Income, lending drive first-half growth
Growth driven by global demand for services.
The UAE Property Investment Index, conducted by U.S.-based Penta Group, found that 56% of global property investors expressed serious interest...More than half of surveyed investors expressed serious interest in UAE property, surpassing investor interest levels in the United States.
Indian, Egyptian and Saudi investors showed particularly strong demand, while European buyers increasingly view the UAE as a preferred overseas market.
Dubai, UAE -- OpenAI's ChatGPT surpassed 1 billion monthly active users in May, becoming the fastest application to reach the...Sensor Tower estimates ChatGPT reached one billion monthly users roughly three years after launching in late 2022.
Growing enterprise adoption and multimodal capabilities have helped fuel demand amid intensifying competition across artificial intelligence markets.
Abu Dhabi, UAE -- Abu Dhabi-based technology group G42 and Spanish banking giant Santander have signed a memorandum of understanding...G42 subsidiaries Inception and Presight are expected to contribute agentic AI, cloud infrastructure and intelligent systems expertise.
The partners said future agreements will require regulatory approvals and adherence to governance, transparency and data protection rules.
CLI is Brazilian agri-bulk terminal operator.Acquisition gives AD Ports access to Brazil's major grain and sugar export corridors through terminals at Santos and Itaqui.
CLI handled 17 million tonnes of cargo in 2025, generating AED 654 million revenue and AED 360 million EBITDA.
Dubai, UAE -- Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) generated AED5.3 billion ($1.44 billion) in revenue through digital channels in...Digital channel adoption reached 96%, while customer happiness averaged 98% across services offered by the authority.
Smart application users exceeded 1.2 million, with annual visits rising 144% compared with 2024 levels.
A consortium will develop two districts in the Holy City.The consortium includes Masar, Makkah Construction and Development, and AlRajhi United Real Estate as project partners.
Development covers 1.15 million square meters through a private real estate investment fund structure.
Revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), the industry's measure of demand, declined 3.4% year-on-year, while available seat kilometers (ASK), a measure of...Excluding the Middle East, passenger demand would have risen 1.2%, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said.
April jet fuel costs more than doubled, prompting airlines to rebalance capacity amid changing travel patterns worldwide.
- SpaceX’s planned initial public offering at a valuation of at least $1.8 trillion is emerging as a major test of...
SpaceX reportedly seeks raising $75 billion after generating nearly $19 billion revenue last year from Starlink expansion globally.
deVere Group warns institutional investors may redirect capital from Magnificent Seven stocks toward emerging AI and space companies.
Visa launched its global Agentic Ready program in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, expanding efforts to support artificial intelligence-driven...UAE financial institutions including Emirates NBD, Mashreq and ADCB joined the first phase of the AI commerce program.
Visa research found nearly 60% of UAE businesses are exploring agentic commerce applications and AI-driven transaction models.
- The UAE real estate market entered a more measured and mature phase in the first quarter of 2026 after the...
Abu Dhabi recorded about 7,800 residential deals in Q1, up 119% year-on-year amid sustained investor demand.
Dubai apartment deliveries exceeded 10,000 units monthly as developers maintained large residential construction pipelines.
