LEAP 2026, Saudi Arabia’s flagship technology event, opened in Riyadh on August 31 with Amazon and Nvidia projects and an official Microsoft Azure launch on
Saudi Arabia moved on three fronts of its capital markets in a single week. The Saudi Exchange waived a year of derivatives fees, a new
A giga-project is getting its first hospital. New Murabba, the PIF-backed developer building a new downtown for Riyadh, has signed a SAR 1 billion ($266.7
France’s leading AI lab just picked Saudi Arabia as a partner for building AI that Gulf governments and regulated industries can actually trust with their
Saudi Arabia’s AI data centre expansion just took its biggest leap yet. Humain, the Public Investment Fund’s artificial intelligence company, has awarded contracts that will
Key takeaways Saudi banks have applied enhanced compliance oversight to transfers bound for the UAE, a level of scrutiny normally reserved for high-risk jurisdictions. Businesspeople
Saudi Arabia opened another luxury resort on its Red Sea coast this week, betting that construction can outrun a war. The 110-key Rosewood Amaala welcomed
Gulf off-plan property sales have powered a decade of tower cranes and record transaction volumes, largely because buyers, not developers, carried most of the financial
The Gulf’s travel and tourism sector is on track to lose around 137,000 jobs this year, even as several of its hotel and real estate
Islamic bonds are proving easier to trade than conventional debt across three of the Gulf’s biggest sukuk markets. Fitch Ratings said sukuk liquidity in Saudi
