Insights and news from Alan Talib

Insights and news

Alan Talib's ministerial meetings, news from NordGulf Alliance, and his analysis and practical advice on Gulf capital, Gulf energy and doing business across the Nordic-Gulf corridor.

Insights and news

Ministerial meetings

Gas, solar and investment: Alan Talib meets Bangladesh's energy minister

Floating solar, vaccines and safer seas: Alan Talib meets Bangladesh's fisheries minister

Four ministries, one question: Alan Talib on bringing serious capital to Bangladesh

Cancer care, food security and river shipping: three ministers in Dhaka

Albania's energy moment: Alan Talib in Tirana with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy

Albania is earlier on the curve: Alan Talib on property, EU accession and Gulf capital

News and events

Gulf capital in Europe: Alan Talib at the European Private Wealth Excellence Forum, Athens

Cannes, Dubai, Lake Como: Alan Talib at the Global Family Office Investment Summit

CIO Times names Alan Talib among 10 Visionary Leaders to Watch in 2026

NordGulf Alliance opens its doors in Switzerland

Dr Ahmed Talib joins NordGulf Alliance

The capital is not leaving the Gulf. It is reorganising.

Guides

Entering the Gulf: a guide for Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish companies

Etablering i Gulfen: en guide for norske bedrifter

Etablering i Gulfen: en guide för svenska företag

Laajentuminen Persianlahdelle: opas suomalaisyrityksille

Etablering i Golfen: en guide for danske virksomheder

Doing business in the Gulf

How much should we bargain? Negotiating in the Gulf

Trust in the West is built on documents. Trust in the Gulf is built on presence.

Your deck stays in the room. Your three lines travel.

Gulf family offices don't say no. They say nothing.

Is the GCC a good market? European companies are asking the wrong question

Why most European companies fail in the Gulf, and what the successful ones do

Handshakes and certificates: what the Nordics and the Gulf have in common

Gulf capital and energy

The Gulf isn't missing deadlines. You're reading the wrong clock.

Riyadh is fixing how suppliers get paid. The delay sits upstream.

Saudi Arabia's solar boom and the grid stability nobody is buying yet

Why the route matters more than the size: the UAE and Greece agreements

Side by side, not on top: how Gulf capital now invests in European energy

Gulf capital is not one thing

The cheque is no longer the product: what Gulf sovereign capital wants in 2026

Gulf sovereign funds now sit at the table directly

More articles on this site

Healthcare, Gulf capital and energy, by Dr Ahmed Talib

Saudi healthcare AI: who builds the bridge from evidence to deployment?

The rulebook decides where health AI can scale

Own it or license it: genomics, drug discovery and surgery as infrastructure

Gulf capital meets Nordic health innovation

Why healthcare AI stalls after the pilot

How to read AI claims in medicine

How family offices should back healthcare

Where medtech value is moving: ultrasound, imaging AI and Europe's slow market

Gulf sovereign capital is not retreating. It is selecting.

Local content, grid queues and the bottlenecks that decide energy deals

From projects to pathways: the UAE and the payment gap in remote care