Good morning, friends, and welcome back from the long weekend. Today’s issue gives us some genuine bright spots to carry into the week: inflation ...

Annual urban inflation eased for a second straight month to 13.9% in September, down from 14.5% in August and its lowest level since February, according to CAPMAS data (pdf). Monthly prices rose 1.3%, ...

Amid another strike on King Khalid airport, the WPC Energy Congress kicks off today and officials are watching it closely for what FII can expect ...

EVs move beyond the factory floor Saudi Arabia’s EV push is starting to fill in the commercial infrastructure around the cars. Ceer has opened reservations for its limited-run Exobot First Edition ...

With production back to pre-war levels, the Kingdom has the room to lock in buyers at both the European and Asian ends of the trade ...

Lithium gets a USD 200 mn test run. Aramco tapped oilfield services firm National Energy Services Reunited (Nesr) to set up a lithium demonstration project in the Kingdom, accordi ...

Saudi Arabia held its place as the Gulf’s largest projects market in 3Q. Construction grew even as new contract awards fell and building costs hit an annual high. Two reports paint the picture: Kamco ...

Ezdehar buys Consolidated Group to merge with DalyDress, and lines up a USD 200 mn Egypt-only Fund III for 2027 ...

Two of Dabaa’s four units are scheduled to connect to the national grid in 2028, according to the electricity minister ...

PLUS: The New and Renewable Energy Authority is eyeing EGP 2 bn in credit facilities from local banks to accelerate this year’s renewable energy targets ...

Regional growth is set to contract 2.1% this year after expanding 3.3% in 2025, with the war cutting export routes for a fifth of ...

The strategic partnership with Korea shifts the relationship from project-by-project cooperation to an institutional framework with regular ministerial dialogue and a formal CEPA track ...