China’s USD 45 Billion GCC Infrastructure Investment: Belt and Road Projects Update 2026
China's infrastructure and investment commitments across the six GCC member states have reached a cumulative USD 45 billion under the Belt and Road Initiative...
Kuwait Launches KWD 2 Billion Smart Infrastructure Initiative Under New 5-Year Development Plan
Kuwait's Council of Ministers has approved a KWD 2 billion (approximately USD 6.5 billion) Smart Infrastructure Initiative as the cornerstone of its 2026-2030 Five-Year...
Abu Dhabi Real Estate Market Posts Record AED 42 Billion in Q1 2026 Transactions
Abu Dhabi's real estate market recorded AED 42 billion in total property transactions during Q1 2026, a new quarterly record surpassing the previous high...
UAE and Jordan Sign AED 2.7 Billion Economic Partnership as GCC-Arab World Integration Accelerates
The UAE and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan have signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) valued at AED 2.7 billion in immediate trade...
India-UAE CEPA Two Years On: Non-Oil Bilateral Trade Reaches USD 90 Billion Milestone
Two years after the India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) entered into force in May 2022, bilateral non-oil trade between the two economies reached...
Saudi Arabia’s PIF Raises $15 Billion Green Bond: Largest Sovereign Green Issuance in GCC History
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has successfully priced a USD 15 billion green bond issuance across 5-year, 10-year, and 30-year tranches, the largest...
Dubai Airports Announces Terminal 4 Expansion Plan Worth AED 14 Billion
Dubai Airports has unveiled a AED 14 billion Terminal 4 expansion masterplan at Dubai International Airport (DXB), which will add 25 million passengers of...
GCC Economy 2025: Growth, Diversification and the Road to Post-Oil Prosperity
The GCC economies entered 2025 with a combination of macroeconomic resilience and ongoing diversification momentum that positions the region more favourably than at any...
GCC Currencies in 2025: Dollar Peg Stability and the Case for Monetary Union
The question of GCC monetary union has been debated by economists and policymakers for decades without resolution. Yet the underlying logic, combining dollar-pegged currencies...
Qatar’s National Innovation Strategy 2030: Inside the USD 12 Billion Deep-Tech Commitment
Qatar has launched its National Innovation Strategy 2030, a USD 12 billion framework allocating public investment across quantum computing, advanced materials, biotechnology, space technology,...
MENA Economic Outlook 2026: Key Sectors, Investment Themes, and Growth Drivers for GCC Business
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region enters the second half of 2026 with substantial economic momentum, despite a complex global backdrop of...
Abu Dhabi’s Hub71 2026 Cohort: 40 Startups Raise USD 230 Million in Six Months
Hub71, Abu Dhabi's global technology ecosystem located in the Mubadala-backed Al Maryah Island district, has announced that its 2026 accelerator cohort of 40 startups...
