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Standard Chartered Forecasts Stronger UAE Business Growth in Q3 2026 as Non-Oil Economy Gains Momentum
ByUAE-Business.com July 6, 2026August 22, 2026

Standard Chartered forecasts accelerated UAE business activity in Q3 2026, driven by resilient non-oil economic growth, stronger domestic consumption, rising investment, and improving regional trade. The bank’s latest analysis highlights the UAE’s robust economic fundamentals, sustained PMI expansion, recovering oil exports, and continued diversification efforts that position the country for stronger growth despite recent regional challenges.

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Dubai Founders HQ and Antler Launch Entrepreneur Academy to Help Entrepreneurs Build Startups in Dubai
ByUAE-Business.com July 3, 2026August 22, 2026

Dubai Founders HQ has partnered with Antler to launch the Entrepreneur Academy, a six-week programme designed to help aspiring entrepreneurs transform business ideas into startups. Combining practical training, AI-powered venture-building tools, expert mentorship, and direct access to Dubai’s startup ecosystem, the initiative supports the goals of the Dubai Economic Agenda (D33) by developing the next generation of founders and high-growth businesses.

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Innovation

CARMA Launches Noor, a Personal AI Analyst for Communications Professionals
ByUAE-Business.com July 3, 2026August 22, 2026

CARMA has launched Noor, a personal AI analyst built specifically for PR and communications professionals. Powered by CARMA’s award-winning media intelligence methodologies, Noor delivers instant media insights, contextual analysis, executive-ready reports and multilingual capabilities, helping organisations make faster, data-driven communications decisions.

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Hospitality

Dubai launches “SME in a Box” to help entrepreneurs start and run businesses faster and at a lower cost
ByUAE-Business.com June 5, 2026August 22, 2026

Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism has launched “SME in a Box,” a unified platform designed to simplify and accelerate business setup and operations for entrepreneurs. The initiative integrates licensing, banking, payments, logistics, and telecom services into a single onboarding journey, reducing administrative friction, cutting costs, and saving founders up to 200 hours. With 18 private-sector partners and value-driven SME packages, the platform supports Dubai’s D33 Economic Agenda by enabling faster, more efficient business creation and scaling.

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Innovation

Kaspersky Report Highlights Hidden Detection Gaps in Enterprise Security Operations Centers
ByUAE-Business.com June 5, 2026August 22, 2026

A new Kaspersky report reveals that many enterprise Security Operations Centers (SOCs) actively monitor less than half of the security data they collect, creating significant blind spots in threat detection. While organizations often measure SOC performance by response and detection speed, the study found that real-time detection logic covers only 43% of available data sources on average. The findings highlight the growing need for stronger detection engineering, regular SOC assessments, and independent consulting to improve cybersecurity visibility and resilience.

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Hospitality

HER STORY – An Exhibition Where Narratives Became Visual Memory
ByUAE-Business.com May 29, 2026August 22, 2026

“HER STORY – A Tribute to Women, Edition 2” is an international contemporary art exhibition presented by Art4you Gallery and curated by Jesno Jackson at Art Smiley Art Gallery in Dubai. Bringing together 21 artists from 16 nationalities, the exhibition explores womanhood as a layered, evolving experience shaped by memory, identity, resilience, migration, and transformation. Through painting, installation, mixed media, abstraction, and figurative works, the showcase transforms the gallery into an emotional and cultural dialogue space where personal narratives merge into collective memory. Themes of vulnerability and strength coexist, offering viewers an immersive journey through visual storytelling that transcends aesthetics. Enhanced by multicultural participation and sustainability-focused elements, HER STORY reflects Dubai’s dynamic contemporary art scene and reinforces art as a bridge between personal experience and shared human understanding.

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Why Most E-commerce Brands in the UAE Fail at ROAS — And What Actually Drives Profitable Growth
ByUAE-Business.com May 18, 2026August 22, 2026

This article explores why ROAS is an unreliable success metric for UAE ecommerce brands and how it can mask profitability issues. It outlines a shift toward profitable growth through full-funnel performance marketing, improved attribution, stronger conversion optimization, and a focus on customer lifetime value (LTV) over short-term revenue metrics.

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Innovation

Why Organic Waste Will Decide the UAE’s Circular Economy Success
ByUAE-Business.com May 18, 2026August 22, 2026

The UAE’s circular economy goals may depend less on plastics and more on solving the growing challenge of organic waste. A high-level sustainability roundtable hosted by the American University of Sharjah in collaboration with Emirates Biotech highlighted that organic waste accounts for nearly 40% of municipal waste in the UAE, yet remains under-prioritised in policy and infrastructure planning. Industry experts, government officials and academics stressed that mandatory waste separation, landfill pricing reforms and UAE-specific compostable material standards are essential to achieving the country’s Circular Economy Policy 2031 and climate targets.

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Real Estate

ADCB Launches Off-Plan Mortgage Solutions for UAE Homebuyers
ByUAE-Business.com May 18, 2026August 22, 2026

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) has launched new mortgage solutions for off-plan properties from leading UAE developers, offering eligible homebuyers financing of up to 50% of property value, pre-approvals valid through handover, and competitive fixed rates starting from 3.49% per annum. The initiative supports growth in the UAE real estate sector while simplifying the home financing process for buyers.

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