About ZAWYA
ZAWYA by LSEG, is a leading and trusted source of regional news and intelligence for millions of professionals across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and other parts of the Middle East and Africa. The website has both English and Arabic versions and provides real-time updates on equities, commodities, and currencies from regional and global markets throughout the day.
Serving a global audience ZAWYA has been providing financial and business news for over two decades across various sectors such as real estate, construction, energy, banking, tourism, technology, aviation, healthcare, logistics, and education.
The website has several sections that cover different topics, such as the Economy section, which focuses on credible and fast news on economic predictions, employment, infrastructure, and insights into various economies in the Gulf countries, the wider Middle East, Africa and the rest of the world. The Projects and Wealth sections provide extensive coverage on real-time developments in the world of investments, wealth management, alternative investments, sustainability, entrepreneurs, construction tenders, infrastructure, and government policies in the Middle East.
ZAWYA’s multimedia section offers business videos and podcasts.
ZAWYA Green, an exclusive section, covers your latest renewable energy news, market trends, and forward-thinking analysis, including the United Nations COP conferences on climate change.
The website also offers special coverage that provides deep-dive analysis of key regional highlights and international developments. In addition to news and features, ZAWYA provides business development support through research reports, company databases, and information on the latest projects from across the MEA region.
ZAWYA also offers extensive coverage of Islamic finance reports, news and Islamic finance glossary, catering to the growing demand for Shariah-compliant investments and financial services. Its Islamic Finance section provides insights into the latest developments in the world of Islamic finance, including sukuk, Islamic banking, takaful, and Islamic capital markets.
ZAWYA was founded in 2000 in London, UK, and relocated to Dubai in 2002. The company grew over the years with a large client base before it was acquired by Thomson Reuters in June 2012. Thomson Reuters subsequently sold a 55% majority stake in its Financial & Risk (F&R) unit to private equity firm Blackstone Group LP on October 1, 2018, in a deal that valued the total F&R business at about $20 billion, establishing Refinitiv. Thomson Reuters and Blackstone's consortium subsequently agreed to sell Refinitiv to LSEG in August 2019.
About LSEG
LSEG is one of the world’s leading providers of financial markets infrastructure and delivers financial data, analytics, news and index products to more than 40,000 customers in over 170 countries.
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