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MENA Digest: UAE's WEE Marketplace, three Egyptian startups secure funding

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26 April, 2024

MENA Digest: UAE's WEE Marketplace, three Egyptian startups secure funding

Funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa region revived this week with a slew of early-stage deals, led ......

Saudi PIF, STC Group likely to bid for Spanish Cellnex's Austrian unit

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25 April, 2024

Saudi PIF, STC Group likely to bid for Spanish Cellnex's Austrian unit

Saudi Arabia's STC Group and sovereign fund PIF may bid for the Austrian unit of Spanish mobile phone tower operator Cellnex, ......

Saudi Arabia's PIF hits $749 bn in assets under management

Finance

25 April, 2024

Saudi Arabia's PIF hits $749 bn in assets under management

Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund PIF's managed assets reached 2.81 trillion riyals ($749.2 billion) in 2023, state news agency SPA ......

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Saudi multi-asset investor Artal Capital hits first close of PE fund

Finance

23 April, 2024

Saudi multi-asset investor Artal Capital hits first close of PE fund

Artal Capital, a Riyadh-based multi-asset investment firm, has marked the first close of its mid-market-focused private equity fund to back ......

Abu Dhabi firm IHC's arm offers to acquire Vedanta's Zambian copper business

Infrastructure

19 April, 2024

Abu Dhabi firm IHC's arm offers to acquire Vedanta's Zambian copper business

The mining investment arm of Abu Dhabi's most valuable company has offered to buy a majority stake in Vedanta Resources' ......

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In Charts: How Dubai Future District Fund deployed corpus across startups, VC funds

Finance

15 April, 2024

In Charts: How Dubai Future District Fund deployed corpus across startups, VC funds

The Dubai Future District Fund (DFDF), the region’s first evergreen venture capital fund-of-funds, has committed about a fifth of its ......

UAE's ADNOC recently eyed BP as takeover target

Manufacturing

12 April, 2024

UAE's ADNOC recently eyed BP as takeover target

The United Arab Emirates' state-owned oil company recently considered buying Britain's BP but the deliberations did not progress beyond preliminary ......

Brookfield monetises Dubai office asset in deal with UAE's Lunate, Saudi firm Olayan

Infrastructure

08 April, 2024

Brookfield monetises Dubai office asset in deal with UAE's Lunate, Saudi firm Olayan

Canadian alternative investment firm Brookfield Asset Management and its partner, state-owned Investment Corporation of Dubai, have sold part of their ......

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Jordanian climate infra-focused PE firm Catalyst Investment gets European LP

Finance

08 April, 2024

Jordanian climate infra-focused PE firm Catalyst Investment gets European LP

Catalyst Investment Management, a Jordan-based private equity firm focused on renewable energy and climate infrastructure in the Middle East and ......

MENA Digest: Bahrain's Daleel, Oman's Mubashir raise funding

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05 April, 2024

MENA Digest: Bahrain's Daleel, Oman's Mubashir raise funding

Dealmaking activity in the Middle East and North Africa region remained muted this week amid Ramadan. The handful of startups ......