QatarEnergy, Mitsui ink pact
The agreement provide for a rise in condensate volumes.Company News Business Energy
Irbid chamber industrial exports up
The value of certificates of origin issued stood at US$65m.Business
Shuaa Capital of Dubai sets up $250m venture debt fund
Shuaa Capital, the Dubai-based fund manager, has set up a $250 million venture debt fund in order to shore up...According to the company, the Shariah fund, to be listed in Abu Dhabi’s market, will focus on technology ventures “seeking alternative sources of capital”
Early-stage businesses are dominating investments with VC funding to the Middle East and North Africa startups soaring to $2.6 billion in 2021
UAE accounts for 77% of GCC investments in Latin America over 2016-2021
Saudi Arabia accounted for 22 percent of GCC investments to Latin America during 2016-2021, followed by Qatar with 1 percent.Saudi Arabia accounted for 22 percent of GCC investments to Latin America during 2016-2021, followed by Qatar with 1 percent
The report, titled Cultivating Ties: Deepening trade and investment between Latin America and the GCC, was issued ahead of the Global Business Forum Latin America 2022
Pandemic aided digital adoption by UAE businesses: PayPal survey
Survey analyses the impact of COVID-19 on small businesses, the key verticals of growth and the growing acceptance of digital...Survey analyses the impact of COVID-19 on small businesses, the key verticals of growth and the growing acceptance of digital payments
With adoption of digitalization, 41 percent of the respondents have seen increased purchases through social media channels
Sustainability key challenge for UAE realty players
It is hard to balance sustainable developments and what people want in the market, especially when it comes to pricing,...Designing a building, putting up construction plans in terms of materials until the demolition are responsibilities of a sustainable property developer
The real estate market in Dubai had a 65 percent increase in the number of transactions and a 71 percent increase in value in 2021.
alfanar invests $1.3bn in UK
The money will go in producing aviation fuel from waste.The Lighthouse Green Fuel project generates more than 180 million liters of sustainable aviation fuel annually in the UK
This amount of sustainable aviation fuel is sufficient to power 15,000 flights per year, reducing harmful carbon emissions from conventional fuels by over 700,000 tons annually
Dubai SMEs bag contracts worth $250m under procurement program
Emirati entrepreneurs and national enterprises in Dubai won contracts worth AED 921.6 million ($250 million) from various local and federal...Since 2002, GPP has facilitated contracts worth over AED 8.4 billion for Dubai SME members from 69 supporting entities across the government, semi-government and private sectors.
Expo 2020 Dubai topped the list of local government support agencies of GPP last year with contracts worth AED 161.7 million.
Egypt hosts UAE and Israel leaders for three-way talks
Egypt hosted the Israeli and UAE leaders for unprecedented three-way talks Tuesday as the Ukraine war rocks energy and food...The meeting, which took place in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, included discussions on "energy, market stability, and food security"
The first three-way summit of its kind comes at a crucial time for the Middle East after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked concerns about stability and sent commodity prices up
Vietnam experts see Middle East as promising market for country’s exporters
Vietnam has signed economic, trade and scientific-technological cooperation agreements with five GCC countries.Vietnam has mostly traded with six member nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council in the Middle East region.
Trade between Vietnam and the GCC countries has surged from US$2.7 billion in 2012 to US$12.5 billion in 2021.
Tabreed to pay highest ever dividend
The payout will be in the form of cash and bonus shares.The firm said the shareholders will get a cash dividend of six fils per share and a bonus of one share for every 40 shares held, which is equivalent to 12 fils per share.
Last year, group revenue increased by 12 percent to 1.95 billion dirhams ($530 million), while net income grew 6.3 percent to 585 million dirhams.
Libya restarts domestic flights after two-week shutdown
Libyan authorities reopened the war-torn country's skies for domestic flights on Tuesday, an aviation official said, two weeks after they...Flights between Mitiga and other Libyan airports had been suspended since March 7, after the country's eastern-based parliament appointed a rival government
The United Nations and Western officials had called repeatedly for the airspace to be reopened
