Business – MercyCorps sets up Dubai hub to serve MENA, build partnerships
The development agency is setting up regional headquarters based in Dubai to serve the MENA region
View ArticleBusiness – The Big Ask: Is higher education still relevant?
Experts debate whether the traditional model of higher education needs revamping
View ArticleBusiness – Emirate’s new solar park to reduce gas dependence
The United Arab Emirates is a land synonymous with oil reserves, but there is perhaps a more powerful energy resource which has remained largely untapped till now: the sun
View ArticleBusiness – Muhammad Yunus calls for shake-up of the financial system
The Nobel Laureate argued for an independent regulatory authority for microfinance in every country at the recent Islamic finance summit in Dubai
View ArticleBusiness – Energy’s underdog gets a sustainable makeover
Updated technology in the field of ‘nuclear recycling’ may cast off the negative connotations that nuclear energy currently battles with
View ArticleBusiness – Solving wind power’s challenges with SMEs
A UK research centre is championing SMEs as the solution to any challenges wind or tidal power may throw up
View ArticleBusiness – “Bidding for and hosting events like the Olympics are a way to...
Sir Hugh Robertson, Minister for Sport and the Olympics during London 2012, discusses how a successful mega-event can impact a country’s legacy for decades
View ArticleBusiness – The wild-eyed genius of kytoons
Kite balloons aim to harness the high-altitude energy of wind rushing 1,000m above earth. How viable is this technology?
View ArticleBusiness – Dubai on quest to become happiest, smartest city
Dr. Aisha Bin Bishr, the head of Smart Dubai’s task force team, talks to Vision about how the emirate has embraced the latest technologies to improve people’s lives
View ArticleBusiness – The Big Ask: can governments help combat obesity?
Three experts share their views on the role of government in fighting obesity
View ArticleBusiness – Dubai emerges as global events hub in drive to hit 2020 goals
Dubai, which has long cemented its position as the Middle East’s business and trade hub, has also successfully become one of the world’s top cities for events, from conferences and trade shows to...
View ArticleBusiness – Building lasting legacies: mega-events
As Dubai prepares for its 2020 Expo, Vision takes a look at the case study of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games to consider how hosting a mega-event can have benefits that span the decades
View ArticleBusiness – Expo 2020 Dubai kicks off series of events to inspire youth
Dubai event brings together some of the brightest young minds from across the UAE to the first in a series of events aimed at inspiring and engaging youth
View ArticleBusiness – “Bidding for and hosting events like the Olympics are a way to...
Sir Hugh Robertson, Minister for Sport and the Olympics during London 2012, discusses how a successful mega-event can impact a country’s legacy for decades
View ArticleVideo – Business – What makes Dubai a good host city?
CEO of Dubai Opera Jasper Hope, Tournament Director of Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Salah Tahlak and Director of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature Isobel Abulhoul, explain why Dubai...
View ArticleBusiness – Smart cities boost innovation and help start-ups thrive
Dr. Philippe Bouvier sheds light on how smart cities create an ideal environment for innovators and entrepreneurs to flourish and discusses how they can be sustainable in the long-run
View ArticleBusiness – Masdar finds answer to water desalination in renewables
A new project by Abu Dhabi's Masdar is turning seawater from the Arabian Gulf into potable water, relying entirely on renewable energy. Vision finds out why it is an important milestone not only for...
View ArticleBusiness – Rewarding outstanding Arab women
Elizabeth Filippouli is CEO of the leadership and human development agency Global Thinkers and the international think tank Global Thinkers Forum, which hosts the 2nd Arab Women as Changemakers Awards...
View ArticleBusiness – Blockchain and Bitcoin Technology: Are we ready for the future?
Vision finds out whether Blockchain, the technology inextricably linked to Bitcoin, can do for the transfer of value what the internet did for the transfer of information
View ArticleBusiness – AstroLabs partners with Google to boost Dubai tech hub status
AstroLabs Dubai, the only Google-partnered tech hub in the MENA region, is on the lookout for the best innovative technology start-ups globally, seeking to create a community that can do "some amazing...
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