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The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has signed a US$75 million loan agreement with Bangladesh to improve connectivity and accessibility between the rural southwest regions and the capital Dhaka. The OPEC Fund loan will co-finance the construction of the

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), announced an investment of US$763.7 million (AED2.8 billion) in integrated rigless services across six of its artificial islands in the Upper Zakum and Satah Al Razboot (SARB) fields to support its production capacity

Masdar announced that it is expanding its footprint in the Republic of Uzbekistan, with the signing of agreements to develop two photovoltaic (PV) power projects in the country for a combined capacity of 440 megawatts. Sardor Umurzakov, Deputy Prime Minister and

Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company) has won a tender to build a US$174 million utility-scale solar project in Armenia. The Armenian Government had implemented an international tender following Masdar’s initial offer of $0,0299/kWh in December 2019. After a competitive

As part of its endeavors to strengthen cooperation frameworks in tax matters, protect taxpayers from double taxation, and avoid impeding the flow of trade and investment, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) signed a protocol to amend the agreement for the

DP World has announced the acquisition of 100 percent of syncreon for an enterprise value of US$1.2 billion. This transaction is subject to customary completion conditions and is expected to close in second half of 2021.Syncreon is a US based

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced that Reliance Industries Limited (Reliance), has signed an agreement to join a new world-scale chlor-alkali, ethylene dichloride and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production facility at TA’ZIZ in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi.The agreement capitalizes on growing

His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, chaired a meeting of the General Budget Committee, which was held at Qasr Al Watan. During the meeting, the committee discussed the UAE’s draft

The UAE retail e-commerce market reached a record $3.9 billion in 2020, a 53 percent year-over-year increase driven by the COVID-19-led digital shift, while e-commerce accounted for 8 percent share of the retail market during the same year, new analysis

The UAE GDP is expected to grow by 2.4 percent in 2021 and 3.8 percent in 2022 while the non-oil GDP to expand by around 4 percent in both years, according to the Financial Stability Report (FSR) released by the