500 Global, a multi-stage venture capital firm, and Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned company of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), announced the tenth batch of the Sanabil Accelerator by 500 Global.
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the world’s largest aluminium smelter on one site, has been honoured with the ‘Excellence in Safety’ Award by the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) during its annual awards ceremony held recently at Liverpool, UK.
DMCC, a leading international business district that drives the flow of global trade through Dubai, has unveiled the world’s largest silver bar – a record-breaking 1,971 kg asset officially recognised by Guinness World Records.
Multiply Media Group (MMG), a subsidiary of 2PointZero Group, has announced the full acquisition of London Lites, one of London’s leading digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) operators renowned for its landmark locations.
Bahrain has announced a reduction in the minimum real estate investment required for the Golden Residency from BD200,000 ($530,494) to BD130,000 ($344,821).
UAE groups ARY and Maher Al Zarooni have announced the formation of ARY & MAZ Developments, a joint venture set to deliver a new wave of landmark projects in Dubai with an estimated AED2.5 billion ($681 million) development pipeline.
Hassan Allam and Tilal Real Estate alliance have signed a strategic partnership with the Saudi National Housing Company to develop their first mixed-use project in Riyadh's Khozam District. Spanning 228,000 sq m, the planned community is being set up at an investment of more than SAR3.3 billion ($879 million).
Greenhouse Foodstuff Trading, a leading food service and retail company in the GCC, has announced its additional focus into the UAE’s fine-dining market, with a range of premium products to address the demand for high-end ingredients from leading chefs and restaurateurs in the region.
Gene therapy will treat blood and liver diseases within five years; all 4,000 genetic diseases could be eliminated within a decade; human bodies equipped with advanced wearables will become the natural environment for daily AI integration; and 30% of Fortune 500 CEOs will have a digital twin by 2028 --they are all the predictions by experts at the Dubai Future Forum. Other experts explored provocative scenarios, including the possibility that a fully omniscient AI, capable of accessing all human knowledge, could pose an existential threat to humanity.
Most humans may eventually become cyborgs, the Dubai Future Forum 2025 heard on Wednesday from Professor Sir Konstantin Novoselov, Nobel Prize laureate and researcher at the National University of Singapore.
