Changing convention: mobile apps
Vision explores the rapidly growing mobile app sector and asks, what impact are they having on our everyday lives?
Traveller’s tales: origins of language
The way that language, the greatest of all our social tools, has developed throughout the centuries is the subject of an ongoing story. Vision delves into the next chapter
Empathy: more than a feeling
In a fast-paced business world governed by profit margins, the value of intangible assets such as ‘emotional intelligence’ are easily overlooked. But organisations are realising that creating a contented workforce could be vital to their success. Vision reports…
Development downloaded: mobile tech
Mobile phone apps have evolved to make all of our lives easier, but in Africa they are fuelling a consumer and business boom by enabling a whole continent to access vital financial, health and educational services
African innovation: accelerating into the future
With technology cities and tech-startups blossoming across the continent, Africa’s young creative entrepreneurs are harnessing new digital platforms to establish a flurry of ‘silicone savannahs’
‘The future is our story to tell’
In his introduction to our Special Report, Ndaba Mandela, founder of The Africa Rising Foundation, which was set up to engage young Africans in the continent’s fresh narrative, talks about the surge of optimism and creativity that is carrying Africa into the 21st century
My Dubai
Project D London
Dannii Minogue and her friend Tabitha Somerset Webb’s womenswear label Project D London recently launched at Boutique 1 in Dubai. The brand is fast becoming a red-carpet staple worn by royalty and celebrities alike – the Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Mary of Denmark, Miranda Kerr and Clea DuVall have all been photographed wearing the label. Vision finds out what the designers have in store for Dubai’s fashionistas
Opinion
Navi Radjou
The low-tech approach of frugal innovation is the way forward, as many leading companies are finding to their benefit
The Vibe
Fayza Al Mashjari
Vision meets talented Emirati Fayza Al Mashjari, a young designer who is rapidly making a name for herself after her design was selected for the Mubadala World Tennis Championship trophy. Here, she talks about her inspiration and work

