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AI Governance Insights: Middle East Boards at the Forefront

Middle East Boards Lead Globally on AI Governance, but Skills and Expertise Gaps Remain, New Board Intelligence Index Reveals

  • 42% of Middle East directors view their board as an essential tool for value creation, the highest proportion among regions surveyed
  • 58% of boards are actively reviewing which decisions should remain human-led versus AI-led, with the remainder already having discussed it at board level, ahead of all other regions
  • 86% say their board enables innovation, the highest level across all regions
  • Skills and expertise are the region’s biggest boardroom challenge, with 80% of Middle East directors reporting that this issue has led to a delayed, rushed, or poor board decision in the past six months

H.E. Raja Al Mazrouei

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 11 June 2026 – Boards across the Middle East are emerging as the most forward-looking and technology-focused globally, according to new research from Board Intelligence, EMEA’s largest board technology and advisory firm.

Pippa Begg, CEO of Board Intelligence

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Featured, Technologies

Neurovia AI Shines at UAE Data Center Summit 2026

Abu Dhabi, UAE — June 11, 2026 — Robo.ai Inc. (NASDAQ: AIIO) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Neurovia AI, officially participated in the 2026 UAE Data Center Infrastructure & Cloud Summit as an OFFICIAL AI INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNER. The event, held today in Abu Dhabi, marked the first public appearance of the company’s newly appointed Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Rashed Aleghfeli.

During the summit, Mr. Rashed delivered a keynote address titled “Unload the Data Burden, Unlock AI Power,” and presented a live demonstration of the latest capabilities of the company’s core technology platform, NeuroStream™.

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Fashion & Trends, Technologies

Max Fashion and Google Cloud: New Era of Omnichannel Shopping

Max and Google Cloud Ignite a New Era of AI Retail, Launching One of MENA’s First Virtual Try-On Experience

Landmark Group’s leading value fashion brand deploys Google Cloud’s advanced generative AI to eliminate online fit friction, setting a new benchmark for omnichannel retail across the MENA region.

DUBAI, UAE — June 11, 2026 — Max Fashion, one of the Middle East’s largest value fashion brands and part of the Landmark Group, announced it is using Google Cloud’s technology to launch a new personalized shopping experience using Google Cloud’s Virtual Try-On API. The deployment signals a massive leap forward in the regional retail landscape, establishing Max as an early adopter of generative AI to solve ecommerce’s greatest challenge: the digital fit.

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Technologies

F5 Enhances AI-Powered WAAP Against New Threats

F5 Expands AI-powered WAAP Solutions to Arm Enterprises Against Frontier AI Threats and Stop Attacks Before Exploitation

AI-powered WAF, air-gapped API discovery and security, and virtual patching solutions give enterprises preemptive protection as frontier AI changes the exploitation of vulnerabilities

Kunal Anand - F5

Dubai, UAE, June 11, 2026 – F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in delivering and securing every app and API, has announced new web application and API protection (WAAP) capabilities for its Application Delivery and Security Platform designed to keep enterprises ahead of a rapidly shifting threat landscape. Frontier AI models have collapsed the window between vulnerability discovery and active exploitation, giving threat actors faster, cheaper, and more available means of attack. F5 has expanded its industry-leading WAAP solutions, expanding its AI-powered WAF functionality in F5 Distributed Cloud Services to directly address that reality.

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Shopping & Promotions, Technologies

Beyond Points and Discounts: How Regional Brands Are Building Emotional Loyalty

By Adam Whatling, Chief Commercial Officer, Loylogic

For years, loyalty programs across the region operated on a simple formula: spend more, earn more. Points, vouchers, cashback, and discounts became the currency of customer retention. But in today’s market, where consumers are overwhelmed with choice and increasingly resistant to transactional marketing, that model is rapidly losing its power.

Adam Whatling

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