The GCC dominates the top 50 list dominant by Saudi Arabia and it's flagship company Aramco followed by UAE being second on the list.
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Company Name: Saudi Aramco
International Rank: #5
Market Cap: $1.936 T
Categories: Oil/ Gas/Energy
Country: Saudi Arabia
Founded on May 29, 1933, as California-Arabian Standard Oil, Saudi Aramco has grown into...
According to Qatar's policy of workforce and fostering economic diversification enhancement, in a strategic move, the Qatar government introduces a new 5-Year residence permit program to attract talented and entrepreneurial individuals.
Qatar tries to become the region's talent and entrepreneurship hub, allowing eligible applicants to use a five-year residence permit...
The DIFC aka the Dubai International Financial Center has welcomed Napier to lead UK fintech to its innovation hub. It was founded back in 2015 and since then, it has been developing a smart compliance platform for AML along with trade compliance using AI. Their aim is to fight...
The popular fastest-growing science venture from Egypt, Nawah Scientific has announced its official launch in Jordan. Although this isn’t the first time Nawah is doing business in Jordan since their collaboration with Jordanian universities and scientists has been already established back in 2018 via Nawah’s hub in Cairo.
“With a...
The US government has seized Iranian media outlet domains once more, this time targeting it's primary international news arm Press TV, it's Arab news arm Al-Alam and Al Masirah which is a Yemeni TV channel controlled by the Houthis in Yemen.
This is the second time in less than 12...
Federal Bank has gone into an essential tie-up with Mashreq Bank to work with cash moves from the UAE to India by supporting the latter’s faster payment product QuickRemit. It was launched back in 2017 and has been fully functional ever since. Because of the association, Mashreq clients can...
The Detroit-and Dubai-based startup, DERQ has recently announced raising a $500k fund from Wadi Makkah Ventures as a feature of a pre-Series A round that incorporated a few other driving worldwide tech, investors and that’s not all. The venture, made in December 2020, brings the all-out reserves raised by...
It was very recently announced that the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has been working with SWIFT which is a worldwide supplier of secure transaction messaging systems. Their goal is to make additional upgrades to the speed and enhance the methods of cross-border transactions and that’s not all....
FOODICS, a Saudia Arabia-based all-in-one restaurant management platform raised about a $20M Series B funding round at the start of the year. The funding round was led by Sanabil Investments and was also co-led by STV earlier this year. Other investors included Derayah, Endeavor Catalyst, and Elm in the...
16 of the top 100 companies in MENA (Middle East and North Africa) are led by extraordinary Women. Egypt had the majority closely followed by Saudi Arabia. Here are the 50 of the most Powerful Arab Women who are highly successful the business world in MENA primarily in the...
