Samuel Wendel is a journalist covering business and financial news in the Middle East and North Africa. He has extensive experience reporting on key industries and markets, including profiling a variety of influential business leaders and rising entrepreneurs in the region.
Dubai has announced it will build the Middle East's first free zone for e-commerce, named Dubai CommerCity. The $740m project is a joint venture between the Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority and Wasl Asset Management. It aims to create an online marketplace that allows people in the UAE to buy goods from anywhere around the world.