GCC Healthcare market expected to hit $70 billion this year
Currently, GCC is spending just around 50 percent of what mature markets invest on healthcare...
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GCC and trade war: Time for foreign investment in UAE, Saudi banks?
The top banks in the UAE have increased their foreign investment cap while the Saudi markets regulator has also done the same...
5G implementation: How the GCC nations leapfrogged the world
The local governments’ willingness to invest in niche technologies helps GCC outdo the rest of the world in 5G deployment...
GCC countries slash interest rates to lower loan costs
The rate cut follows the US Federal Reserve’s decision to reduce rates by 25 basis points...
Foreigners can now own up to 40% in First Abu Dhabi Bank
The UAE central bank approves raising foreign ownership limit from 25%...
Industry stalwarts to head Takaful & InsurTech Forum
Over 300 industry powerhouses from GCC, Asia, Africa and Europe are expected to converge at the two-day forum, that will also feature an exclusive report launch by Milliman...
Startups and SMEs will be drivers of economic growth in the coming years
This will promote job generation which will contribute largely to an increase in consumption and spending of low-income people...
Logistics: The next wave of innovation in e-commerce
With e-commerce snowballing in the Middle East means: logistics in the region need advancements from a paradigm of old-fashioned techniques to drum up operations...
Sukuk spread its wings to Africa
Despite sukuk’s ongoing instability in GCC countries this year, there is a resurgence of interest across 18 African markets. What does this mean to the largely underbanked Muslim population in these markets?...
Bahrain announces its newfound oil & gas reserve the largest in its region
The Kingdom of Bahrain procures 80% of its revenue from oil, and gets 150,000 bpd from the Abu Safa oilfield in part...