Business
Forbes Middle East - English
ROAD WARRIORS
APPLIED INTUITION'S COFOUNDERS ARE BUILDING SOFTWARE THAT CAN DRIVE EVERYTHING FROM PLANES TO TANKS TO AUTOMOBILES. BUT TO EXPAND BEYOND ITS $800 MILLION BUSINESS SELLING TECH FOR CARS, THEY WILL HAVE TO TAKE ON TESLA, GOOGLE, NVIDIA AND A HOST OF OTHER STARTUPS JOSTLING FOR POLE POSITION IN THE AUTONOMY RACE.
9 min |
March 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
EGYPT'S 50 MOST VALUABLE COMPANIES 2026
Egypt's stock market staged a sharp rebound in 2025, with total market capitalisation rising more than 40% to $67.3 billion as of January 2026.
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March 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
How The Middle East's Biggest Companies Are Rewriting Their Playbooks
From oil and utilities to telecoms and banking, the region's largest firms are rethinking how they operate - shifting capital, embracing AI, and rebuilding for a very different decade ahead.
5 min |
March 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
Music, Without Borders - Spotify And The Rise Of MENA Talent
As Spotify expands across the Middle East and North Africa, the question is no longer whether the region’s music can travel it already does. The real issue isn't reach, but power who captures the value created, and whether global platforms are helping build durable creative economies or simply scaling distribution.
4 min |
March 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
WHY LAMBORGHINI ISN'T GOING FULLY ELECTRIC
THE CAR INDUSTRY SAYS THE FUTURE IS SILENT. LAMBORGHINI IS BETTING THAT EMOTION STILL MATTERS MORE.
3 min |
March 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
'Lotus' Lowdown
Set-jetters who want to say they stayed at the hotel from The White Lotus Season 4 before it even started filming should start booking now.
1 min |
March 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
Why WHOOP Thinks Wearables Have Been Solving The Wrong Problem
As wearables compete to measure more of the human body, WHOOP is making a quieter case: the real problem was never data collection. It was knowing what to do with it.
2 min |
March 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
The Al State: How Gulf Governments Turned Artificial Intelligence Into Critical Infrastructure
Artificial intelligence is now a core layer of national infrastructure across the Gulf, shaping decisions around what is built locally, what is shared, and how dependence is managed.
3 min |
March 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
FUTURE WRIST
Industrial designer Marc Newson has created luggage for Louis Vuitton, pens for Montblanc and bottles for Hennessy, but the 62-year-old Australian has always had a special passion for timepieces.
1 min |
March 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
RESTAURANTS THAT MATTER NOW
The Middle East has quietly become one of the world's most interesting places to eat - not because it's chasing trends, but because it no longer needs to. There is depth now: chefs who understand their craft, kitchens that know their audience, and restaurants built to last rather than open loudly. This is not a ranking or a review. It's our edit of the places setting the pace right now - the ones you trust when the choice matters.
1 min |
March 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
OFFSHORE LOGIC
CIB chose to run its digital bank through an ADGM holding company, rather than building it market by market.
1 min |
March 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
MAKING AUTONOMY WORK
At Space42, Muneera Al Marzooqi is taking autonomous mobility out of test mode and into day-to-day operation, where regulation, cost, and reliability decide what survives.
1 min |
March 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
LIVE OPERATIONS
At Saudi Aramco, Ahmad O. Al-Khowaiter decides which technologies are allowed into live operations - and which are stopped before they ever touch an asset. That discipline is reshaping how the world's largest energy company uses Al.
3 min |
March 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
ASTON MARTIN'S OPEN-TOP MASTERPIECE
Widely regarded as one of the most beautiful sports racing cars to emerge from Newport Pagnell, the 1955 Aston Martin DB3S is pure mid-century confidence on four wheels.
1 min |
March 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
THE FIRST SUPERCAR
The car of the year may turn out to be a septuagenarian.
1 min |
March 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE TEST OF GLOBAL STABILITY
Few regions influence the global economy as directly as the Middle East.
3 min |
March 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
World's Most Powerful Passport U.A.E. Ranks First Again
The U.A.E. has once again secured the top position in the Passport Index rankings for 2026, maintaining its status as the world's most powerful passport for the sixth year in a row, according to data as of January 2, 2026, by Arton Capital.
2 min |
February 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
TOP TECH CEOs
Xiao assumed his current position when G42 was founded in 2018.
10+ min |
February 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
TOP TECH LEADERS OF GLOBAL COMPANIES
Ronaldo Mouchawar cofounded Souq.com in 2005, Amazon acquired in 2017.
4 min |
February 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
SHARJAH'S STARTUP JUMP ISN'T LUCK. IT'S GOVERNANCE
Sharjah's startup rise hasn't come from hype. Sara Al Nuaimi, CEO of Sheraa, is focused on the practical work behind it - making it easier for founders to start, test ideas, and build companies in the real world.
6 min |
February 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
TOP TECH LEADERS IN GOVERNMENT
Al Kuwaiti was appointed head of Cybersecurity for the U.A.E. Government, in 2020.
4 min |
February 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
5 Most Valuable Pure-Play AI Unicorns
In 2025, AI startups secured $202.3 billion, taking the lion's share of global funding, claiming 50% according to Crunchbase. Here are the world's top five AI unicorns by January 2026.
2 min |
February 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
MENA 2026 Economic & Transformation Outlook
As global economic growth moderates and geopolitical risks persist, the MENA region's entry into 2026 is characterized by diversification and transformation efforts, investment, and structural reforms.
3 min |
February 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
Meet MENA's 50 Over 50 in 2026
The leaders, founders, creators and innovators on the all-women 50 Over 50 Global list 2026 hail from 36 countries and territories and are leaving their marks on every sector of business. Meet the four trailblazers based in the Middle East and North Africa. All are examples of resilience in an ever-changing global environment.
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February 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
THE U.A.E.'S LONG GAME ON CYBERSECURITY
Dr. Mohamed AI Kuwaiti, Head of Cybersecurity for the U.A.E. Government, has helped turn cybersecurity from a back-office function into a core pillar of national strategy. As digital threats grow more complex, the country is positioning security not as a brake on innovation, but as the condition that makes it possible.
5 min |
February 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
Meet 2025's Most Popular AI Chatbots
From helping users shop online to supporting scientific research, generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have become mainstream. Here are the six most popular AI chatbots worldwide, based on global monthly active users in December 2025, according to data from U.S. market intelligence firm Sensor Tower.
3 min |
February 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
Inside Adrian Cheng's New K11 Middle East Playbook
Adrian Cheng, a third-generation heir of Hong Kong's Cheng family, has launched the ALMAD Group, marking its first move into the U.A.E. With ambitious plans for Wafi City, more is to come.
6 min |
February 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
Engineered For Space, Built For Earth
Noor Haj-Tamim turned her vertigo into innovation, founding Avionova, a MedTech startup making space-grade cryotherapy earbuds that restore balance in seconds, bridging cutting-edge space research with practical healthcare solutions.
7 min |
February 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
THE WORLD'S MOST PROFITABLE SPORTS TEAMS 2026
These 20 franchises combined for $4.5 billion in operating income, but one team remains in a league of its own-more than $200 million beyond any other.
3 min |
February 2026 - English
Forbes Middle East - English
FROM TELCO TO TECHCO
ANDREW KVÅLSETH’S BEYON REBUILD
7 min |