INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

Samsung biggest chip investor

The tech giant invested nearly $59.2bn in 2025.

flynas to set up new hub

Five destinations in first phase of operations.

AD Ports Group acquires CLI

CLI is Brazilian agri-bulk terminal operator.

$1.59bn Makkah project awarded

A consortium will develop two districts in the Holy City.

2PointZero posts profit surge

Growth driven by merger consolidation.
  • ADQ will acquire Swiss firm Acino from its current shareholders.

    Switzerland-based Acino is known as a provider of pharmaceuticals

    Its markets include the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Russia, Ukraine, and the CIS Region

  • The IPO order book 130 times oversubscribed during the book-building process.

    The company is set to raise $960m, pricing IPO at 151 riyals per share.

    The individual investors tranche subscription process will commence on Sunday and ends on Tuesday.

  • But if widening economic gaps between the developed world and the poor countries persists, only a few will enjoy the...

    Many developing economies are being held back by constraints on fiscal measures, lack of monetary autonomy and limited access to vaccines.

    By 2025, developing countries will be $12 trillion poorer owing to the pandemic, the report said.

  • Nearly 75 percent of banks expect tech giants such as Google and Amazon to dominate the banking industry in five...

    The report said only 25 per cent of EMEA-based banks expect to significantly increase spending on Big Data in the next three years.

    19 per cent of EMEA-based banks are focused on blockchain investment compared with 30 per cent of banks in North America.

  • Real time data coupled with effective supply chain technology came in handy for the industry after the aviation sector was...

    The GCC countries have been making investments in integrating supply value chains with digital platforms and upgrading their technologies to keep pace with the latest developments

    Real time data coupled with effective supply chain technology came in handy for the industry after the aviation sector was grounded following the spread of COVID-19 globally

  • Expo 2020 visitors will need a coronavirus vaccination or a negative PCR test to enter, organisers in Dubai has said....

    PCR tests will be free for ticket-holders with a 'network' of testing centres available across the city

    The Expo site will have mandatory masks, two-metre social distancing rules and sanitisation stations

  • Elkaso, the United Arab Emirates-based company, has raised $2.1 million in a pre-seed round, with Global Founders Capital leading the...

    UAE-based business-to-business marketplace Elkaso has raised $2.1 million in a pre-seed round

    The capital injection will be used to expand Elkaso’s team

  • Blackstone, the US-based alternative investment management company, is in discussion with VFS Global, the Dubai-based visa outsourcing company, to buy...

    The due diligence process for the acquisition is complete

    VFS Global is a spinoff of Swiss travel group Kuoni. It is 90 percent owned by Swedish private equity firm EQT and 10 percent by the Kuoni Foundation

  • DP World, the Dubai-based port operator, will invest $415 million in a new berth at its London Gateway logistics hub...

    Work on the new berth will begin next month

    The sum builds on the 2 billion GBP investment DP World has made in Britain over the last decade

  • The startup's latest funding is led by SoftBank and a unit of the PIF.

    The Series B funds will be used to grow Unifonic’s platform in the Middle East, and further expand to Africa and Asia

    The news of the deal was out in June, but it was confirmed on Wednesday only, making it the first investment of SoftBank in a Saudi startup.