Forbes Middle East

In our March issue, we unveil the Middle East’s Fintech 50, celebrating the region’s top digital finance innovators, who have processed over $240 billion in transactions and raised $3.8 billion in funding. We also spotlight the region's Top 40 Asset Managers, recognizing industry leaders overseeing $439 billion in assets. Plus, don’t miss exclusive interviews with Rashed Sharif (SNB Capital), Jayesh Patel (Wio Bank), and Faisal Mansour Sarkhou (Kamco Invest)! #Forbes For more details: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dkXGw8_p Faisal Toukan Sarah Toukan Ziina زينة Zbooni Ramy Assaf Ashraf Atia Abdulla Almoayed Tarabut Wio Bank Jayesh Patel Telr Khalil Alami

China’s Sunrise Group and Moroccan gov. ink deal for $238.1 million textile projects & massive air travel disruption after fire causes Heathrow Airport shut-down, on the #DailyBrief with Ramia Farrage #Forbes #Morocco #China #OPEC #Oil #Gold #FederalReserve #FedEx #Trump #Nike #Ukraine #Zelensky #Russia #Tesla #ElonMusk OPEC ROSHN l روشن

ZainCash is an Iraqi mobile wallet owned by March Holding that provides local and international transfers, merchant payments, virtual and physical companion cards, government bill payments, digital vouchers, and mobile top-ups across Iraq. ZainCash has over a million users and 10,000 cash-in/out agents across Iraq. It processed over 35 million transactions in 2024. #Forbes Yazen Altimimi For more details: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dm4pC5eS

بعد أن سجّل #إيلون_ماسك إنجازًا تاريخيًا كأول ثري تتجاوز ثروته 400 مليار دولار، مدفوعًا بارتفاع تقييم شركته "سبيس إكس" إلى 350 مليار دولار في ديسمبر الماضي... إليكم نظرة على رحلته الاستثنائية وشركته عبر السنوات #فوربس للمزيد: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dtsyTtqX

Mohammed Al Emadi was appointed to his current role as CEO of Lesha Bank in 2023. Lesha Bank recorded assets under management of $2.4 billion in 2024. Al Emadi is also the chairman of Oryx Corniche Developments. #Forbes For more details: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dHmnS2Pn

Paysky provides digital payment solutions to banks, central banks, governments, telecom operators, businesses, and individuals across 18 countries. In 2024, Its systems processed more than $3.9 billion. Since its launch in 2022, the app has been downloaded over four million times, facilitating more than 17 million transactions totaling over $650 million. #Forbes Waleed Sadek - وليد صادق For more details: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gtt5YcbJ

Faisal Mansour Sarkhou joined Kamco Invest in 2000, and assumed his current role as CEO in 2014. Kamco Invest is an independent subsidiary of the KIPCO Group and had assets under management of $15.9 billion in 2024. In the same year, Kamco Invest managed nine bond and sukuk issuances worth $4.2 billion for financial institutions and corporates in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E., and Bahrain. Sarkhou is also a board member of the Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority and vice chairman of Burgan Bank and the Advanced Technology Company. #forbes Kamco Invest, Faisal Sarkhou For more details: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eZRkbTjn

ADQ and ECP investing $25 billion in data centre energy projects & G42 and Nvidia launch AI-Powered UAE weather forecasting system, on the #DailyBrief with Ramia Farrage ADQ G42 #Forbes #abudhabi #G42 #ADQ #Nvidia #Robots #Nvidia #UAE #India #Russia #Oil #Brent #Gold #SoftBank #Intel #Tesla #Billionaires #elonmusk #China

Zbooni enables merchants to sell products through chat apps and accept payments seamlessly. As of December 2024, the platform had 12,000 merchants and served over 500,000 end customers across four countries: the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt. In 2024, Zbooni processed 700,000 transactions totaling $150 million and achieved over 40% revenue growth compared to 2023. #forbes For more details: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gtt5YcbJ

#الذهب يواصل ارتفاعاته التاريخية! من 500 دولار للأونصة في 2005 إلى أكثر من 3000 دولار في 2025.. قفزات قياسية يعكسها المعدن الأصفر على مدار السنوات! برأيك.. هل سيواصل الذهب تحطيم أرقامه القياسية؟