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MENA private equity poised for significant growth, says industry report

  • International Monetary Fund: MENA will become world’s third fastest-growing region over next five years 
  • Study reveals UAE & Saudi Arabia leading in private equity investments at more than 75 per cent of investments by value 
  • Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia & Lebanon carve niche after accounting for 10-plus deals 

Car Sickness Research to Put Brakes on Family Road Trip Curse – That Even Affects the Pet Goldfish

  • Ford working together with motion sickness experts to try reduce car sickness in future cars
  • Start-stop traffic can spell car sickness misery, with new research showing, on average, passengers staring at screens felt ill after only 10 minutes
  • Two in three people have at some point felt car sick – children and teens worst affected by motion sickness that can even affect goldfish

Clean energy offers massive potential for GCC to maintain global energy leadership and reap substantial fossil fuel savings: report

  • Renewable energy (RE) plans for region’s electricity sectors could result in overall savings of USD 55 to 87 billion 
  • Fossil fuel savings in power and water sectors could peak at around 400 million barrels of oil equivalent by 2030 
  • Savings for Saudi Arabia, the region’s largest consumer of fossil fuels for power production, at 170 million

Automotive brands dominate top ten most Intimate Brands in the UAE, according to Brand Intimacy 2017 Report by MBLM Dubai

UAE citizens and residents feel the closest emotional bond with automotive brands, according to MBLM’s second UAE Brand Intimacy 2017 Report, the most comprehensive study of brands based on emotions.

The most intimate brand in the UAE for the second year in a row is Apple, followed by car brands BMW and Ford. The top 10 is rounded out by: Lexus, Audi, Google, Mercedes, Louis Vuitton, Hilton and Nescafé.

5G subscriptions to reach half a billion in 2022: Ericsson Mobility Report

  • 25 percent of all subscriptions will be 5G in North America in 2022, representing the highest market penetration in the world
  • Mobile broadband to account for 90 percent of all subscriptions by 2022
  • 29 billion connected devices by 2022, of which around 18 billion related to the Internet of Things (IoT)

Released today, the latest edition of the Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) Mobility Report

GCC F&B industry experiencing unprecedented growth buoyed by rising population & tourists arrivals, says report

  • Food consumption alone expected to reach 51.9 million metric tons by 2019
  • CAGR of 3.5 per cent in food consumption between 2014 and 2019 projected
  • Tourist arrivals forecasted to witness annual average growth of 7.8 per cent between 2014 and 2024 to further drive food demand
  • 70 per cent of food products imported, wit

‘Brexit’ move tips scale in GCC’s favor: report

  • Orient Planet Research report sheds light on new economic reality for GCC countries after Brexit 
  • Financial markets and currencies to face short-term challenges; weak pound may hit tourism flow into the region 
  • Saudi takes investment precautions, but businesses confident of strong economic ties with Britain