The country may be a new entrant to the international construction industry, however, it has had several well-established firms for many years. Both developers and contractors, such as the Kingdom Holding Company and Saudi Binladin Group, have grown into some of the best-known names in the country. With the country continuing to experience...
Infrastructure spending and government investment in health and education are helping to drive growth in the Saudi Arabian information and communications technology (ICT) market, the largest ICT market in the region. Growth is occurring in a number of segments, such as IT services and data centres, as companies and especially government entities...
Of all the industries currently being prioritised by the Saudi government, perhaps the most eye-catching is automotive manufacturing. Over the next couple of decades, the government is looking to create – almost from scratch – an industry that encompasses cars, trucks and buses. By as early as 2025, the hope is that 600,000...
Although little noted, the environment for industrial real estate has been improving rapidly over the last five years. While it is less glamorous than its residential and commercial cousins, warehousing and industrial real estate is set to be increasingly important for Saudi Arabia as the economy continues to grow and diversify.
The Saudi Agriculture show on the outskirts of Riyadh in September 2012 was testament to the buzz surrounding one of the most interesting agricultural sectors in the Middle East. Investors from Europe and Asia were out in force, promoting everything from irrigation equipment to new animal feeds and fertilisers. It is not hard to understand the...
Tying together every current long-term social and economic development plan for Saudi Arabia is the increased participation of non-hydrocarbons industries in the economy. But key to delivering on this aim are the abilities of its population and the knowledge of its future leaders to successfully navigate from a resource-based, export-oriented economy to a more...
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