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Abu Dhabi’s Equation of Scale: When Three Become One

How UAE Just Redefined the Investment Merger Playbook

Baibhav Mishra, SME News Service

In a move that could reshape how the world perceives sovereign investment power, International Holding Company (IHC) has merged 2PointZero Group, Multiply Group, and Ghitha Holding.

Listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) under 2PointZero Group PJSC, the new entity spans 85 countries, uniting energy, artificial intelligence, consumer innovation, and food security — under one strategic umbrella.

The Macro Equation

Energy + AI + Consumer + Food = Sovereign Investment Power

This isn’t diversification for its own sake — it’s the engineering of interdependence within Abu Dhabi’s economic core.

1. 2PointZero – Energy & Infrastructure Core

• Anchored in transition minerals, utilities, and finance.

• Owns stakes in IRH (Mopani Copper Mines – Zambia) and Alphamin Resources (DRC).

• Backed by Lunate, Beltone, and Citadel Capital — tying Abu Dhabi’s financial muscle to the resource-rich Global South.

2. Multiply Group – Consumer & Digital Engine

• Operates across mobility, media, technology, and energy.

• Q3 2025 profits: AED 1.95 billion (+164 % YoY); Revenue: +50 %.

• A clear signal that the UAE now exports consumer intelligence, not just goods.

3. Ghitha Holding – Food Security & Agri Hub

• Houses Al Ain Farms, Al Ajban Poultry, ADVOC, and Asmak.

• 9M 2025 revenue: AED 4 billion (+9 %), operating profit: +41 %.

• Builds a farm-to-fork resilience chain ensuring long-term food independence.

The Mechanics of Scale

• AED 120 billion in total assets

• AED 8.64 billion capital base

• 34.56 billion shares

• Presence across 85 + countries

A first-of-its-kind cross-sector sovereign platform, where energy, intelligence, and industry converge — defining the next chapter of Abu Dhabi’s diversification story.

Why It Matters

While many economies de-scale and fragment, Abu Dhabi is integrating and consolidating — transforming diversification into sovereign advantage.

This merger delivers:

• Resilience: Localization of critical chains — energy, minerals, food.

• Efficiency: One balance sheet powering global expansion.

• Confidence: Deepening ADX liquidity with a AED 120 billion flagship.

• Intelligence: AI-driven investments via Multiply × 2PointZero.

• Opportunity: High-value roles and Emirati talent acceleration.

The Global Context

• Energy demand: +20 % by 2050

• +1 billion new middle-class consumers by 2030 (US $2.4 trillion market)

• AI & data infrastructure: US $1.3 trillion by 2030

• Food-security market: US $1.2 trillion by 2032

The UAE now sits at the intersection of all four megatrends — not as a participant, but as an architect of the global investment order.

The Strategic Lesson

This merger is more than corporate math — it’s economic design.

A demonstration of how intelligent scale transforms governance into strategy:

  • Diversification becomes consolidation.

  • Governance becomes national design.

  • A merger becomes a model.

Abu Dhabi isn’t merely building companies — it’s building a capital ecosystem, where Dirhams turn into diplomacy, and investments become influence.

Because in this new era of global economics —

Scale = Strategy.

Strategy = Sovereignty.

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