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1. News · 21 October 2026

   UK company Yamna plans an AI data centre in Salalah, Oman

   Yamna, a UK-founded company backed by British investment funds, is set to sign an agreement with Oman to build a large-scale AI data centre in Salalah, the UK government said on 21 October 2026, durin

   Oman

2. Article · 28 September 2026

   AI across the Middle East: what the Gulf's investment could mean for the wider region

   A region-by-region look at how AI is developing across the GCC, the Levant, Egypt and North Africa, and Iraq, Iran and Yemen. It covers opportunities, the digital divide, and the effect of the 2026 wa

   Iran, Yemen, Iraq, Egypt

3. Article · 28 September 2026

   The GCC AI landscape in 2026: a country-by-country guide

   A factual overview of AI strategy, institutions, models, infrastructure and governance in each of the six GCC states as of September 2026. It separates what is operating from what is announced, and gi

   United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain

4. Article · 28 September 2026

   Illustrative archetypes: what agentic organisations could look like in the Gulf

   Five fictional, composite organisations (a Dubai trading SME, a Riyadh clinic group, a Kuwaiti family retailer, a Muscat government service unit and a Doha professional-services firm) show how the ide

   Muscat, Kuwait, Dubai, Riyadh

5. Article · 28 September 2026

   Future organisations: from Exponential Organizations to ExO 3.0, with a Gulf lens

   A calm introduction to how organisations are changing as AI agents take on routine work. It explains the Exponential Organizations lineage (2014, 2023 and OpenExO's 2026 ExO 3.0), makes clear what is

   United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Bahrain, Muscat

6. Article · 28 September 2026

   Sector opportunity maps: AI in eight Gulf industries

   A sector-by-sector look at where AI is genuinely useful in the GCC (real estate, logistics, finance, energy, government, retail, health and education), with sourced regional context, practical use cas

   United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi

7. Article · 28 September 2026

   AI readiness checklist for Gulf businesses

   Thirty plain-language questions across eight areas (strategy, data, processes, people, technology, governance and law, security and resilience, and customers and trust) with a simple 0–2 score, calm g

   United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Dubai

8. Article · 28 September 2026

   From paper to agents: a staged digitisation and AI adoption roadmap for Gulf businesses

   A six-stage framework (foundations, digitise, connect data, automate, augment with AI, agentic operations) with a clear 'gate' before each move, plus what each stage needs in data, governance, skills

   United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Qatar

9. Article · 28 September 2026

   Business in the age of AI: where to focus in the Gulf, and how existing businesses can adapt calmly

   A practical, reassuring guide for people and companies in the GCC. It covers the real demand signals (government programmes, adoption, regulation and investment), where individuals, SMEs and larger fi

   United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia

10. Article · 28 September 2026

    Can AI help keep the peace? What is already being used, and what it can't do

    AI is already used to forecast conflict risk, translate across languages, let thousands of people take part in peace talks, and check whether images are genuine. This page describes real deployments,

    United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Qatar, Libya

11. Tracker claim · Not yet · 28 September 2026

    Oman: top-50 place in the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index; second phase 2026–2030.

    MTCIT, Oman · 2024–26 programme

    Oman

12. Article · 28 February 2026

    Resilience in 2026: how the war has affected the Gulf's digital infrastructure, and what is changing

    A factual, attributed account of how the 2026 regional war affected data centres, cables and AI plans in the Gulf, what operators and governments are changing in response, and what it means for reside

    United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia