UAE: Abu Dhabi

The UAE leads on many fronts in ICT rankings for the region, as well as on international indices, in no small part due to initiatives from Abu Dhabi acting as key drivers of the country’s overall performance. The emirate’s smart government initiative is a driving force behind growth in infrastructure and technology and, not insignificantly, on...

The UAE’s move further upwards in the 2015 “Global Network Readiness Index” underscores the steady improvements made to ICT infrastructure in what was already a modern and highly advanced environment. In addition, these improvements are also aligned with the emirate’s long-term economic and social development strategy, the Abu Dhabi Economic...

Having put revenues from hydrocarbons towards the diversification of its economy, the emirate is in a good position to weather the storms of tumbling oil prices. As part of its Economic Vision 2030, sectors such as tourism, manufacturing, logistics, health, education, financial services, aerospace and telecoms have been highlighted as the...

After several years of bumper oil prices, including what at one point seemed a new normal of $100 per barrel, crude oil-producing nations now have to accept that energy markets are once more interesting. However, while significant attention has been focused on the price war between OPEC and US shale, the current slump in prices is also...

While Abu Dhabi continues to diversify its economy, oil and gas nevertheless remain the emirate’s mainstays, representing more than half of GDP in 2015 and accounting for more than 90% of government revenues, according to figures from the Statistics Centre - Abu Dhabi (SCAD). Despite the impact of low oil prices on the sector, the government...