16+ hour, 5+ min ago   (559+ words) The UAE’s EUR 40 bn Germany pledge is starting to get an industrial backbone: Abu Dhabi state energy giant Adnoc, its international energy investment arm XRG, and UAE renewables developer Masdar signed agreements that could enable more than EUR 5 bn of…...

16+ hour, 5+ min ago   (752+ words) MENA private capital is still getting transactions done — getting out is the harder part. Private equity (PE) transaction value reached USD 8.6 bn across 102 transactions in 1H 2026, only marginally behind last year’s record pace despite the Iran war. If that run rate…...

16+ hour, 5+ min ago   (269+ words) Brics’ bank lists USD 1.75 bn on Nasdaq Dubai Brics is doubling down on finance as a key focus, with the bloc’s New Development Bank (NBD) listing a USD 1.75 bn, three-year benchmark bond on Nasdaq Dubai, state news agency Wam reports....

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (88+ words) Sharjah gets its own mega-community: Azizi Developments will unveil its latest project, the AED 30 bn Azizi Florence, in Sharjah — its first in the emirate — at a Dubai launch event today, according to a press release. The development will include 1.1k villas,…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (266+ words) Abu Dhabi is scaling Altair from a satellite constellation into AI infrastructure in orbit: UAE-based Marlan Space and Loft Orbital are leading a consortium investing USD 1 bn in France to build Altair-Next Gen, a 50-satellite AI-enabled constellation, according to a…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (130+ words) BlackRock has tapped Dixit Joshi (LinkedIn) to lead its Middle East Technology and Advisory Solutions, and Digital Assets team as managing director, according to a press release. Joshi will be based in Dubai in the new role and focus on…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (606+ words) Abu Dhabi’s balance sheet is pointed in three directions this morning — Indian mid-caps, US AI infrastructure, and an Egyptian port operator that could end up with almost nothing trading. G42 is the exception: There, the open question is who ends up…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (220+ words) IN CONTEXT- The September opening follows a USD 182.5 mn nine-project package inaugurated in Sokhna in April, and continues a sustained build-out that saw the SCZone contract 117 projects worth USD 7.26 bn in FY 2025/26. The zone reported record revenues of EGP 15.9 bn…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (254+ words) Existing projects are being reassessed and resequenced as countries weigh how infrastructure performed during the war’s disruption to regional shipping routes, from the Strait of Hormuz to the Red Sea. REMEMBER- The GCC is already working on developing workarounds to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (221+ words) CI Capital Asset Management plans to launch an equity-focused hedge fund targeting EGP 250 mn in assets-under-management within its first year, Asharq reports, citing Managing Director Amr Abol Enein. The fund is slated to come alive before year-end, with the firm…...