Dubai’s residents and citizens applaud its health professionals

Dubai’s residents and citizens stepped out on their balconies to applaud its health professionals, inspired by an initiative in Italy. Italian Lorenza Gazzol, who lives in Dubai, was moved by her Doctor friends in Northern Italy and wanted to start the wave of support for the many medical front liners in the UAE.

Space start-ups look to the future of tech from the UAE

“The UAE is very active in terms of robotic exploration as well as in the human space flight”. Founder & CEO of Spacebit, Pavlo Tanasyuk, talks about Dubai’s dynamic testbed environment for new technologies, plans to test their walking lunar rover, Rover Spider, destined for the moon in 2021, and the lunar economy. “In the […]

Lego builds for growth with regional headquarters in Dubai to serve 68 markets across MEA

Retail value of toys and games in the Middle East is set to grow to US$ 5.2 Billion by 2021 and Danish toy manufacturer Lego is on the scene to expand. General Manager Middle East & Africa (MEA), Jeroen Beijer, talks access to MEA, Dubai as a global business hub and e-commerce growth opportunities. “We […]

The UAE population is set to reach 10.5 Million by 2030 with food consumption growing 12% annually

This presents opportunity for companies like Dubai’s Farmbox, the e-commerce grocery company delivering fruits, vegs and dairy products to your front door. Co-Founder Romain Ollivier talks about e-commerce, agriculture and Dubai’s pro-business infrastructure. "We started in Dubai because the online industry is booming and their infrastructure for importing is super modern. Dubai is investing a […]

UAE Spend on cloud services to grow from US$ 120 Million in 2017 to US$ 411 million in 2022

A key partner of Area 2071 and Dubai Future Foundation, Microsoft Gulf, COO and CMO, Ihsan Anabtawi, talks about how Dubai’s pro-business policies and public private partnerships help build the eco-system the start-up community need to succeed. “IDC’s report, predicts that the cloud eco-system, supported by the local data centres, will help accelerate the creation […]

Al Safeer Congress Ambassador Networking Event 2020

Since 2010, the Al Safeer Congress Ambassador Programme has played an important role in bidding for a winning international congresses for Dubai. Al Safeer Ambassadors are making a vital contribution to Dubai’s growth as a knowledge hub and enhancing its reputation as a world class business events destination. The Al Safeer Networking Event on 2 […]

Dubai start-up GetBee brings e-learning to Latin America with Accenture

Global e-learning is set to reach US$ 287 billion by 2023. Thea Myhrvold, CEO and Founder of GetBEE, talks about how they digitally transform businesses to virtually deliver services, and how collaboration between start-ups, large corporates like Accenture and the Dubai government, drives digital transformation and global innovation. “Expo Live for example, is connecting over […]