Jordan's capital market institutions and Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange have officially activated an electronic link between the two bourses via the Tabadul cross-market trading platform.
Binance has introduced a fully regulated UAE dirham on- and off-ramp solution, integrating directly with Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank to allow users to move funds between traditional banking and digital assets.
CargoX, the UAE-based autonomous delivery platform, has closed a USD 250 million funding round led by alternative investment firm BlueFive Capital.
In most boardrooms, the conversation still circles around growth, investment, and performance. The problem is that confidence in those answers has quietly eroded – not because the data has got worse, but because the way growth is created has changed faster than the way it is interpreted inside organisations.
Emirates Telecommunications Group (e&) has divested a 12.5% stake in Careem Technologies to Uber Technologies in a AED 367 million cash transaction.
The UAE's economy grew 6.2% year-on-year to AED 1.9 trillion in 2025, driven by a 6.8% expansion in the non-oil sector, which reached AED 1.5 trillion, according to the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC).
The UAE's hospitality sector delivered robust results in 2025, with hotel guest numbers rising 5.1% year-on-year to more than 32 million, according to a work report on the UAE tourism sector reviewed by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai.
UAE construction and engineering firm Alec Holdings has secured a USD 1.7 billion contract to design, procure and construct Sphere Abu Dhabi on Yas Island, with the venue targeted for completion in 2029.
Abu Dhabi-based Fertiglobe, the world's largest seaborne exporter of urea and net ammonia combined, delivered a strong first quarter for 2026, with revenues climbing 32% year-on-year to AED 3.36 billion on the back of elevated urea and ammonia pricing.
Saudi Aramco delivered a strong first-quarter performance for 2026, reporting adjusted net income of USD 33.6 billion – a 26% year-on-year rise from USD 26.6 billion and a 34% jump on the prior quarter's USD 25.1 billion.
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