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World News | Saudi Arabia: Khalid Bin Saud Al-Faisal Attends Launch Event, Witnesses Partnership Connecting Health and Financial Empowerment
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], September 15 (ANI): Sahm Capital Financial Company, a leading fintech-driven financial company in Saudi Arabia, announced a landmark strategic partnership with Walking Challenge Entertainment Company, a leading lifestyle app...

World News | Saudi Arabia: Prince Khalid Bin Saud Al-Faisal Attends Launch Event, Witnesses Partnership Connecting Health and Financial Empowerment
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], September 15 (ANI): Sahm Capital Financial Company, a leading fintech-driven financial company in Saudi Arabia, announced a landmark strategic partnership with Walking Challenge Entertainment Company, a leading lifestyle app...

Matrix Comsec to Debut Advanced Biometric Security Solutions at Intersec Saudi Arabia 2025 Amid Kingdom’s Vision 2030 Push
Matrix Comsec, a leading innovator in Security and Telecom solutions, announced its strategic participation at Intersec Saudi Arabia 2025, the Kingdom’s premier security, safety, and fire protection exhibition. The event will serve as the official...

Can Reliance and Saudi's Humain make a reliable AI alliance?
For decades, Mukesh Ambani has earned billions refining crude oil to make high value petrochemicals. Now, the wealthiest Asian is looking to earn an even bigger fortune by refining data into premium technology solutions. Even in 2016, when he...

AI customer service platform Clarity raises £9m
Artificial intelligence-powered customer service platform Clarity has closed a $12m (£8.8m) funding round. Led by Prosus Ventures, the round included backing from Google’s TV Al Fund, Sukna Ventures, Wamda Capital, Neo, Oraseya Capital, Phaze...

Es’hailSat, Saudi Netlink sign MoU
Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, and Saudi Netlink have signed a joint cooperation and strategic partnership agreement for the purpose of providing joint satellite services across both their customer base located in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and...

Riyadh to Host BIOFACH Saudi Arabia in November
Faced with rising Black Sea temperatures that suffocate his mussels, Bulgarian farmer Nayden Stanev has been forced to change his ways -- shifting his seeding schedule and harvesting at cooler depths. Yet Stanev, a 56-year-old former marine...

Riyadh leads strong Q2 growth in Saudi industrial rental market
Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh maintained its strong momentum of growth as a regional industrial hub with uniform rental increases across all industrial submarkets in Q2 2025, according to JLL’s latest Industrial Market Dynamics report. The Q2...

Ubisoft Under Fire Over Possible Saudi-Funded DLC Deal
Ubisoft employees have challenged company leadership about a possible funding partnership with Saudi Arabia tied to new downloadable content for Assassin’s Creed Mirage. Management insists it retains full creative control, but internal concerns...

Es’hailSat, Saudi Netlink, EgyptSat enter cooperation, integration pacts
QNA Doha Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, has signed cooperation and strategic partnership agreements with both Saudi Netlink and EgyptSat, separately, for the purpose of providing joint satellite services across both their customer base...

Burj Khalifa no longer world’s tallest building as Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Tower set to become..., it's special because...
Home News Burj Khalifa no longer worlds tallest building as Saudi Arabias Jeddah Tower set to become..., its special because... When completed, Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Tower will rise 3,281 feet, 568 feet higher than the Burj Khalifa, thus becoming...

How digital tech is used to preserve heritage and culture
Imagine being able to see the ancient wonders of the world, including the hanging gardens of Babylon or the lighthouse at Alexandria, as if it existed today. One could wander in the serene gardens or interact with sailors and traders coming in...

Can Reliance + Saudi's Humain make a reliable AI alliance?
For decades Mukesh Ambani has earned billions refining crude oil to make high value petrochemicals. Now, the wealthiest Asian is looking to earn an even bigger fortune by refining data into premium technology solutions. Even in 2016, when he first...

Utah governor blasts ‘conflict entrepreneurs’ and tech giants that ‘hack our brains’ after Charlie Kirk assassination
It’s too early to pinpoint an exact motive behind the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, according to Utah Governor Spencer Cox, but the lawmaker didn’t mince words on social media’s role in generating animosity among Americans....

Subsea7 Awarded Contract Offshore Saudi Arabia
The contract scope includes the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of 106 kilometres of infield and export pipelines, modification to existing topsides, and associated hook-up activities. Project management and...

Es’hailSat and Saudi Netlink to deliver joint satellite services across MENA
The coverage includes satellite communications and VSAT technologies across Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the wider MENA region. Photo credit: Es’hailSat/X Es’hailSat and Saudi Netlink have signed a joint cooperation and strategic partnership agreement...

Saudi Arabia Graduates 3,948 Security Personnel After Completing Training In Riyadh And Makkah
Under the patronage of Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif, Minister of Interior, Public Security Director Lt. Gen. Mohammed Al-Bassami on Thursday attended the graduation ceremony of 3,948 security personnel who completed their military training...
Es'hailSat signs MoUs for joint co-operation and integration with Saudi Netlink and EgyptSat
Es'hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, has signed joint cooperation and strategic partnership agreements with both Saudi Netlink and EgyptSat, separately, for the purpose of providing joint satellite services across both their customer base...

Saudi Arabia, Oman Authorities Launch Mobile Vet Clinic
The Arabian Leopard Fund and Oman’s Environment Authority on Thursday launched the region’s first mobile veterinary clinic of its kind to support the conservation of the Arabian leopard in the Omani governorate of Dhofar. Ibrahim bin Bishan, Saudi...

Lean Technologies: Building the Foundational Layer for MENA’s Open Finance Ecosystem
Lean Technologies, the open finance infrastructure provider backed by Sequoia Capital and General Catalyst, was founded to solve a problem that was hindering fintech innovation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: a straightforward...