Fintech

Arqaam Capital Conference Highlights MENA Capital Market Growth

Arqaam Capital’s 13th MENA Investor Conference explored how diversification, foreign investment, and deeper capital markets are strengthening the region’s global investme

The Middle East and North Africa is entering a new phase of capital market growth, supported by rising foreign investment, expanding debt and equity markets and increasingly diversified economies, according to investors, policymakers and business leaders gathered

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Fintech

ADGM Academy Graduates Third Financial Market Pioneers Cohort

ADGM Academy and its partners graduated 28 Emirati participants from the third Financial Market Pioneers Programme, bringing the total number of graduates to 86.

ADGM Academy (ADGMA), the knowledge arm of Abu Dhabi’s international financial centre, ADGM, in collaboration with the UAE Capital Market Authority (CMA) and Sandooq Al Watan, celebrated the graduation of the third cohort of the Financial Market Pioneers Programme

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AI & ML
Internet of Things
Datatech
Fintech

Middle East Banks Leapfrog Legacy Systems to Pioneer Cloud & AI

Middle East Banks Leapfrog Legacy Systems to Pioneer Sovereign Cloud and Agentic AI Architecture

The Middle East financial sector is rapidly outstripping its Western counterparts by bypassing traditional core banking legacies in favor of cutting-edge sovereign cloud infrastructures and agentic artificial intelligence systems.

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Energy

Ebang bets on Inner Mongolia for clean-energy materials push

The Nasdaq-listed blockchain-turned-energy firm acquires Chinese industrial land to manufacture ultra-low-loss transformer materials for global grids.
The Nasdaq-listed blockchain-turned-energy firm acquires Chinese industrial land to manufacture ultra-low-loss transformer materials for global grids.
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Cybersecurity
Defence
Space

Viasat wins Space Force SATCOM contract in dual-use satellite push

A $4bn IDIQ programme signals the US military's pivot to commercial-baseline satellites for resilient, anti-jam tactical communications.
A $4bn IDIQ programme signals the US military's pivot to commercial-baseline satellites for resilient, anti-jam tactical communications.
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Aerospace
Space

AIT acquires Futuramic to consolidate aerospace automation at scale

The deal unites two automation specialists serving NASA, Boeing and the space launch sector, backed by Onex and Qatar's sovereign wealth.
The deal unites two automation specialists serving NASA, Boeing and the space launch sector, backed by Onex and Qatar's sovereign wealth.
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AI & ML
Biotech

Vector and Helmholtz Munich team up to push AI into biomedicine

Canada's Vector Institute and Germany's Helmholtz Munich formalise an AI research pact targeting precision medicine and biomedical discovery.
Canada's Vector Institute and Germany's Helmholtz Munich formalise an AI research pact targeting precision medicine and biomedical discovery.
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AI & ML

Mendo Raises €12M to Scale Enterprise AI Adoption

Mendo has raised €12 million to expand its AI adoption platform, helping enterprises deploy and scale generative and agentic AI across their workforce.

Mendo, the French startup that helps enterprises adopt generative and agentic AI, has announced a €12 million Series A.

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Fintech

Scale Capital Inflows and Regulatory Sandboxes Power Growth for Middle E

Money20/20 MEA’s MoneySurge winners are scaling fintech infrastructure across the region, supported by new funding, partnerships, and regulatory sandboxes.

Event organiser Tahaluf is collaborating with regional financial institutions to showcase how the four cohort winners of the Money20/20 MEA MoneySurge pitch competition are accelerating the deployment of institutional financial infrastructure across the Middle Eas

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Fintech

Velcan Holdings posts stable 2025 NAV amid macro turbulence

The Luxembourg holding company held its net asset value near €136m despite US-China trade tensions, currency swings, and a Brazilian hydro shortfall.
The Luxembourg holding company held its net asset value near €136m despite US-China trade tensions, currency swings, and a Brazilian hydro shortfall.
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AI & ML
Space

PMGC Holdings eyes space supply-chain growth via precision manufacturing

PMGC's three machining subsidiaries target satellites, launch systems and orbital infrastructure as the space economy races toward $1.8trn.
PMGC's three machining subsidiaries target satellites, launch systems and orbital infrastructure as the space economy races toward $1.8trn.
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