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Meet the 13-year-old in Abu Dhabi balancing schoolwork and

While many 13-year-olds spend their afternoons doing homework or playing with friends, Hamad Abdullah bin Safwan is busy running his own café ....

Dubai Single Father’s Journey from Security Guard to

A Kenyan single father’s inspiring journey from working as a security guard to running his own business in Dubai has captured widespread ....

Sheikh Hamdan invites 500 leaders to discuss future

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, has invited 500 leaders and professionals from five key sectors to share ....

From homely food to refugee camp inspiration: How 2 Emirati

Mariam Almansoori began her professional journey as an engineer in the oil and water resources sector. However, after marriage and having children, ....

Dubai Woman Turns Search for the Perfect Work Bag Into a

What began as a search for a practical and stylish work bag eventually came to define a sustainable fashion business in Dubai. Angana Maheshwari ....

Emirati founder Maryam Al Abbar builds two technology

Maryam Al Abbar has helped launch two technology companies by the age of 22, taking an entrepreneurial journey that began at university in Dubai to ....

Mohamed Alabbar: The Emirati Entrepreneur Who Helped Shape

Mohamed Ali Alabbar is one of the UAE’s most prominent entrepreneurs and a major figure behind Dubai’s transformation into a global ....

Indian Startups Increasingly Eye Abu Dhabi for Global

Indian startups are increasingly looking to Abu Dhabi as a base for international growth, according to Basma AlDhaheri of Hub71, the emirate’s ....

Dubai Launches ‘Made in Dubai Fashion Sprint’ to

DUBAI — Dubai is strengthening its creative economy with the launch of the Made in Dubai Fashion Sprint, a new incubation programme designed to ....

From Media Entrepreneur to “Raju Omlet”: Rajiv Meherish

Dubai community pays tribute to a man who reinvented himself—and inspired thousands along the way A Life Defined by Reinvention Rajiv ....

Paris Hilton: From Socialite to Self-Made Business Mogul

Paris Whitney Hilton was born on February 17, 1981, in New York City, the eldest child of real estate developer Richard Hilton and socialite Kathy ....

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: The Serial Entrepreneur Building

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, widely known simply as "E," has spent more than a decade building some of Africa's most consequential technology ....

Sergio Tati: From Football Pitches to Fintech, the

Sergio Tati Nührmann has taken an unusually winding path to becoming one of Angola's most closely watched startup founders — one that ....

Tayo Oviosu: The Engineer Who Built Nigeria's Largest

Tayo Oviosu is the founder and Group CEO of Paga, the mobile payments company that has grown into one of Nigeria's largest financial services ....

Ten Years, No Sponsor: An Expat's Guide to the UAE Golden

For expats building a life in the UAE, few documents change the equation quite like the Golden Visa. It's a long-term, renewable residency, valid ....

Sultan Bin Ahmed attends Media Master's Graduation in Spain

His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and President of the University of Sharjah (UOS), attended on ....

UAE tops global entrepreneurship rankings for fifth

Abu Dhabi — The UAE has retained its global leadership in the entrepreneurship ecosystem, despite economic challenges worldwide, securing the ....

UAE: Meet 86-year-old businessman, avid golfer for whom age

Asgar Shakoor Patel, an 86-year-old entrepreneur, is setting new fitness and business goals for himself instead of reminiscing about the past like ....