ABOUT ZAWYA

ZAWYA by LSEG is a leading and trusted source of regional business and financial news and intelligence for millions of professionals across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and other parts of the Middle East and Africa. The website offers both English and Arabic versions.

ZAWYA has sections such as Capital Markets, Business, Economy, Projects, and Islamic Economy, covering a multitude of topics in the world of business and finance.

ZAWYA’s capital markets focus offers the audience timely and updated information on Middle East IPOs, bonds, and sukuk issuances. It also includes extensive analysis of regional equity and debt capital markets, stocks, as well as information on loan syndications.

While the Business section features the latest news and updates from sectors such as banking and insurance, M&A, wealth funds, commodities, currencies, and aviation, the Economy section highlights daily developments and various economic indicators from countries in the GCC, the wider Middle East, Africa, and the rest of the world. The Projects section provides coverage on real-time developments in the world of investments, wealth management, alternative investments, sustainability, construction tenders, and infrastructure.

ZAWYA’s multimedia section offers business videos and podcasts. ZAWYA Green covers the latest renewable energy news, market trends, and forward-thinking analysis. ZAWYA also provides business development support through research reports, company databases, and information on the latest projects from across the MEA region.

ZAWYA’s Islamic Economy section provides insights into the latest developments in the world of Islamic finance, including sukuk, Islamic banking, takaful, and Islamic capital markets. It also offers Islamic finance reports and an Islamic finance glossary.

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.