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The Unlikely Star of Oman’s Diversification: How Farmers and Fishermen Outperformed Industry

In 2025, Oman’s fastest-growing non-oil sector was not technology, energy, or manufacturing. It was agriculture and fisheries. New GDP data reveals how modern logistics, processing, and SME integration have turned food production into one of the country’s most reliable engines of economic growth, challenging long-held assumptions about diversification priorities.

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The Financing Gap Shaping Gulf Women Entrepreneurs

For women founders in the Gulf, geography shapes survival. In Kuwait, self-funding forces speed, sales, and commercial focus. In Qatar, state-backed grants make long development cycles possible. These two paths explain why women-led startups across the region look so different, and why many struggle to scale.

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AI@70 in Dubai: Reframing the Next Seventy Years of Artificial Intelligence

Seventy years after artificial intelligence was first defined at Dartmouth College, the field has reached a turning point. Technical capability is accelerating, but global alignment on governance, ethics, and long-term responsibility is not. AI@70 in Dubai brings together researchers, policymakers, and institutional leaders to address this gap, extending the AI conversation beyond short policy cycles and toward a shared vision for the year 2096.

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