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<p>Progress continues, with many remarkable Arab women shattering barriers in their fields in 2024. Here are six who achieved historic firsts last year.</p> ...

Forbes Middle East – a vital source for the region’s latest business and financial news and analysis, with a focus on investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership and lifestyle.

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مع تصاعد الحرب في الشرق الأوسط منذ نهاية فبراير/شباط 2026، وجد الاقتصاد المصري نفسه في مواجهة صدمة خارجية جديدة، تأتي في وقت لا يزال يعاني اقتصاد مصر من ضغوط تضخمية وأعباء ديون مرتفعة.

<p>In just seven years, Shane Shin and Mahmoud Adi, Founding Partners of Shorooq Partners, have turned their startup into one of the Middle East’s biggest startup investors, with $500 million in ...

Ferchem Misr specialises in the blended fertilisers industry. In 2025, Aswan Fertilizers and Chemical Industries Company and Abu Zaabal Fertilizers and Chemicals Company were merged into Ferchem, ...

CIB operates across Egypt, Kenya, Ethiopia, and the UAE, serving more than two million customers through 214 branches as of 2025. In 2025, it extended $638.8 million in long-term financing to SCZONE ...

Founded in 2004, Qalaa Holdings is an investment company with operations in energy and infrastructure across Egypt and Africa, alongside other sectors. As of June 2025, it held $4.3 billion in assets ...

The global engineering and construction contractor has secured $5.6 billion in new awards in 2025, with $2.1 billion across the Middle East and Africa. Its consolidated backlog reached $9 billion by ...