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Local money kept MENA venture funding steady in 1H as dealmaking hit a multi-year low
Two mega rounds also helped, accounting for 36% of the raised capital
MENA’s publicly-listed tech players are trailing their global counterparts
Venture intelligence platform Magnitt says the region’s top 15 tech stocks returned 76% over three years, in contrast to MSCI…
BYD overtakes Tesla as the Middle East’s top EV brand
EV sales in the Middle East rose more than 40% y-o-y in 2025
Tale of two funds: PIF trims US equities as Mubadala ramps up
The PIF trimmed its US equity holdings to a five-year low of USD 12 bn, while Mubadala boosted its portfolio…
MENA M&A were down 74% and bond issuances off 12% in 1Q as spreads widened on Gulf war
Signs of life at the start of 2Q suggest the back half of the year could look more like January…
MENA+ is investing in renewables nearly twice as fast as the rest of the world
Solar carried this growth, accounting for as much as 92% of the added capacity at about 11.8 GW
GCC banks could see a 25% surge in losses in 2026
Dubai Islamic Bank and the First Abu Dhabi Bank reportedly have the biggest exposure to real estate risk
GCC could be heading into recession, Oxford Economics says
Saudi and Oman will be spared the worst, but the rest are in for a rough year
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