How Middle East businesses really make money. Member of @superteamAE
Dubai, UAE
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people who were in dubai during the pandemic have full faith because they’ve seen how the UAE govt operates under crisis mode - it was one of many reasons that people decided to move here over the last six years
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95.2M passengers came through Dubai International in 2025. When they walk out of the terminal, the taxi rank belongs to one operator: Dubai Taxi Company. It holds the exclusive rank at DXB and DWC.
And they also manage
> 658 limousines
> 3,068 delivery bikes
> 1,100+ school buses
> 46% of Dubai’s taxi plates
> 11,928 vehicles in total, over 90% hybrid or electric
Why investors watch it:
1/ Dubai has about 4M residents today, and the 2040 plan is for 5.8M
2/ a 5.6% yield on 2025 dividends, at AED 2.16 (16 Oct 2026)
3/ a dividend policy of at least 85% of profit
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Jetour went from the UAE's 10th biggest car brand to 4th in one year. Its T2 was the country's 3rd best-selling vehicle in 2025, and in May 2026 it outsold everything.
Japan still leads the UAE. Chinese brands are giving it a run for its money.
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The company that owns Volvo sells an SUV in Dubai on the same platform as a Volvo, for 31% less.
Geely Monjaro: from AED 124,000
Volvo XC40: from AED 180,000
Swedish engineering. Chinese price.
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20 years ago, BYD made the batteries in your Motorola flip phone.
In 2025, it sold more electric cars than Tesla: 2.26M to 1.64M.
Now it's coming for the Middle East.
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China's state limousine is now for sale in Dubai.
Hongqi E-HS9: from AED 322,900
Rolls-Royce Cullinan: from AED 1.9M
A sixth of the price.
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Currently doing a lot of editing in Claude Code. Here's an example planning file that it's making for me.
Would you want to see how these videos are are made?
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YouTube Shorts appear to have a very long shelf life, unlike X, where I think there's an exponential decay and after you post, it'll probably be unlikely to be seen again. but YouTube still seems to give views to videos even when they're a few years old.
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This is the underlying video, in case you're interested. piped.video/shorts/lVpdrvseF…
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Most grocers fight a price war on ~2% net margins. @Spinneys_UAE, the Dubai food retailer, did it different. The numbers (FY2025):
• 64% of sales from fresh food
• AED 332M net profit, up 14.5%
• AED 249M back to shareholders
• 42% gross margin, vs ~22–25% at Walmart and Kroger
Now it's taking the same formula to Riyadh.
Would you buy it?
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Alex Scott retweeted
New episode of Solana is Global with @afscott
In this episode @charlesdhaussy CEO of @dydxfoundation chat about how crypto ecosystems in Hong Kong and the UAE have evolved, and what we can expect when crypto and AI converge
Check out the full episode 👇
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