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Interviews & Viewpoints | Thamer Al Sharhan, Managing Director, ACWA Power: Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2018
Articles & Analysis | Making deals: A number of high-profile bilateral agreements and international investments are reviving investor confidence from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2018
The first foreign visit of US President Donald Trump’s term saw business leaders from Saudi Arabia and the US signing nearly $400bn worth of agreements and deals. These commercial agreements were designed to foster mutual benefits and investments in both countries. King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud met President Trump just over a year after the...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Ziyad Al Shiha, President and CEO, Saudi Electricity Company (SEC): Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2018
How will the gradual phase-out of electricity subsidies affect electricity consumption patterns?
Articles & Analysis | Mined the gap: Economic diversification is set to favour mining development from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2018
Increased investment in Saudi Arabia’s mining sector looks set to lift its GDP contributions, as part of an accelerating push to diversify the economy under the Vision 2030 development plan. On April 24, 2017 Prince Khalid Al Faisal Al Saud, the governor of Makkah, formally opened a new gold mine and processing plant – the Ad Duwayhi mine, owned and...
Articles & Analysis | Links in the chain: Investment in local suppliers and renewable energy is poised to provide greater employment opportunities from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2018
Large-scale renewable energy investments, and new rules specifying how much revenue from Saudi Aramco must be spent on domestic content, are set to drive manufacturing growth. Creating a local supply chain is at the heart of plans to install 3.5 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2020, while the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) programme adopted...
Articles & Analysis | Private sector cooperation boosts Saudi Arabia's security sector from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2018
At Saudi Technology Development and Investment Company (TAQNIA) aviators and engineers, who are the beneficiaries of Saudi Arabia’s investments in defence and education, are making plans for the future of the Kingdom’s aerospace industry. TAQNIA, which was formed by royal decree in 2011 as a branch of the Public Investment Fund, is drawing on...