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PIF’s Aston Martin deal will put Saudi’s auto industry in fast lane

The Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund’s (PIF) £78m investment in Aston Martin is set to turbocharge the kingdom’s domestic automotive manufacturing industry, according to experts. Last week, the PIF announced it would be a part of a £653 million takeover of Aston Martin Lagonda, and that the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund — one of the […]

Sky Kurtz, co-founder and CEO of Pure Harvest Smart Farms, a fast-growing agtech business

Pure Harvest aims to grow UAE’s next $1bn unicorn startup

“Why did such a promising young man leave Silicon Valley to grow tomatoes in the desert?”. It’s a question Stanford University business graduate and former private equity investor Sky Kurtz says he gets asked a lot, even by his own father-in-law.  “My wife’s father thought I’d lost my mind. He was literally like, ‘there’s something […]

Union Coop’s store in Jumeirah, Dubai

Supermarket chain Union Coop to list on Dubai stock market

UAE supermarket chain Union Coop is to list its shares on the Dubai stock market from July 18, it announced today. The retailer suspended the trading of shares on its own portal and when trading resumes on July 18 on the DFM shareholders will be given ten shares for each already held. The company, which […]

Diriyah is a popular tourist destination but it is being developed into green hub too

Diriyah aims to be ‘shining example’ of sustainability

Diriyah, the $50 billion giga-project on the edge of Riyadh which is scheduled to open by 2024, will be a world leading example of sustainability, according to its CEO. “With regenerative tourism and a people-first development at the epicenter of our philosophy we want to ensure that Diriyah is a shining example when it comes […]

The pros (and cons) of big stars backing your business

As French footballer Paul Pogba becomes an angel investor and brand ambassador for Islamic fintech Wahed, we look at the benefits and pitfalls of celebrities from David Beckham to Jay-Z teaming up with brands When global Islamic fintech Wahed announced its latest list of investors, Paul Pogba, the Manchester United and French international footballer, stood […]

Aluminium Bahrain BSC is the first aluminium smelter in the Middle East

Alba confirms it is ‘exploring’ listing in Saudi Arabia

Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat is considering a secondary listing of Aluminium Bahrain BSC (Alba) on Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul stock market. Alba said in a statement to the Bahrain Stock Exchange yesterday it is “exploring various opportunities, one of which is a potential secondary listing on Saudi Arabia’s Stock Exchange which is currently under evaluation […]

Around 90 percent of clean energy spending comes from advanced economies and China

ACWA places faith in hydrogen to power Saudi’s future

Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, has grand ambitions to become the globe’s number one producer of green hydrogen. The kingdom is aiming to produce around four million tonnes of the gas by 2030 as part of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s (MbS) Vision 2030 to diversify the economy. Green hydrogen is set […]

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Why the Gulf could swerve the dreaded global recession

The UAE and wider Gulf markets will likely avert a recession, experts have said, despite fears of a global slump as the US Federal Reserve announced a 75 basis point hike to interest rates – its largest since 1994. In early trading, bourses in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar fell on Thursday after local central […]

Fed hike hits Gulf stocks as well as price of food and property

Gulf stock markets quickly reacted negatively this morning to the announcement that local central banks were to follow the US Federal Reserve and hike interest rates, in a bid to curb inflation and rising costs.  AGBI spoke to experts across the business community to see how the move will impact everyone from property developers and […]

UAE stock markets target London in foreign investment push

Stock markets in Dubai and Abu Dhabi are targeting London as they aim to strengthen their status as key destinations for international investors. Both the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) and the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) have completed investor roadshows in the British capital, holding hundreds of meetings with some of the world’s largest asset […]