Monthly Archives: October 2025

Health Care

Forbes Middle East Reveals the Region’s Top Healthcare Leaders 2025

                    ∙   Founders & Shareholders  ∙ Executives Lists

Meet the industry leaders driving innovation in MENA’s Healthcare Landscape

  • U.A.E.-based leaders constitute over 46% of the two lists, with 70 entries.
  • Saudi Arabia follows with 43, while Qatar and Egypt are home to 10 of the entries each.
  • Hospitals represent the biggest sector with 46 leaders, followed by Pharmaceuticals with 38.

Dubai, U.A.E. – October 20, 2025: Forbes Middle East has revealed its annual rankings of the region’s Top Healthcare Leaders for 2025, through two rankings. The first recognizes 50 founders and shareholders redefining the Middle East’s healthcare ecosystem, while the second highlights the 100 executives and CEOs leading its largest and most influential companies.

To curate the two rankings, Forbes Middle East evaluated several factors, including the size of the company, the leader and the company’s impact on the region’s healthcare sector, innovative initiatives and achievements over the past year, the experience of the leader in the sector, diversity of operations, level of transparency, and sustainability and CSR initiatives, and ownership percentage in the company for the shareholders list, among others.

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Entertainment & Celebrity

Pinoy Comedy Mixtape Comes to Dubai for a Night of Non-Stop Laughter!

Mas Matagal Ang Hintay, Mas Matindi Ang Tawanan!

Dubai, UAE- 22nd October, 2025- Dubai, the wait is finally over! After months of anticipation, the much-awaited Pinoy Comedy Mixtape is finally hitting the stage- bringing with it an unforgettable night of laughter, stories, and pure Pinoy humor that will leave audiences grinning from ear to ear.

Presented by Midas Events, Eva Live, and DXB Live, this first-ever Dubai edition celebrates everything that makes Filipino comedy so special- its wit, heart, and timeless relatability.

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Business & Investments

 Built by Retailers, for Retailers: SRF 2025 Returns with Its 3rd Edition, Bringing Together the Leading Voices Powering the Kingdom’s Retail Rise

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,22nd Oct,2025 : The Saudi Retail Forum (SRF) 2025, the Kingdom’s leading retail leadership and innovation platform, will convene industry pioneers on October 27, 2025, at the voco hotel in Riyadh. This premier event, serving as a definitive platform to translate early market signals into actionable business strategies, arrives as Saudi Arabia’s retail sector undergoes its most profound transformation, evolving from importing retail innovation to exporting homegrown concepts that are reshaping regional commerce, directly supporting the economic diversification goals of Saudi Vision 2030.

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Shopping & Promotions

Fall into “Sweet Moments” at Bawabat Al Sharq Mall

Abu Dhabi, UAE — 22 October 2025: This fall season, Bawabat Al Sharq Mall is turning up the fun with “Sweet Moments”, a series of vibrant, candy-themed family activations that promises to fill the Mall with beautiful colors, laughter, and lots of candy. 

Running from November 7th to 9th, 2025, the activations invite visitors to indulge in candy-themed games like Ring Toss and the Shape Matching Challenge, in addition to engaging in interactive workshops where kids get to make their own candy slime and craft colorful jewelry made of candy. Moreover, participants will be treated to candy giveaways, offering them a chance to carry their sweet memories back home with them.  

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Business & Investments

Ministry of Economy and Tourism introduces trademark service fees as part of efforts to enhanceUAE’s appeal for national and international brands and support SME owners

  • 50 percent reduction in all fees for National SME Programme members
  • H.E. Bin Touq: “A significant step in facilitating and expediting trademark registration procedures in the country, which saw a 129 percent growth in H1 2025.”

H.E. Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Tourism

Abu Dhabi, 21 October 2025 –The Ministry of Economy and Tourism held a media briefing at its Dubai headquarters to announce the Cabinet’s decision on the fees for trademark services provided by the Ministry.The briefing was attended by H.E. Abdullah Ahmed Al Saleh, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy and Tourism; and H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman Hassan Al Muaini, Assistant Undersecretary for the Intellectual Property (IP) Sector at the Ministry.

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