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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WHX Dubai 2026 marks a turning point for healthcare in the GCC. As the event evolves beyond its Arab Health legacy, the focus shifts from building capacity to improving precision. From early diagnostic software to genomics and translational science, WHX 2026 reveals how data-informed decision-making is reshaping patient care, hospital leadership, and healthcare outcomes across the region.
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Oman’s SME challenge is not funding. It is structure.
Despite years of reform, small and medium enterprises still contribute only around 33% to non-oil GDP. In the UAE, that figure is closer to 63%. The difference lies in how risk is shared, how banks lend, how failure is treated, and whether firms are built to scale beyond the domestic market. This analysis explains what must change for 33% to stop being a ceiling and start becoming a baseline.
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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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Oman’s SME sector employs more than three quarters of the private workforce, yet contributes only a fraction of total economic output. New data reveals a widening productivity gap that challenges long-standing assumptions about job creation, growth, and private sector development. As policymakers confront this imbalance, the focus must shift from counting firms to improving output per worker.
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