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Suez Canal Container Tonnage Rises 54.2% as Carriers Return

Saudi Cabinet Approves SME Strategy With 500,000-Job Target

Crude Settles $3 Higher as Saudi Export Disruptions Feed Supply Fears

Saudi Inflation Stays at 1.8% in August as Housing Costs Climb

Logistics & Mobility

Suez Canal Container Tonnage Rises 54.2% as Carriers Return

COSCO's return and OOCL PORTUGAL's first transit arrive as Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd move four Gemini services back to the trans-Suez route.

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The Wire

Saudi CMA Caps Money Market Funds' Overseas Investments at 5% of NAV Saudi rental platform Rize draws $50M Murabaha facility from Jadwa Investment Standard Chartered to Custody Digital Assets for LMAX Group in DIFC and Luxembourg Saudi Payments Firm Barq Raises $329.5M Series A at $1.85B Valuation NEOPAY and CBD partnership opens financing route for eligible UAE merchants Saudi CMA Caps Money Market Funds' Overseas Investments at 5% of NAV Saudi rental platform Rize draws $50M Murabaha facility from Jadwa Investment Standard Chartered to Custody Digital Assets for LMAX Group in DIFC and Luxembourg Saudi Payments Firm Barq Raises $329.5M Series A at $1.85B Valuation NEOPAY and CBD partnership opens financing route for eligible UAE merchants

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Business

Annabelle Mander on Taking LEAP Beyond Saudi Arabia

Karim El-Sayed

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Annabelle Mander on Taking LEAP Beyond Saudi Arabia

Philips' Peter Skillman: Trust, Not Capability, Will Decide AI in Healthcare

At LEAP 2026, Faisal AlSaif Says Faith Carries Him Through Hard Moments

Captain Pradeep Singh on Why Dubai Now Attracts Builders, Not Job Seekers

Nokia's Roque Lozano on the Infrastructure Behind Saudi Arabia's AI Economy

Anecdoted Originals

Founder Spotlight

Business

George Rahhal Builds Capital Haus on a Decade of Dubai Relationships

Karim El-Sayed

Waves&Tech

Microsoft's Saudi Cloud Region Opens in November. Are Businesses Ready?

Karim El-Sayed

Policy & Regulation

Factory Forward UAE Launches as Single Platform for Industrial Technology

Karim El-Sayed

Rising Builders

Fintech

Abu Dhabi Fintech Mal Opens Global Waitlist After $230M Seed

Funding & Investment

Keep Converting Raises $2M Pre-Seed to Grow AI E-Commerce Platform

Funding & Investment

UAE startup Cobi raises $1M pre-seed led by Lunara Partners

Funding & Investment

Bahraini Insurtech Soor Secures Pre-Seed Investment from Spring

Funding & Investment

Saudi startup RIME raises over $2M in SEEDRA-led Seed round

The Boardroom

Aldar and Mubadala Buy Masdar City Square for $250 Million

The seven-building office complex lifts the Aldar-Mubadala joint venture's Masdar City portfolio to $1.3 billion.

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Aldar and Mubadala Buy Masdar City Square for $250 Million

Funding & Investment

Aster DM Healthcare Adds Dubai Hospital in $272M UAE Expansion

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Funding & Investment

XRG closes Southern Gas Corridor stake purchase from Azerbaijan

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Business

Tabreed Promotes Yousif Al Hammadi to CEO as Growth Focus Turns to Returns

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Business

PureHealth Adds UK Laboratory Operations Through Circle Health Group

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Startup Atlas

MENA company profiles across sectors — funding history, founders and what they actually sell.

Bundle

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DESAISIV

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Simplex

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SkipCash

Fintech

DoctorBook

HealthTech

Ash Games

Gaming

Beltone Venture Capital

Venture Capital

BirdNest

PropTech

Whiteshield

GovTech

Karatage

Venture Capital

Merak Capital

Venture Capital

Impact46

Venture Capital

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Banking

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Fintech

Policy & Regulation

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Amazon Creators Foundry Opens Applications for 20 UAE Creators

Logistics & Mobility

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