The Annual GPCA Forum, the flagship event of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), has earned its reputation as the premier gathering of the chemical and petrochemical industry in ...

The MENA Fintech & Insurtech Festival is the region’s expanded premier platform for innovation, collaboration and transformation in the financial & insurance technology sector. The 2025 edition will ...

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Qatar is channeling its hydrocarbons wealth into long-term economic transformation, with diversification accelerating after the FIFA 2022 World Cup. In 2024 non-oil sectors accounted for over 60% of ...

Kuwait’s upstream oil activities and crude oil exports are the central pillars of the country’s economy. In recent years the government has embarked upon an economic diversification drive to reduce ...

Saudi Arabia’s education system has undergone a significant restructuring in recent years, driven by the launch of Vision 2030, the Kingdom’s blueprint for socio-economic transformation. The ...

Algeria has maintained a high level of investment in education in recent years, despite the general economic contraction caused by the collapse of the hydrocarbons market in 2014. While the Ministry ...

Qatar has reaped benefits from changes in the global energy market caused by the conflict in Ukraine, and the accelerated energy transitions of several countries. The country has signed major ...

– Coordinated efforts to boost ESG could spearhead the bloc’s Covid-19 recovery Environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria are increasingly shaping the global corporate agenda. ASEAN presents ...

As part of efforts to build more resilient global supply chains, Chinese investment in Latin America and the Caribbean under the decade-old Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is continuing to drive major ...

The dent in hydrocarbons revenues suffered as a result of falling oil prices drew to a close the period of sustained budget surpluses that Saudi Arabia has enjoyed for the past several years. 2016 ...

Saudi Arabia’s ICT sector has already achieved notable success. As of 2022 it is the largest and fastest-growing market in the MENA region, with a value of SR154bn ($41.1bn). The scale of the ...