Silal
Growth Score40DXBi Rank104Heat Score100UAE's leading agri-tech food company diversifying and securing the nation's food sources.
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Silal Group and Olive Gaea Unveil Pioneering AI-Powered ESG Platform 'ZERO' during 2026 Make it in the Emirates
Silal forges 14 strategic partnerships at Emirates Agriculture Conference 2026
Silal's Innovation Oasis and Square Roots sign desert-agriculture agreement
Silal and Shouguang Colorful Manor (SVG) sign $38M joint-venture agreement
Dhafer Al Qasimi Joins Silal as New CEO
Silal and Bayer sign MoU through 2028
Silal signs Musataha agreement with KEZAD for AgTech projects
Silal acquires majority stake in Al Bakrawe Holding
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Silal acquires majority stake in SAFCO
Salmeen Obaid Alameri named Silal's new CEO
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Details
- Operating Status
- Active
- Company Type
- Government-owned (subsidiary of ADQ)
- Headquarters
- Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Website
- silal.ae
Products & Services
Silal Fresh
Retail/distribution brand for fresh fruit and vegetable products
Silal Food
Food product distribution brand across 35+ product lines and 200+ brands
Innovation Oasis
Silal's agri-tech R&D and innovation hub in Al Ain, hosting partner-run pilot facilities (Bayer, Square Roots, SVG, Delphy programs)
Silal App
Consumer mobile app featuring QR-code/blockchain-based farm-to-fork crop traceability
Farm Innovation Fund
Grant program offering UAE farmers up to AED 200,000 to pilot practical agricultural innovations
ZERO
AI-powered ESG platform (co-developed with Olive Gaea) for automated sustainability data collection, carbon tracking and reporting
Future Innovators Program
Training/capacity-building program run through Innovation Oasis
People
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Financials
Funding rounds
Projects
Silal acquires majority stake in Al Bakrawe Holding
Silal entered an agreement (Aug 28, 2024; announced Sep 2, 2024) to acquire a majority stake in Al Bakrawe Holding, a UAE fresh produce importer/exporter/distributor (est. 2002, 49,000+ TEUs/year, 550+ suppliers across 50 countries, 650+ customers in 20 markets). Described as Silal's third major acquisition after SAFCO and Sherwood. CEO Salmeen Alameri and Al Bakrawe Group CEO Ammar Bakri were quoted.
Sep 2, 2024
Silal acquires majority stake in SAFCO
Silal acquired a majority stake in SAFCO, a 30-year-old UAE food/beverage distributor serving hotels, restaurants, catering, airlines and hospitals across 70+ countries with 25,000+ products. CEO Salmeen Alameri and SAFCO board member Ajit Sawhney were quoted.
Nov 3, 2023
Silal and Shouguang Colorful Manor (SVG) sign $38M joint-venture agreement
Signed at the China International Import Expo 2025 (witnessed by Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed), Silal and Chinese agri-tech firm SVG agreed a USD 38 million investment to build an AI- and robotics-powered vegetable production facility on a 9.8-hectare hub in Al Foah, Al Ain, including the region's first biological insect facility and a fruit/vegetable trading corridor (1,000+ containers/year).
$38M
Nov 7, 2025
Silal and Bayer sign MoU through 2028
Multi-year MoU (through 2028) covering digital farming solutions for desert environments, a 'Forward Farming' demonstration site at Silal's Innovation Oasis, Bayer's Bay G.A.P. regenerative agriculture program, digital monitoring, and vegetable seed trials.
Dec 9, 2024
Silal's Innovation Oasis and Square Roots sign desert-agriculture agreement
Innovation Oasis and Square Roots (Kimbal Musk, Executive Chairman) agreed to build a multi-zone, AI-powered research facility at Innovation Oasis to test desert-adapted crops, indoor farming systems, and low-light crop genetics.
Dec 11, 2025
Silal signs Musataha agreement with KEZAD for AgTech projects
Musataha agreement with KEZAD Group (AD Ports Group) for two AgTech facilities in Al Ain Industrial City: a 50,000 sqm indoor farming facility with Iyris for premium berries, and a 100,000 sqm controlled-environment agriculture facility for high-value crops. Silal CEO Salmeen Alameri and AD Ports Group's Abdullah AlHameli were quoted.
Nov 26, 2024
Silal Group and Olive Gaea launch AI-powered ESG platform 'ZERO'
Unveiled at Make it in the Emirates 2026, ZERO is an AI-powered ESG platform for automated sustainability data collection, carbon tracking and reporting, built with Olive Gaea (co-founder/CEO Vivek Tripathi quoted alongside Silal Group CEO Dhafer Al Qasimi).
May 4, 2026
Silal forges 14 strategic partnerships at Emirates Agriculture Conference 2026
Silal signed 14 partnerships with UAE food companies (Agthia, Al Khaleej Sugar, NFFPM, Almasah Food Industry, WALQ Food Industries, Nestlé, United Foods Company, ADVOC, Arab India Spices, Mai Dubai, SAFCO, Al Ghurair Foods, Al Dahra, Royal Horizon Holding) to diversify food supply chains and strengthen UAE strategic food reserves, in the presence of Minister Dr. Amna Al Dahak.
Apr 24, 2026
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