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AGBI is a premium intelligence platform focused on business dynamics in the Middle East and Gulf region. Headquartered in London it provides global investors with in depth analysis of energy finance and infrastructure serving as a bridge between the Gulf market and the global economy.

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Abu Dhabi may merge China assets of L’imad and  Mubadala

Abu Dhabi may merge China assets of L’imad and Mubadala

Abu Dhabi is reportedly mulling merging the assets of two of its sovereign funds in China into a new entity to prevent competition between them. The planned venture

Algeria offers seven oil and gas exploration block licences

Algeria offers seven oil and gas exploration block licences

Algeria, a gas-rich OPEC member, launched a 2026 oil and gas licencing round on Sunday, offering seven exploration blocks in an effort to boost output and attract

Morocco’s capital market gets EBRD’s $43m support

Morocco’s capital market gets EBRD’s $43m support

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is backing Morocco’s capital markets by investing MAD400 million ($43.3 million) in a local municipal

Egypt’s Talaat Moustafa launches $27bn ‘cognitive city’ in Cairo

Egypt’s Talaat Moustafa launches $27bn ‘cognitive city’ in Cairo

Egyptian developer Talaat Moustafa Group is building an EGP1.4 trillion ($27 billion) urban development in eastern Cairo. The Spine will be developed in partnership

Hajj visa violators face fines and bans from Saudi Arabia

Hajj visa violators face fines and bans from Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia will impose a fine of 20,000 riyals ($5,331) on pilgrims without the correct visa requirements who enter, attempt to enter, or remain in Mecca and

Saudi Energy and Acwa to spend $3bn on Mecca power plant

Saudi Energy and Acwa to spend $3bn on Mecca power plant

Saudi Energy and Acwa Power have signed a power purchase agreement with the state-run, state-owned Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC) to expand a power plant

Oman-UAE rail network is 40% complete

Oman-UAE rail network is 40% complete

Hafeet Rail, a joint venture between Etihad Rail, Oman Rail and Mubadala Investment Company, said 40 percent of the work on the $3 billion railway network connecting

Oman plans $1bn in food self-sufficiency projects this year

Oman plans $1bn in food self-sufficiency projects this year

Oman is targeting 400 food projects with investments of OMR400 million ($1 billion) in 2026, the first year of the country’s 11th five-year plan, a government official

Aldar to build 9,000 ‘affordable’ units for leasing in Abu Dhabi

Aldar to build 9,000 ‘affordable’ units for leasing in Abu Dhabi

Aldar Properties will develop thousands of “affordable” residential units in Abu Dhabi to bolster its develop-to-hold pipeline. The 9,000 units will be part of

Oil rises on US-Iran friction over Hormuz

Oil rises on US-Iran friction over Hormuz

Oil prices rose more than 5 percent in early Monday trade after the US seized an Iranian cargo ship that allegedly attempted to break Washington’s blockade of the