رأس المال الجريء المؤسسي ومختبرات الابتكار والشراكات
Thob Al Aseel has announced it did not reach a final agreement to acquire Al-Tuwaijri Men's Accessories. The six-month non-binding MoU signed in February 2026 has expired without producing a binding deal, so the proposed takeover is off.
Dar Al Majed Real Estate reported first-half 2026 revenue of about 496 million riyals, down 28 percent. But the drop reflects the absence of last year's one-off land sales, and underneath it the core business is booming, with unit sales up 33 percent and rental revenue up 159 percent.
Herfy Food Services reported first-half 2026 revenue of about 515.6 million riyals, down roughly 6.8 percent. But the important number is the one beneath it, because the Saudi fast-food chain's losses are narrowing dramatically, the real signature of a turnaround taking hold.
Link Developments has formally launched City Walk Abuja, a privately funded smart city that it wants to position as a new global gateway for investment and enterprise in Africa, sited on the corridor linking Abuja's Central Business District with its international airport.
Most companies, once they cross a few hundred employees, quietly accept the arrival of middle managers and layers of approval. Kalshi has decided to resist all of that on purpose, running a flat structure where its two founders hold roughly 150 direct reports.
Cairo's office market keeps posting the kind of numbers that suggest a boom, but the real story sits underneath the headline figure. Rents barely moved in dollar terms, yet the slide of the Egyptian pound pushed them up around 20 per cent in local currency.
The IT services industry has spent decades selling enterprises armies of engineers who maintain software by hand. Hang Ten Systems is betting AI has broken that model, and Aramco Ventures is backing the bet. The startup, founded by former Infosys chief Vishal Sikka, raised a $32 million seed round.
The Saudi drilling sector keeps consolidating around a single dominant name, and ADES Holding has just added another piece. The Saudi listed company has signed a binding agreement to acquire Saudi Arabian Saipem, the shallow water drilling subsidiary of Italy's Saipem, in a deal worth roughly $285 million.
Qatar's sovereign wealth fund keeps deepening one of its longest standing European bets. The Qatar Investment Authority has agreed to invest around 432 million euros, roughly $490 million, as a cornerstone participant in a major capital raise by RWE, Germany's largest power generation company.
There is a quiet, unglamorous metric that tells you whether an economy's diversification rhetoric is real, and Saudi Arabia's industrial licensing numbers fall squarely into it. The kingdom issued 322 new industrial licenses in April, while 188 new factories actually began production in the same month.