Commodities Oil prices fall on Thursday Aya Anwar Sep 17, 2026 0 Oil prices fell on Thursday as additional Saudi crude shipments through Oman eased concerns over supply…
Commodities Oil prices rise on Thursday Aya Anwar Aug 6, 2026 0 Oil prices edged higher on Thursday as investors remained cautious over the outcome of Iran-Oman talks on restoring…
Commodities Oil prices fall on Thursday Aya Anwar Jun 25, 2026 0 Oil prices extended losses on Thursday, with Brent crude and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) falling to their…
Featured Egypt’s ENPPI wins first Oman contract in $355 mln energy project Aya Anwar May 21, 2026 0 Egypt’s state-owned engineering company ENPPI has won a $355 million contract for an oil and gas project in Oman,…
Industry & Trade OPEC+ agrees 188k bpd output adjustment, reaffirms market stability Aya Anwar May 3, 2026 0 OPEC+ countries Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman agreed on 3 May 2026 to adjust…
Editors' Picks IMF sees Oman’s growth forecast for 2026 at 3.5% Yomna Yasser Apr 14, 2026 0 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Oman’s economy to grow by 3.5 per cent in 2026, before easing…
Money Oman c. bank cuts repo rate by 25 basis points Aya Anwar Dec 11, 2025 0 The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) on Thursday cut the Repurchase Agreement (repo) rate by 25 basis points to 4.25 per…
Commodities OPEC+ to cut output by 137k bpd in December Aya Anwar Nov 3, 2025 0 The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) decided to implement a production adjustment of 137…
Featured EGX strengthens cooperation with Muscat Stock Exchange Aya Anwar Oct 20, 2025 0 Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Chairman Islam Azam met on Monday with Haitham Al Salmi, CEO of the Muscat Stock Exchange…
Money Egypt re-elected to chair Arab Labour Organisation board for another year Aya Anwar Oct 12, 2025 0 Egypt has been unanimously re-elected to chair the Board of Directors of the Arab Labour Organisation (ALO) for a…
Featured Egypt discusses expanding energy cooperation with Expro Aya Anwar Sep 24, 2025 0 Egypt’s petroleum minister Karim Badawy held talks on Tuesday with Hussein Elsisi, vice president of Expro…
Egypt News Egypt, Oman sign aviation MoU to expand air links, cooperation Nada Ali Sep 24, 2025 0 Egypt and Oman on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation in civil aviation and…
Banks Oman cuts repo rate by 25 bps Aya Anwar Sep 18, 2025 0 The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) reduced its repo rate for local banks by 25 basis points to 4.75 per cent, effective…
Editors' Picks Carrefour exits Arab markets from Jordan to Kuwait, as Majid Al Futtaim bets on HyperMax Dina Abdel Fattah Sep 17, 2025 0 The Middle East retail landscape has undergone one of its most significant shifts in recent years, following Majid…
Egypt News Egypt joins regional talks on plant health standards in Oman Nada Ali Sep 15, 2025 0 Egypt’s Central Administration for Plant Quarantine (CAPQ) participated in a regional workshop in Salalah, Oman, to…
Egypt News Egypt, Cyprus discuss regional escalation, urge return to Iran-US talks M.S. Salama Jun 15, 2025 0 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received a phone call on Sunday from Cypriot President Nikos…
Egypt News Egypt’s Social Insurance Authority wins Sharjah Award for Pension Fund Management Nada Ali May 28, 2025 0 Egypt’s National Organisation for Social Insurance (NOSI) has received the Excellence Award in Management of…
Featured EDC eyes further Gulf expansion Aya Anwar May 19, 2025 0 Egyptian Drilling Company (EDC) is pushing to expand in Gulf markets after strong performance in Saudi Arabia and…
Energy Oman’s oil exports drop in March Aya Anwar May 18, 2025 0 Oman's oil exports fell by 4.9 per cent year-on-year to about 74.97 million barrels by the end of March, while…
Industry & Trade Egypt-Arab trade volume rises in ’24 – CAPMAS Nada Ali May 18, 2025 0 Trade volume between Egypt and Arab countries increased 16 per cent to record $30.5 billion in 2024, compared to…
