United Arab Emirates Smart City Consulting
YCP excels in Smart City consulting in the United Arab Emirates, aiding firms in navigating the competitive UAE tech sector with tailored advice and deep industry insights. Our hands-on support and global perspective ensure your venture's growth in the smart city landscape.

YCP Solidiance Smart City Experts in United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is at the forefront of embracing the digital transformation, particularly in the Smart City and Smart Infrastructure sectors. This region is witnessing remarkable advancements, setting benchmarks for the world in how cities can be smarter and more connected.
YCP harnesses the power of its global professionals and profound understanding of the market to deliver unparalleled Smart City Consulting services. Our approach has played a pivotal role in navigating clients through the complexities of Smart City market entry, barriers, and expansion, ensuring successful integration in the United Arab Emirates' ambitious urban landscape.
As a trusted partner in Smart City consulting, YCP stands out for its commitment to excellence and its proven track record in helping businesses thrive in the UAE's every-evolving Smart Infrastructure market. Our confidence in our solutions and strategy makes us the definitive choice for industry leaders.

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Unlocking Potential: Your Path to Excellence with United Arab Emirates's Smart City Professionals
The United Arab Emirates is pioneering the Smart City evolution, merging technology with urban planning to create seamless, efficient, and sustainable urban environments. In this dynamic landscape, YCP stands as a beacon of innovative Smart City Consulting, guiding entities through the complexities of digital transformation.
Our expertise in the Smart City sector within the UAE positions YCP as the go-to advisor for companies looking to navigate the intricate web of opportunities and challenges in this futuristic industry. We offer cutting-edge solutions tailored to the unique needs of our clients, ensuring they stay ahead in the race towards urban digitization.
Leveraging in-depth industry insights and a network of global experts, YCP empowers clients to realize their vision for a smarter, more connected community. Our approach is grounded in practical strategies and technological know-how, making us a reliable partner in achieving sustainable urban development goals.
Our Services
Marketing & Sales
Transforming UAE Smart Cities with strategic marketing solutions, unlocking sales potential tailored to the digital era.
- Branding & Brand Management
- Product & Portfolio Management
- Pricing
- Digital Marketing
- E-commerce
- Customer Experience
- Sales Channel Strategy
- Digital Sales
Operations
Harnessing tech innovations, YCP drives operational efficiency for UAE's Smart Cities.
- Project Management Office (PMO)
- Growth Strategy Implementation
- Operation Transformation
- Manufacturing
- Organization Design
Supply Chain Management
Streamlining Smart City logistics in UAE, YCP ensures seamless integration of supply chain efficiencies and innovation.
- Supply Chain
- Digital Supply Chain
- Procurement
- Logistics
M&A, Transactions, and PMI
Driving strategic M&A, transactions, and PMI with precision, optimizing Smart City initiatives across the UAE.
- M&A Strategy
- Divesstiture/Curb-out Strategy
- M&A Target Scouting
- Buyer/Investor Search
- Commercial Due Diligence
- M&A Execution (Buy-side & Sell-side Financial Advisory)
- Valuation
- Post-Merger Integration (PMI)
- Value Creation
- IPO PMO
- Joint Venture
- Corporate Venture Capital
Strategy
Streamlining digital innovation for UAE's smart cities, our strategy frames the future of urban living.
- Business Strategy
- Corporate Finance
- Growth Opportunity Identification
- New Business Development
- Organization Strategy
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Asset/Project Risk Management
- Digital Strategy
- Strategic Partnership & Channel Strategy
Digital Transformation
YCP spearheads digital transformation in the UAE, driving smart city innovations tailored for urban advancements.
- DX Vision
- Digital Roadmap
- CIO/CDO Support
- System Architecture Design
- DX PMO
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
- Big Data Analysis
- IT Organization Design & Restructuring
- IT Portfolio Management
- Off-shore Development Centre Set-up
Public Services
Transforming UAE's urban landscapes with tailored smart city solutions to innovate public service delivery.
- Economic Development
- Public Policy Development
- E-Governance
Sustainability
Steering UAE's smart cities towards sustainability with strategic consulting, integrating innovation and environmental stewardship.
- Sustainability Strategy & Implementation
- Double Materiality
- Decarbonization & Net-Zero Strategy
- Climate Change Risks and Opportunities
- Sustainability Due Diligence
- Supply Chain Assessment
- ESG Reporting
- Investor Relations & Fundraising
- Organization & Governance Design
Market Research
Leveraging deep insights to navigate the UAE's smart city evolution, offering tailor-made market research strategies.
- Market Landscape
- Market Size
- Industry Structure and Trend
- Competitive Benchmark
- Business Partner Search & Screening
- B2B/B2C Customer Survey
- B2B Customer Survey
- Consumer Research
Navigating Smart City Sector in United Arab Emirates
Inadequate Infrastructure: Hampering Growth
- The UAE smart city sector sees infrastructure obligations as key, costing an annual $3.9 billion, a challenge as cities aim to modernize systems smartly.
- To adapt strategically, integrating innovative smart infrastructure while acknowledging priced geography is pivotal, driven through leveraging emerging IoT solutions.
High Device Integration Costs Curve Flexibility
- High integration costs fragment the smart device vendor landscape, elevating implementation costs averaging up to 18% of project budgets in the UAE.
- Re-evaluating competitive vendor programs could foster downstream cost efficiencies and adoption across new smart initiatives, thus ensuing larger market adaptability.
Growing Technological Innovation Magnifies Feasibility
- The UAE smart city market aims to connect over 20% of urban buildings using tech-enabled alignment solutions within the next decade cross micro-markets.
- This evolution offers renewed exploration spaces for adaptable routing in timespan structures, utilizing maturing Internet connectivity across city jurisdiction planning.
Policy Initiatives Lift Market Recognition
- UAE innovates regulatory contexts foster ohm's competitiveness rod measured increasing business-friendly technology junctions by 15% annual scale through tactical social integrations.
- Navigating stabilizing socioeconomc precincts playback enriched ICT, measurement unions institutions expand synonyms tempos collaborative frameworks in upcoming projects.
Our Clients
We have worked with more than 2000 companies throughout various industries.
What Our Clients Say About Us
"We engaged YCP Solidiance to help us identify an M&A target in East and South Asia as well as the Middle East. The work YCP Solidiance performed helped us gain an in-depth understanding of the market and competitive landscape in order to identify the best fitting target for our needs. Furthermore, we engaged YCP Solidiance as our partners in conducting the due diligence and M&A process. We highly recommend them for any large company looking to grow, organically or inorganically, in Asia. In our view, YCP Solidiance’s USP is about being methodical, smart and fact-based on outstanding customer/target intimacy leading to highly reliable results."

