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Alef Education sets IPO offer price between AED1.30 and AED1.35 per share

Total offering size to reach between $496 million and $515 million

Saudi banks witness 8 percent surge in Q1 earnings, reaching $4.97 billion

The growth in earnings is driven by 11 percent lending growth and a rising interest rate environment

Saudi Arabia emerges as key investor in Elon Musk’s $24 billion startup xAI

The startup recently announced its $6 billion Series B funding round which it will utilize to launch xAI’s first products in the market

Saudi Arabia sees $240 million in investments in Q1 2024: Report

E-commerce and retail sector retained its position as the leading industry in Saudi Arabia's venture landscape

Oman Central Bank issues T-bills worth $57.24 million

The interest rate on repurchase operations (repo) with the OCB for these T-bills is 6.00 percent

Sheikh Khaled inaugurates phase one of Abu Dhabi’s $844 million North Bani Yas housing project

The wider project, estimated at $2.53 billion, has been officially named Al Mizn Neighbourhood

Dubai’s IPO boom positions city as thriving hub for capital markets: Report

Privatization of state-related entities to support the initial phase of regional IPO growth

Saudi Arabia’s non-oil sector projected to grow 4.8 percent in 2024, 5.2 percent in 2025: Report

The Kingdom's GDP is expected to expand by 2.3 percent in 2024 and accelerate to 5.8 percent in 2025, the report said

UAE tourism sector contributed $59.89 billion to GDP in 2023, generated 809,000 job opportunities

Projections suggest that the number of job opportunities will increase to 833,000 in 2024

Third edition of Make It in the Emirates Forum begins in Abu Dhabi, focusing on investment, innovation and growth

The forum features a diverse range of participants, including government, business, and financial representatives

Saudi Arabia commits $800 billion to tourism, aims for 10 percent sector contribution to economy by 2030: Minister

Al Khateeb outlines plans to add over 250,000 hotel rooms, attract young Saudis to the industry

Saudi Arabia’s E&P investments to reach $7 billion in 2025: Report

By 2025, the Kingdom is expected to account for 67 percent of the MENA region's total E&P expenditure

UAE announces $10 billion investment package to boost Pakistan’s promising economic sectors

In January 2023, the UAE agreed to roll over an existing $2 billion loan and provide an additional $1 billion to Pakistan

$935 million institutional placement of ADNOC Drilling shares complete

ADNOC will retain the majority 78.5 percent of ADNOC Drilling

Sharjah’s GDP surges 6.5 percent to $39.5 billion in 2023

Non-oil sectors also saw a significant 7.1 percent increase, reaching $38.79 billion in 2023

Emirates NBD upgrades UAE’s non-oil growth forecast to 5 percent in 2024

In 2023, the UAE's economy grew by 3.6 percent, in line with the bank's forecasts

UAE’s Islamic T-sukuk auction attracts bids worth $2.67 billion, oversubscribed 8.9 times

Strong demand seen from the eight primary dealers for both the 3-year and 5-year tranches of the sukuk

Clean tech manufacturing investments reach $200 billion in 2023, up 70 percent: Report

China accounted for three-quarters of the total investments in this field, according to the report

102 agreements worth over $20 billion signed at Saudi Arabia’s Future Aviation Forum 2024

GACA launches first aviation sector report for Saudi Arabia highlighting contributions of $53 billion

ADNOC acquires 10 percent stake in major LNG development in Mozambique

Mozambique's Coral South LNG development has a production capacity of almost 3.5 mtpa

UAE and France partner to boost global AI ecosystem

The partnership will cover various areas, including data centre and supercomputing infrastructure buildout

Fitch upgrades Ras Al Khaimah to ‘A+ with stable outlook, forecasts 6.2 percent growth in 2024

The revision reflects the emirate's improved credit metrics driven by stronger medium-term growth forecasts

Future Aviation Forum 2024 seals 47 agreements worth $19 billion

The Saudi aviation sector contributed $53 billion to the country's economy and supported around 958,000 jobs nationwide