With the highly competitive Kuwaiti telecoms market becoming increasingly saturated, the country’s three mobile operators are jostling for position. Central to all of their strategies is a greater...
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Economic Update | Kuwait: Expanding and competing
7 Dec 2011
Economic Update | Oman: Shoring up supply
7 Dec 2011
The Omani government is moving forward with plans to raise prices for natural gas in an effort to recalibrate the supply-and-demand equation, with local demand for the feedstock rising rapidly on the...
Economic Update | Saudi Arabia: Making the grade
5 Dec 2011
Saudi Arabia is stepping up its commitment to education and providing increasing opportunities for private investors in an effort to reduce the Kingdom’s unemployment rates and its reliance on...
Economic Update | Jordan: Venturing for SMEs
1 Dec 2011
Amidst a slowdown in the Middle East’s private equity industry, Jordan’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are set to get a boost from a new private equity fund.
Economic Update | Dubai: Private opportunities in public transport
24 Nov 2011
Dubai has cleared the way for private investors to enter the emirate’s public transport sector, having laid the foundations for a partial privatisation of some operations in the state’s growing rail...
Economic Update | Turkey: Energy-sector manoeuvres
24 Nov 2011
At the high-profile Black Sea Energy and Economy Forum, Turkey’s top leadership expressed strong rhetorical support for the Nabucco gas pipeline project, while reminding Europe that the country plays...
