Perspective. Analysis. Regional Intelligence.

We wish you all a great St Patricks Day from the office

First animals move into Dubai’s planned Safari Park project

The Dubai Safari Park has started to receive the first of the animals that will be the foundation stock for the collection, it was announced on Tuesday. The project, located at Al Warqa district, will cover a total area of 119 hectares and work is ongoing to build a collection that will take the safari

Up to 20 private schools to open in Dubai in 2017

DUBAI // Up to 20 private schools are expected to open in the emirate in the next academic year, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority said. There are 173 private schools in Dubai. Eleven opened in 2014 and last year, and seven will open this year, the authority said. Abdulla Al Karam, director general of

Dubai employees in row with bosses over storm-damaged cars

DUBAI // Employees of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce are irate that their cars have yet to be removed from a company car park in Jebel Ali, which was flooded by the heavy downpours last week. A staff member said the vehicles had become inoperable because the management did not act in a timely manner.

World’s tallest tower reaches 37th floor

Kingdom Holding revealed that the 1km tower had reached its 37th floor. It will overtake the 830-metre Burj Khalifa once complete with a gross floor area of 245,000 sqm. Saudi Arabia’s 1km Kingdom tower, which has just been renamed Jeddah Tower will be the world’s tallest building when it opens in 2018. More than a

Saudi’s domestic airports record over 50% growth in international traffic

Saudi Arabia’s domestic airports recorded a 51.5 percent increase in the number of international flight services in 2015, according to the last figures from the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA). The number of international services from the kingdom’s domestic airports jumped from 26,361 at the end of 2015 from 17,405 in 2014, according to

South Africa turns on Saudi-built solar to cut coal reliance

South Africa and Saudi Arabian ACWA Power launched a $328 million solar power plant in the Northern Cape province on Monday, as Africa’s most industrialised country rushes to expand its power supply and cut its coal reliance. The Bokpoort Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Project, developed by a consortium led by ACWA Power, is set to

Seventeen schools to open in Abu Dhabi by 2018

ABU DHABI // Seventeen private schools, including two all-girls institutes, are expected to open in the emirate over the next two years, and between them they will enrol 24,000 pupils. Abu Dhabi Education Council said the schools would help to meet rising demand, as the student population is growing at about 5 per cent a

First World Future Sports Games to take place in Dubai in 2017

Dubai has revealed that it will organise the first World Future Sports Games in December 2017 as part of its new economic sector, Future Sports, supported by the city’s World Federation of Future Sports. The event will feature nine competitions based on modern technology and artificial intelligence sports. These will include driverless car racing, robotic