perceived as a niche system has become one of the fastest growing segments of the financial industry.
Innovate Inc.Arabia Staff The Psychology Behind Brand Archetypes—And How They Fuel Business G... Rooted in the work of psychologist Carl Jung, brand archetypes reflect universal human patterns. Use them as a strategic operating system.
Innovate Yasmine Nazmy Sister Act: How Okhtein Co-Founders Aya And Mounaz Abdelraouf Turne... “The initial vision was for Okhtein to become a global brand. That was a very big ambition from day one, and it still is."
Grow Yasmine Nazmy Scaling Craft Without Compromise: Avec Karim Founder Karim Abdelrahman The acclaimed chef and entrepreneur shares how he grew his private dining experience into a multi-pronged business.
AI Everything Inc.Arabia Staff From Breakthrough To Competition: A2RL Drones Season 2 Returns To A... The A2RL Drones championship places artificial intelligence-powered aircraft into competitive racing environments that demonstrate how autonomous systems perform under real race conditions.
Innovate Aby Sam Thomas The Sweet Spot: FIX Dessert Chocolatier Co-Founder And CEO Sarah Ha... Two years on from the moment it took off online, FIX’s creations continue to appeal to the masses, even as the company remains firmly in control of its own growth story.
Innovate Aby Sam Thomas Dubai-Based Alserkal Partners With Design Miami With The Aim To Tra... The partnership will see the two entities work together to develop a platform for collectible design specific to the Middle East, which will include a flagship event in Dubai, as well as year-round programming.
Technology Sponsored Content The Value Shift: Mastercard’s Gina Petersen-Skyrme On What Its Cons... The report identifies three main trends shaping consumers’ purchasing behavior in the run-up to the holidays—focus on value, popularity of omnichannel shopping, and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven personalized experiences.
Videos Inc.Arabia Staff KSA-Based Gloventures Enters Into Joint Venture With Greece-Based M... KSA-based investment firm Gloventures has announced a strategic partnership and investment agreement with Greece-based cybersecurity enterprise MindTheHack.
Innovate Inc.Arabia Staff Inside The Cockpit-Free Car: How A2RL’s EAV-25 Racecar Has Redefine... “The EAV-25 was designed as a pressure test for autonomy, where milliseconds matter and the margin for error is zero,” Alexander Winkler, Head of Sporting at A2RL, told Inc. Arabia.
Videos Inc.Arabia Staff Mastercard’s Bunita Sawhney On How Its New Access Pass Will Connect... Having debuted with the McLaren Formula 1 Team and First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) in the UAE, Access Pass will enable FAB cardholders to unlock unique perks and card art–all with their existing Mastercard.
Innovate Sponsored Content Redefining Bathrooms And Kitchens With Technology: Insights From GR... In the third episode of Inc. Arabia's podcast series with GROHE, Stefan Schmied, Leader IMEA at LIXIL International, discusses how the company leverages technology to anticipate the needs of consumers in the GCC and beyond.
Videos Inc.Arabia Staff Mastercard’s Raja Rajamannar On What It Takes To Engineer Experienc... In his role as the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of Mastercard, Rajamannar says that a deep understanding of customers lies at the heart of the global payments technology company’s strategy.
Innovate Inc.Arabia Staff The Real Cause Of Generational Conflict—And How To Fix It For the first time in history, six generations are navigating the workplace together, all under one roof. Here’s the root of their clashes.
Innovate Shaker Zainal From Ideas To Impact: How The UAE Is Fast-Tracking Innovators Into... The UAE’s approach to innovation goes beyond supporting business growth, representing part of a wider strategy to deepen national competitiveness.
Innovate Inc.Arabia Staff The Hidden Danger Of Falling In Love With Your Ideas Never get high on your own supply. Because once you’re emotionally hooked to your ideas, you stop seeing clearly.
Technology Inc.Arabia Staff Speakers To Watch At Black Hat MEA 2025: Jerich Beason The who's who of the global cybersecurity landscape is coming together in Saudi Arabia for the fourth edition of Black Hat MEA running from December 2-4, 2025 in Riyadh.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff KSA-Based Strataphy Bags US$6 Million To Expand Its Geothermal Cool... Founded by Ahmed Alhani and Ammar Alali in 2025, Strataphy develops geothermal-based cooling systems designed to reduce electricity use for large industrial and AI infrastructure projects.
Innovate Inc.Arabia Staff How To Use Psychology To Pitch Your Next Big Idea When you pitch an idea, you’re not just conveying information. You’re guiding someone through a shift in beliefs.
Technology Sponsored Content Co-Creating The Future: Estonia And The Gulf In The Age Of Digital... Estonia, long recognized for turning digital ambition into national advantage, offers lessons in how to make transformation both trusted and inclusive.
Events Inc.Arabia Staff Black Hat MEA To Bring The Global Cybersecurity Community To Riyadh... Here's what to expect from this year's edition of Black Hat MEA, which is slated to run from December 2-4, 2025.
Startup Inc.Arabia Staff KSA-Based Fintech Takadao Raises US$1.5 Million And Launches Prepai... Founded by the husband-and-wife team of Morrad Irsane and Sharene Lee, Takadao provides decentralized, Sharia-compliant financial alternatives through its community-owned ecosystem, The LifeDAO.
Lead Yasmine Nazmy Driven By Culture: Al Masaood Automobiles CEO Irfan Tansel Tansel, the cover star of Inc. Arabia’s November 2025 issue, shares how he’s been steering his Abu Dhabi-based enterprise through a defining era of innovation.
Innovate Inc.Arabia Staff Focus On 8 Consumer "Hungers" To Supercharge Your Marketing Finding a rational need is so old-school. These days, consumers respond to marketing that addresses certain burning desires.
Videos Inc.Arabia Staff As ASPIRE Gets Set To Stage A2RL 2025 In Abu Dhabi, CEO Stephane Ti... The Grand Final of this year’s A2RL Grand Final shall see 11 teams from around the world aim for a US$2.25 million prize pool, while also competing at the frontier of robotics, autonomy, and artificial intelligence.
News Inc.Arabia Staff Abu Dhabi's ADNOC Partners With TII And ASPIRE On Autonomous Drone... The project brings together long-range autonomous drones, swarm-based systems and facility-level drones within one operational framework.
Startup Yara Sayed Starvania Studio’s Meaad Aflah Is Reviving Arab Mythology For A New... The Saudi entrepreneur talks to Inc. Arabia about pushing boundaries, nurturing local talent, and contributing to the evolution of the gaming ecosystem in the MENA region.
Innovate Inc.Arabia Staff KSA-Based WakeCap Acquires Brazil-Based Trackfy To Tackle Global Co... The move follows WakeCap's US$28 million funding round, which was completed in May 2025, to accelerate global expansion across the US, Latin America, and Asia.