Innovation
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Madrid’s electric moment
Madrid has a way of turning noise into culture. Late night terrazas, scooters threading through traffic, stadium chants drifting into side streets.
Before the festival
On paper, Balad Beast is a festival. In reality, it feels closer to a cultural experiment.
Seeing is believing
What if every venue tells you what it wants? It is a question that comes naturally to Ahmad ‘Baloo’ Alammary, DJ, producer, and chief creative officer MDLBEAST, the company that has discreetly and then very loudly reshaped Saudi Arabia’s modern…
Nigeria’s power shift
As we look ahead in 2026, the global investment conversation is quietly recalibrating. Capital is searching for its next cycle, markets where demographics, infrastructure and reform are beginning to align in ways that feel durable rather than dramatic.
Balad Beast, perfectly placed
Balad Beast does not feel like a festival that happens to be set in Al Balad. It feels like a festival that could only exist there.
Empowering the next generation
What if the next big accelerator of social change in Barcelona isn’t a ministry or a startup, but the foundation of a forward-thinking auto brand? The SEAT CUPRA Foundation aims to convert industrial capability into social impact, empowering youth and…
Culture, cars, and community collide
Madrid doesn’t need another venue pretending to be cultural. It needs places that actually generate culture.
Riyadh turns the volume up
By the time the first bassline rolled across the crowd, it was already obvious that Soundstorm 2025 wasn’t just opening another edition. Something had shifted.
Healthspan is the new GDP
There’s a moment in Hevolution’s new Global Healthspan Report 2025 when the data stops reading like a scientific snapshot and starts looking more like an economic warning.
Inside the making of the city of Earth
In the valley of Wadi Hanifah, on the western shoulder of Riyadh, one of the most ambitious urban projects on the planet is rising from the desert.