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Arab Region's Top Start-ups Top 10 from GCC Source: Forbes, Marmore research UAE – Start-up hub of the GCC UAE has been the prime destination for budding start-ups in the Arab region offering a plethora of opportunities for prospective business...

Saudi Arabia plans to pump about 9.77mbpd in November, which would be its lowest output since January 2015. According to the Saudi energy ministry, the decrease in allocations for November includes a full 290,000-bpd reduction over and above the 486,000...

Jazeera Airways Snapshot   Type Scheduled Airline   Base Kuwait   Aircraft 7   Destinations 18   Routes 17   Daily Flights 23 Source: ch-aviation Why Jazeera entered the Indian aviation industry? Low oil prices for the past couple of...

Saudi Aramco is arguably one of the world’s largest Oil and Gas Company in terms of revenues and reserves that they control. To give an idea of its size, Aramco produces close to 10.3Mn barrels per day and its closest...

Air Quality – Cause for concern The extent of air pollution is higher than the global average in all GCC countries with Qatar and Saudi Arabia having alarming levels of PM2.5. As per a study by WHO, Saudi Arabia accounted...

Challenges faced by GCC education industry Despite the growing government spending on education by gulf countries averaging 15.8% of government expenditure in GCC, the quality of education remain below par to global standards. It is reflected in high level of...

The total power generated through renewables in the GCC has grown from a meagre 20 GWh in 2010 to 620 GWh in 2015. But looking at the bigger picture, it constitutes to less than 1% of the total power generated...

The total outlets in UAE for food services were 16,000+ in 2015 which is expect to expand by 17.4% annually to reach 19,000+ by 2020 (KPMG report). The market size for food and beverage (F&B) in UAE was measured at...

Table: YoY revenue and net income change for major GCC airlines (2015 vs 2016) YoY change (2015 vs 2016) Revenue Net Income Emirates 0% -82% Etihad -22% NM Qatar Airways 4% 30% Oman Air 1% NM Jazeera -10% -35% Air...

Food Security Index Ranking 2016 Country Affordability Availability Quality & Safety Overall Rank US 3 1 3 1 UK 11 5 22 8 Qatar 1 43 25 20 Japan 23 23 19 22 Oman 32 21 25 26 Kuwait 6...