The Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Alswaha has held a series of meetings with leaders of global technology and investment firms during the first day of his visit to Silicon Valley in California.
Sharjah had last year attracted 142 foreign investment projects worth AED7.74 billion ($2.1 billion) and is now planning to target further investment in technology, manufacturing, logistics and clean energy. It will explore new opportunities in India, US, Britain and European markets.
Oman's Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (Madayn) has announced that its Ibri Industrial City has secured RO25 million ($65 million) in investments during the first half through 17 agreements spanning over 250,000 sq m for projects in oil and gas, manufacturing and light industry.
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has approved its 2026-2030 strategy which focuses on transforming PIF’s portfolio of 13 strategic sectors into six integrated economic ecosystems, strengthening the linkages among them and creating a broader spectrum of partnership and investment opportunities for the private sector.
Non-oil trade between the UAE and Kuwait reached AED54.5 billion ($14.8 billion) in 2025, marking a year-on-year growth of 9.1 percent compared to 2024, said Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, the UAE Minister of Foreign Trade.
Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa announced that his country has attracted approximately $28 billion in investments during the first six months of this year, highlighting significant participation from companies based in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar.
The UAE’s renewable energy capacity surged more than 63-fold, from 129 megawatts in 2015 to over 8.2 gigawatts in 2025, with clean energy accounting for 32.4% of electricity generation, said Suhail Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure.
The GCC countries have built an investment base of $426 billion across nearly 22,000 factories, contributing 13% of regional GDP in 2025, said a report. About 40% of the industrial investments are concentrated in key sectors such as plastics, refined petroleum products, aluminium and iron and steel.
The value of Dubai's real estate investments has grown steadily over the past few years, rising nearly five-fold from AED148 billion ($40.2 billion) in 2021 to more than AED680 billion ($185 billion) in 2025, said a leading UAE brokerage, adding the number of investments have jumped from 72,000 to 259,000 over the period.
Saudi Arabia's National Investment Strategy aims to attract SAR92 billion ($24.53 billion) in investments in the mining sector between 2025 and 2030, said Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih.