Industry & Trade Oman, Algeria agree on $298m investment, energy deals Aya Anwar May 6, 2025 0 Oman’s sovereign wealth fund signed a preliminary agreement with Algeria’s Finance Ministry to establish a $298.79…
Commodities OPEC+ receives updated output compensation plans from 8 members Aya Anwar Apr 16, 2025 0 The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) has received revised oil output compensation plans…
Commodities OPEC+ reaffirms commitment to market stability with production adjustment Aya Anwar Apr 6, 2025 0 OPEC+ members Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, UAE, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman reaffirmed their commitment to…
Featured Petrojet expands international operations, strengthens manufacturing capabilities Aya Anwar Mar 26, 2025 0 Egypt’s Petrojet secured new contracts worth 112 billion Egyptian pounds in 2024—60 per cent of which are outside…
Featured Egypt’s FRA approves 2 new carbon reduction projects Aya El Sayed Mar 24, 2025 0 Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) approved the registration of two new carbon emission reduction…
Egypt News Egypt’s c. bank hosts FSB’s RCG MENA meeting Nada Ali Feb 5, 2025 0 The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) - Co-chair of the Regional Consultative Group for the Middle East and North Africa…
Industry & Trade Egypt-Oman trade exchange reaches $858m in ’24 – CAPMAS Nada Ali Jan 23, 2025 0 Egypt and Oman recorded a trade exchange of $858 million in 2024, a decrease from $908 million in 2023.
Money Oman’s Asyad Group to IPO stake of shipping unit Aya Anwar Jan 22, 2025 0 Oman's state-owned Asyad Group plans to sell at least 20 per cent of its shipping unit, Asyad Shipping Co, through…
Featured Oman c. bank cuts repo rate by 25 basis points Aya Anwar Dec 19, 2024 0 The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) has decreased its repo rate for local banks by 25 basis points to 5.00 per cent,…
Featured World Bank: GCC region economic growth to accelerate by ’26 Aya Anwar Dec 1, 2024 0 Economic growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region is forecast to reach 1.6 per cent in 2024, with a…
Featured Al Majed for Oud soars in Saudi IPO Aya Anwar Oct 7, 2024 0 Al Majed for Oud Co., a Saudi Arabia-based perfume maker, surged by the maximum limit in its Riyadh stock market…
Featured S&P upgrades Oman’s credit rating to ‘BBB-’ Aya Anwar Sep 29, 2024 0 S&P Global Ratings upgraded Oman’s long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings from ‘BB+’ to…
Featured Oman wants to expand LNG export capacity by a third Aya Anwar Jul 29, 2024 0 Oman plans to build a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) train near Qalhat, increasing its export capacity by…
Featured Nvidia partners w/ Qatar’s Ooredoo for AI Middle East expansion Aya Anwar Jun 23, 2024 0 Nvidia has signed a deal to deploy its AI technology at data centers owned by Qatari telecoms group Ooredoo in five…
Featured Vietnam’s VinFast taps Africa via Ghana Aya El Sayed Mar 18, 2024 0 Vietnamese automaker VinFast is partnering with Ghana’s Jospong Group to distribute its electric vehicles (EVs) in…
Featured Oman’s inflation hikes 1.9% in Feb. Nada Ali Mar 17, 2024 0 The inflation rate in the Sultanate of Oman increased 1.9 per cent in February 2024 compared to same month a year…
Tech/AI Oman launches 2 bln riyals fund Nada Ali Jan 17, 2024 0 The Oman Investment Authority launched on Wednesday a two-billion Omani Rial investment fund called Future Fund…
News Vladimir Putin going to UAE, Saudi for important discussions Aya Anwar Dec 5, 2023 0 Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will travel to the UAE and Saudi Arabia this week to hold “extremely important”…
Egypt News Egypt, Oman mull creating joint fund for investments Aya Anwar Nov 26, 2023 0 Egypt and Oman are currently considering the establishment of a joint fund to pump investments into several…
News Gulf states pledge $100mln in aid to Gaza Sama Mousa Oct 18, 2023 0 The Gulf Cooperation Council announced on Tuesday it pledged $100 million in emergency aid for the Gaza Strip.