Locations · Abu Dhabi, AUH
From our Vancouver studio, OlDevs designs and builds web platforms, Android and iOS apps and AI systems for organisations in Abu Dhabi. Clear scope, a working demo every week, and full ownership of everything we produce for you.
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Yes, we do.OlDevs takes on work for organisations across Abu Dhabi and the Abu Dhabi Emirate from the studio in Vancouver, which sits on Pacific time, and we fly in when a workshop or a launch is better done in the room. The emirate runs 12 hours ahead of us, which means one dependable window each day rather than a shared working day. Engagements span web development and web apps, Android and iOS builds, full-stack engineering, AI development and performance marketing.
Key facts
Services
Seven services from one accountable team — delivered remotely in your working hours.
Built for Abu Dhabi Emirate
The local rules and realities we design for from the first call.
Work in the emirate may sit under the UAE Personal Data Protection Law or, inside a free zone such as ADGM or DIFC, under that zone's own data protection regime. We document every field we collect and every third party that sees it, then let your counsel judge the fit.
Government digital services follow national accessibility policy and WCAG 2.2 AA is the working standard, with no single federal web-accessibility statute behind it. We test with a keyboard and a screen reader during the build, not in a rushed pass the week before launch.
Public facing work in the emirate is expected in Arabic and English, so both are first class from the start. Layouts mirror cleanly, Arabic type is chosen for reading rather than decoration, and editors can update either language without touching code.
Cloud regions inside the UAE let production records stay in country, which matters for government linked and regulated work. We settle hosting, backup location and access rules early, then write them into a handover document your own IT reviewers can check.
Sectors
Operators and their suppliers usually need internal tools before they need a new website: contractor portals, inspection capture on phones, dashboards that pull from existing systems. We build those to fit the process people already follow.
Public bodies and investment offices need bilingual sites, careful accessibility and a clear record of how information is published. We work in slow, documented steps and leave every decision written down for review.
Firms in ADGM sit under the free zone's own data protection regime and a heavy approval process. We build reporting tools and staff portals with tight role based access, a full record of who changed what, and documents kept current for reviewers.
Clinics and health groups need booking, patient information and referral flows that read clearly in Arabic and English. We keep sensitive data minimal by design and build interfaces that older patients can actually use.
Process
Discover
We start with structured calls timed for Gulf Standard Time, plus written questions you can answer between sessions, and finish with a scope document listing users, languages and constraints.
Design
Screens are drawn in Arabic and English together, shared as an interactive prototype, and reviewed in your own hours. We iterate on written comments so nothing waits for a live meeting.
Build
Engineering happens in short cycles, and a private demo link goes out at the end of each one. You test on real devices in Abu Dhabi and send notes, and the next cycle begins from what you found.
Launch
Release rehearsals happen on staging first. We pick a cutover slot that avoids your business day, monitor through the first hours, and keep a rollback ready before we call it done.
Grow
Once live, we track behaviour, tune what underperforms, and build a roadmap of small releases. Performance marketing joins in only where it is a sensible fit for your audience.
Nearby
FAQ
There is not. OlDevs works from a single studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, and we do not claim staff or an address in Abu Dhabi. The engagement runs remotely with video calls held in your time zone, and we travel to the emirate when a session is clearly better done face to face.
Usually your evening against our early morning, or your morning against our evening. We agree two or three fixed slots a week at kick-off and protect them, then use written updates, recorded demo walkthroughs and a shared board for everything else. Questions raised in your day are answered before your next morning.
In most cases yes, because large cloud providers operate UAE regions. We choose the region before production begins, note where primary data and backups sit, and list every external service that touches records so your reviewers have the full picture in one document.
Yes. Arabic and English are planned together rather than one being added afterwards, which covers right to left layout, mirrored components, Arabic typography and a content model that keeps both versions in step. Translation is supplied or approved by your side so the tone stays yours.
We build to WCAG 2.2 AA. Government digital services follow national accessibility policy and AA is the working standard even though there is no single federal statute for the web. We test with keyboard navigation and a screen reader as we go. We cannot advise you on legal obligations.
Everything transfers to you. Ownership of code, designs, accounts and intellectual property rests with the client, so repositories, cloud accounts and analytics stay in your name and your team can carry on without us. We reply to every enquiry within one business day if you want to request a quote.
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