Concept · In development · Confidential UAE SuperApp / Research, Strategy, Brand + UX/UI

A whole nation, simplified into one app.

An AI-powered SuperApp that brings the UAE's public and private services under one roof. Renewing a licence, paying a fine, booking dinner or planning the weekend, all in the same place, with the same few taps.

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01 / The Opportunity

A country that leads in digital. The next step is one experience.

The UAE already runs some of the most advanced public and private digital services in the world. Each one works well on its own, but it lives in its own app, with its own login and its own journey.

The opportunity was to connect them: one unified, centralised layer where public and private services work together, seamless and without silos, and move at the same pace as the country.

Public life
  • Renew a driving licence
  • Pay a fine
  • Register a birth
  • Manage your ID
Private life
  • Book a table for 8pm
  • Order groceries
  • Pay for parking
  • Plan the weekend

One search, one wallet, one companion for both sides of daily life.

The human insight

People don't want more apps. They want less friction.

02 / Understanding People

Built for every person who calls the UAE home.

Emiratis and residents, families and newcomers, people who have lived here for decades and people who landed last week. The research started with how each of them actually lives, speaks and gets things done.

200+
Nationalities living in the country
10.6M
Residents (2023), with expatriates far outnumbering nationals
2
Official scripts, Arabic and English, designed with equal weight
Voice request: plan something for this weekend with my 2 kids near DIFC

It understands people the way they actually speak.

Arabic is not one language in the UAE. The companion recognises the many regional variations residents use every day, alongside English and the other languages of the country, and follows people when they mix them in the same sentence.

EmiratiGulfLevantineEgyptianMaghrebiModern Standard
EnglishHindiUrduMalayalamTagalog

It then detects intent and details, so "plan something for this weekend with my 2 kids near DIFC" becomes a plan, not a list of search results.

Research and co-creation: interviews with residents, user journey, key insights, sketches and early app screens
03 / The Solution

If it can be done in one tap, don't show three.

A modular home puts public life and favourite services side by side. Search covers everything, and an AI companion takes requests by voice or text. Not "here's the number", but "book a table for 8pm".

Home screen01
Modular home
Public services, payments and daily plans side by side, with one search for everything.
AI companion suggestions02
AI companion
From request to ready-to-book plans, then tickets and payment in the same thread.
Wallet screen03
One wallet
Pay in stores, online and across government services from one balance.
Rewards and points screen04
Rewards
Points earned on bookings, bills and parking, redeemed anywhere in the app.
Proactive, not reactive

It tells you before you need to ask.

Traffic on the way to a meeting, parking about to expire, a café nearby, a family weekend, an anniversary tomorrow. Public and private signals combine into one timely nudge.

Proactive notifications: traffic alert, parking reminder, nearby recommendation, weekend plan and anniversary reminder
04 / Voice & Language

Say less. Do more.

The copy works like the product: fast, clear, no fuss. Every confirmation is the completed action and nothing else. The same rule runs through loading states, errors, empty pages and success screens.

Table booked.

Lifestyle

Parking extended.

Mobility

Weekend planned.

Family

Licence renewed.

Public services
Direct
Say only what matters. Bills paid.
Confident
No hesitation, no hedging.
Effortless
Words glide. They never feel like a chore.
Neutral, yet human
No jargon, no forced humour. Respect for people's time.
05 / Identity

Every category leader owns a color. One was left.

Mobility, delivery, retail, telecoms and government services each own a color in the market. The brand needed to sit above all of them without feeling foreign, so it takes an unclaimed, culturally neutral magenta on top of a palette drawn from the country itself.

The market todayThe new signal
Mobility
Delivery
Retail
Telecom
Government
Progressive Magenta#E53288
My Role

End to end, from first research to the last pixel.

This project is still under development, which is why it remains confidential.

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Research
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Ideation & strategy
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Brand & identity
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UX & UI design