Why Mubadala backed the new One&Only Private Residences in Abu Dhabi
The new One&Only Private Residences will bring an ultra-luxury residential offering to Al Maryah Island, and the project pulls together three names that each carry weight in the UAE market. Mubadala Investment Company, the Abu Dhabi sovereign investor, is the master developer and steward of the island. TARAF, the real estate arm of Yas Holding, […]
Why Most Business Opportunities Aren’t Opportunities at All
Every aspiring entrepreneur is searching for the next breakthrough market opportunity. Yet remarkably few look in the right places. In modern commerce, identifying a viable opportunity requires a 360-degree macro view of the market landscape. Without this structural perspective, most “ideas” are merely illusions. Launching a startup without a deep understanding of current market realities […]
Why Lucid EV Q3 deliveries slipped while nine-month sales edged higher
Lucid EV Q3 deliveries landed at 3,806 vehicles, a 6.7% drop from the same quarter last year, as the Saudi-backed carmaker pulled back production to match softer demand. The figures came out Monday. They show a company making fewer cars on purpose, not by accident. A build that shrank on purpose Lucid produced 2,954 vehicles […]
Etisalat returns to its founding name, closing four years as the e& identity
A name can carry a country’s memory, and Etisalat returns to its founding name to reclaim its own. The UAE’s oldest telecoms company has retired the e& corporate identity and gone back to the brand it carried on its first day. In a disclosure to the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, the operator confirmed it will […]
The UNDER500 Story: How Mahmoud Bartawi Scaled Across Six Markets to a Successful Exit
Mahmoud Bartawi built the healthy-food brand UNDER500 from a side hustle into a business operating in six countries, then sold it. What followed was not relief but an identity crisis, and eventually a podcast of his own. In this episode of ICN.talks Business, he sits down with host Dani Topala for a long and unusually […]
Why the Dubai CommerCity Phase Two expansion matters to e-commerce firms
The Dubai CommerCity Phase Two expansion puts Dh1.8 billion behind a simple bet that online trade in the region keeps climbing. Picture a building adding floors because every existing floor is already full. Occupancy at the free zone near Dubai International Airport sits close to 96 per cent across office, logistics and retail space. When […]
UAE’s Entrepreneurial Valley: The Rise of a Startup Nation to Scale-Up Economy
The global geography of entrepreneurship is changing. For decades, the startup economy was associated predominantly with a handful of innovation centers—Silicon Valley, London, New York, Singapore and, increasingly, several Asian technology clusters. Today, the United Arab Emirates is constructing a different model: an entrepreneurial economy in which government policy, private capital, sovereign investment, regulation, infrastructure […]
What the Pakistan tax on overseas content creators means for UAE earners
The Pakistan tax on overseas content creators begins with one fixed number: 195 rupees for every 1,000 views on a YouTube video. That figure, worth about $0.70, decides how much a creator is presumed to earn from Pakistani viewers, whether or not the money reaches their account. Behind it sits a formal notification. The Federal […]
Hasnae Taleb spells out a governance test for women in finance in the GCC
Women in finance in the GCC have more access to capital, senior networks and decision rooms than when Hasnae Taleb began her career. The investor and market commentator told ICN Business the progress is real. Then she moved the conversation from headcount to control. The harder question, she said, is who “holds the pen.” In […]
Primary Intelligence vs. Secondary Hype: Bilal Sabouni on Gulf Market Due Diligence, AI Bias, and Operational Realities
Watch the full interview above and subscribe to the official ICN.talks Business YouTube Channel. The Illusion of Cheap Data: Primary Intelligence vs. Secondary Hype Information accessibility has reached an all-time high, yet high-volume access often leads institutional decision-makers into catastrophic confidence. “Cheap information produces costly confidence,” explains Bilal Sabouni, Managing Director at Guidepoint. “When you […]
The Elevator Gap Principle: Positioning Offers for High Retention and Compounding Value
The strength of a product offer is never determined by charging the lowest price. It is determined exclusively by the perceived altitude difference between the floor where payment is extracted and the floor where the passenger disembarks after value has been delivered. In today’s editorial, I am going to present the concept of The Elevator […]
Eagle Hills eyes 2027 construction start on $20 billion Maldives project
For thousands of Maldivian families, a $20 billion Maldives project now stands between where they live today and a new home by the water. Abu Dhabi developer Eagle Hills has signed a commercial terms agreement with the Government of Maldives to build an island destination called Maldives Waterfront and Marina. The site covers 550 hectares, […]
