report
Narrative Capital
10 pages · Litepaper · October 2026 · Strategic communications trends in the GCC, 2026–2028
How giga-projects and sovereign funds turned Gulf communications into a capital-markets function, and what it demands of the people who run it. Six markets, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman, read through the deals, listings and disclosures that now set the tempo for communications. Includes the GCC Narrative Capital Index, a Sirotin Ventures analysis.
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What’s inside >
Six markets, five pillars, one index, in ten pages.
Executive summary: communications in the Gulf has stopped being a marketing cost and joined the capital stack.
The capital stack: five sovereign funds, roughly $4.9 trillion, and a deployment pace no other region matches.
The issuance calendar is the editorial calendar: $189bn in bonds and sukuk and 40 IPOs in 2025 now set the tempo.
The GCC Narrative Capital Index: six markets scored across five pillars, with the UAE and Saudi Arabia already over the line.
Regulation, AI and the CCO operating model: four disciplines and eight calls for 2026–2028.
