My Business

How one woman turned flaky plans into real friendships

Dubai entrepreneur’s women-only app turns ‘sometime’ chats into real-life hangouts

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After years of watching “let’s do this sometime” go nowhere in Dubai’s group chats, Mercy Joyce built JaneJane, a women-only app turning empty plans into real hangouts, funded entirely from her savings.

How a British expat makes pre-loved fashion sustainable

She turned a wardrobe full of unworn clothes to a pre-loved fashion, consignment business

Jessica Coote, founder and CEO of Closet Concierge

Abu Dhabi opens region's first AI-powered vehicle plant

ROX begins local production as three ADAMAS vehicles receive the Made in the Emirates mark

The development is supported by the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology under the umbrella of the “Make it in the Emirates” initiative.

Dubai friends turn husband texts into AI business

Two best friends turned one awkward exchange into a self-funded relationship tool

Zainab Imichi Alhassan and Sarah Curtis, Founders of Good Husband.

A four-hour clinic visit sparked a Dubai startup

A four-hour clinic visit exposed a problem this Dubai founder wanted to solve

Mahmoud Abdelrazag Salih Suliman, Co-Founder & CEO, Neulink

This Jordanian founder taught AI to listen to trees

Palmear grew from one founder’s effort to help farmers fight the Red Palm Weevil

My Business: Millions of date palms were dying. This founder built AI to find the threat

From surgeon to founder: An Emirati success story

Dr Amina Nabil encourages more Emirati women to lead in healthcare

Emirati Dr Amina Nabil credits the UAE’s supportive environment for innovation and entrepreneurship

How these women founders help UAE buy wiser, cut waste

The marketplace is betting on the region's growing appetite for sustainable consumption

From left to right: Founders of Revyn Malahat Peyvandi and Federica Bonometti

How UAE helped a Dubai founder build her vision

Mahsa Gholizadeh on risk, resilience and building a design business in the UAE

Mahsa Gholizadeh, Founder of DBM Studio

How an Emirati turned food security to homegrown brand

He is creating new value from dates, camel milk, and resources found close to home

Rashid Gargash, founder of Rashtions

How this ex waiter selling fish built his Dubai company

After years of side hustles, setbacks, savings, he launched his own food trading business

VJ Estander, managing director of Great Harvest Foodstuff and Trading Services

UAE founder turns five-minute scare into startup

Tapy’s Aman Watch helps families track people of determination and elderly relatives

Youssef Al Hussiny, CEO & Co Founder, Tapy, for My Business.

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