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Equinor signs $27 bn gas deal

The 10-year contract was signed with Centrica.

ADNOC Drilling secures $1.15bn contract

The contract for two jack-up rigs begins in the second quarter.

Etihad Q1 profit $187 million

This is a 30% YoY increase over Q1 2025.

Yalla Group Q1 revenue $83m

Net income rose to $36.4 million, a 17% YoY increase.

Qatar Airways annual profit $2bn

This was a record 28% jump in annual net profit.

$196m deposited in July into Saudi home loans fund

    • Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 reform plan aims to raise the proportion of residential ownership to 70 percent

    • REDF provided more than 43 electronic services for citizens online without the need to visit branches

    Close to $200 million has been deposited during July into accounts of Saudi citizens, benefiting from the Sakani program, by the Real Estate Development Fund (REDF).

    Sakani is run by the Ministry of Municipal, Rural Affairs and Housing and the REDF, offering Saudis access to land and residential housing through financing solutions with the aim of enabling families to own their first home.

    The Kingdom’s Vision 2030 reform plan aims to raise the proportion of residential ownership to 70 percent.

    Mansour bin Madi, the REDF’s general supervisor, said that the total amount deposited in accounts since the program’s launch in June 2017 exceeded SR29.6 billion.

    REDF provided more than 43 electronic services for citizens online without the need to visit branches, in addition to a real-estate adviser application that facilitates the procedure.

    It has also deployed an online team working around the clock to provide support to help beneficiaries get access to the subsidized funding.