Executive Director
SI Group
"We are very happy with the projects handled by YCP Solidiance for Saint-Gobain. The YCP Solidiance teams have been fully engaged and have shown real professionalism. They understood our needs and completely fulfilled our expectations. Thanks to a step by step process, many interactions were possible between YCP Solidiance and our company, and their team reacted with the right flexibility and pace. The studies conducted by YCP Solidiance delivered very practical recommendations and valuable conclusions for us. We definitely recommend YCP Solidiance."
Global Marketing Director
Saint Gobain
Results Through Expertise: Case Studies
Learn how we help clients build and implement strategies
that drive sustainable growth in today’s complex business landscape.
Manufacturing Plant Feasibility Study for Construction Client
Client
A global construction materials player
Area
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Expertise Scope
New Business PMO, Business Management, Business Design
Project Summary
Our team delivered a "ready-to-execute" plant launch strategy and roadmap, identifying the most opportunistic and strategically sound manufacturing plant to acquire and start manufacturing products in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) within 12 months.
Operational Analysis and Process Optimization Strategy Development
Client
A business specializing in management services
Area
Middle East
Expertise Scope
Operations Analysis, Process Optimization, Technology Implementation
Project Summary
Our team conducted a thorough analysis of the client's current operations, identifying areas for improvement and inefficiencies. We developed a comprehensive plan that streamlined processes, which included implementing new technologies and optimizing resource allocation. Throughout the engagement, we provided ongoing support and guidance to ensure successful implementation.
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Meet Our Experts
Establish industry dominance with our experts and partners

Pilar Dieter
Managing Partner, Management Service Division CEO
M.B.A., University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Saurabh Mehta
Group Officer, Managing Partner, and CEO of Supply Chain Solutions Division
MBA - NYU Stern School of Business

Abhilash Singh
Partner
Dual Degree (Mechanical Engineering), IIT Bombay

Manish Chheda
Managing Partner
M.B.A., INSEAD
Talk to Our Smart City Experts
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YCP Group is the leading professional firm in Asia empowering excellence through diverse expertise:
- YCP Solidiance
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YCP Group is the leading professional firm in Asia empowering excellence through diverse expertise:
- YCP Solidiance
- YCP Auctus
- YCP Consus