Author: Arabian Media staff

Saud M. Alraqraq, business development director of Dallah Health/Image: Supplied At this year’s Global Health Exhibition in Riyadh, one of the Middle East’s largest gatherings for healthcare leaders and innovators, Dallah Health reaffirmed its position as a driving force in Saudi Arabia’s healthcare transformation. The organisation is aligning its growth and operations with the nation’s Vision 2030 goal of achieving world-class, value-based healthcare. “In our view, the word tomorrow is critical in the context of health,” said Saud M. Alraqraq, business development director of Dallah Health. “We have a deep commitment to shaping a healthier future, and that translates to…

Khalil Alabdulwahab, chief commercial officer of Lean Business Services/Image: Supplied Saudi Arabia’s healthcare transformation is entering a new stage—and Lean Business Services, a Public Investment Fund (PIF) company and the nation’s leading provider of integrated digital health and wellbeing solutions, is at its center. Having built the Kingdom’s foundational digital infrastructure, Lean is now shifting its focus toward what it calls “ecosystem activation”, a strategic evolution from platform development to large-scale citizen engagement and outcome-driven healthcare innovation. “We have successfully built the foundational national health platform; now, success means activating it at scale,” said Khalil Alabdulwahab, chief commercial officer of…

Image credit: Supplied As the GCC accelerates its push toward diversification and digital maturity, the most valuable leaders are no longer just innovators, they are integrators. In an era where “transformation” has become a buzzword, many companies still mistake digital adoption for strategic reinvention. The result is often expensive platforms, underutilised data, and teams struggling to keep pace. For an increasing number of organisations, the solution is not in the next technology stack, but in a new kind of leadership, one that understands both the algorithm and the audience, and can turn chaos into coherence. Dalida Nahas exemplifies this rare…

Image credit: Emirates/Website Emirates has made a bold move toward a fully contactless travel experience with an Dhs85m investment to install more than 200 biometrics-enabled cameras across Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport (DXB). The airline says the rollout will allow passengers to pass through check-in, immigration, boarding gates, and lounges using only facial recognition, eliminating the need to repeatedly present passports or boarding passes. The initiative, developed in collaboration with the General Directorate of Identity and Foreigner Affairs Dubai (GDRFAD), marks a major step forward in Emirates’ long-term vision to deliver a seamless, high-tech airport journey, an Emirates media…

Image: Getty Images/ For illustrative purposes Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Authority (CMA) has issued a set of guidelines for issuing green, social, sustainability and sustainability‑linked debt instruments, effective from May 27, marking a key step in aligning the kingdom’s capital‑markets framework with global standards under Vision 2030. The guidelines, part of the CMA’s 2024‑2026 Strategic Plan, provide a framework for issuers that includes mandatory external reviews, ongoing reporting and disclosure of any non‑alignment in issuance frameworks or offering documents. They define four categories of qualifying instruments — green, social, sustainable and sustainability‑linked. Guidelines to support Saudi Arabia’s sustainable finance market…

Image: Supplied ADNOC Distribution has delivered its strongest quarterly performance since its IPO, reporting Q3 2025 EBITDA of Dhs1,171m, up 15.9 per cent year-on-year, alongside net profit growth of 21.5 per cent to Dhs811m. The nine-month results show EBITDA of Dhs3,243m (Dhs3.2bn), a 12 per cent increase year-on-year, with net profit reaching Dhs2,118m (Dhs2.1bn), up 15.6 per cent. Fuel volumes reached a record 11.7bn litres in the first nine months, and the company added 85 new service stations, including 72 in Saudi Arabia. Acting CFO Ali Siddiqi spoke to Gulf Business editor, Neesha Salian, about the drivers of this success,…

Andreessen Horowitz is pausing its Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund and program, according to four sources familiar with the matter, including more than one founder in the program.  The firm announced TxO in 2020 to support founders who do not have access to traditional venture networks. Many of TxO’s participants were women and minorities who, overall, receive very slim amounts of venture capital dollars. The announcement of the fund came during the wave of support that underrepresented founders received in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd. The fund launched with $2.2 million in initial commitments, TechCrunch previously reported, with a16z co-founder Ben Horowitz and his wife,…

Image: Supplied  The global travel industry is entering an era where commercial success is no longer driven solely by scale or efficiency, but by the ability to deliver meaningful, personalised experiences. As travellers’ values shift, luxury brands must adapt their commercial models to meet a new set of expectations: hyper-personalisation, holistic wellness, and itineraries that prioritise depth over breadth. For the luxury ocean travel sector, this is not just an evolution — it’s a redefinition of the entire guest experience, and in turn, the revenue models that sustain it.  From standardisation to personalisation For decades, the travel industry has leaned…

Image: Supplied The modern business world requires organisations to tackle ambitious, innovative yet complex projects in an increasingly interconnected world. The ability to deliver results efficiently and effectively has never been more critical. Project management skills are rapidly emerging as a key pillar in driving this effort forward, bridging strategy with execution and enabling teams to turn organisations’ visions into reality. At the same time, students and early-career professionals are recognisng the growing demand for skilled project managers and the opportunities this field offers. Certifications such as the PMP (Project Management Professional) and CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management) are…

Solo VC investor extraordinaire Elad Gil said on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt that AI has been one of the least predictable tech booms he’s ever seen. Gil is on the cap table of virtually every hit company of the past decade, including many of today’s leading AI companies. Still, he thinks that over the last year, certain AI markets appear to be nearly sewn up by market leaders. Beyond these areas, a vast swath of AI remains anyone’s game. “I started investing in generative AI in 2021 … at the time, not very many people were paying that much attention…