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Saudi Arabia launches supply chain initiative to beckon $10.6bn of investments

The initiative will contribute to overcoming challenges faced by global supply chains

Saudi British Bank reports 26% rise in net profit for Q3 2022

The bank’s loan portfolio grew to SAR189bn, marking an increase of 4 per cent during the third quarter

Aramco Launches Taleed Program to Accelerate SME growth in Saudi Arabia

Aramco launches Taleed to accelerate SME growth in Saudi Arabia

The programme will provide SMEs a wide range of support from capability building and strategy development to training, market access, advisory services and business planning

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Saudi retail enablement company Zid raises $50m in Series B funding

The proceeds will be used by Zid to expand into new markets in Saudi Arabia and in the region

Saudi Arabia to issue free e-visa for Hayya Card holders

Saudi Arabia to issue free e-visa for Hayya Card holders

The FIFA World Cup is starting on November 20 and will run until December 18

Latin America’s biggest startup Kavak expands footprint into Middle East

The Mexico City-based company is branching into the UAE and Oman

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Arabian Drilling draws $43bn in orders for Riyadh IPO

The company set the final offer price at $26.6 a share, raising $710m after a book-building process for institutional investors

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Saudi eyecare group Magrabi weighs IPO of hospitals unit

The firm opened a specialist hospital in the Middle East in 1955 and currently runs more than 150 stores across five countries in the region

Saudi utility Marafiq seeks to raise $897m in share sale

Book-building for Marafiq’s IPO opens on Sunday and lasts until October 14, followed by a retail offering from October 26-29

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund issues green bond

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund raises $3bn via inaugural green bond

The bond was more than eight times oversubscribed, with orders exceeding $24bn

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Riyadh to host infosec heavyweights at Black Hat MEA show in November

Visitors can expect a packed agenda with cybersecurity training, hacking competitions and sessions with leading international speakers at the event

Saudi’s Seera Group to operate inbound charter flights to the kingdom

Flights will operate from November 2022 through to March 2023

STC to spend $1bn to make Saudi Arabia a regional data hub

STC is expanding into a range of services beyond its core telephone network business

Aramco says global oil spare buffers to slump when China reopens

Analysts say there’s only about 2 million barrels a day of capacity that could be brought online quickly should there be a supply shutdowns

Saudi Arabia wins bid to host 2029 Asian Winter Games in Neom's Trojena

Saudi Arabia to host 2029 Asian Winter Games at NEOM’s Trojena

The announcement was made at the General Assembly meeting of the Olympic Council of Asia held in Cambodia

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IMF to establish regional office in Riyadh

The fund’s managing director said that the office will ‘spearhead engagement with regional institutions and strengthen relationships with country authorities’.

Saudi Crown Prince launches new company to develop downtown areas in 12 cities

Saudi Crown Prince launches company to develop downtown areas in 12 cities

Projects will be developed in the cities of Al-Madinah, Al-Khobar, Al-Ahsa, Buraidah, Najran, Jizan, Hail, Al-Baha, Arar, Taif, Dumat Al-Jandal, and Tabuk

Flynas

Flynas to launch direct flights from two Saudi cities to Mumbai

Flynas scaled its fleet to 38 aircraft in June 2022 compared to 25 aircraft in January 2021

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Saudi oil driller plans $710m IPO to expand operations

Arabian Drilling plans to use the IPO proceeds to scale up its onshore and offshore fleet and expand operations in the GCC region

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CEO of Saudi Arabia’s Sabic, Yousef Abdullah Al-Benyan, resigns

By virtue of a royal decree, Al-Benyan was appointed as the kingdom’s new education minister

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman named Prime Minister

The directive comes as part of a cabinet reshuffle

HSBC Saudi Arabia promotes Faris Alghannam to CEO role

Alghannam has been with HSBC Saudi Arabia since 2011

UAE, Saudi Arabia non-oil foreign trade

UAE, Saudi Arabia non-oil foreign trade grows 92.5% over past decade

Saudi Arabia was the UAE’s fourth leading trading partner from 2012 to 2021, with trade exchange amounting to Dhs904.3bn

Saudi National Day celebrations in UAE

UAE to celebrate Saudi National Day with fireworks, festivities and retail offers

UAE will commemorate Saudi Arabia’s 92nd National Day with an extensive programme of celebrations from September 23 to 26

Wizz Air

Wizz to have 50-plane fleet in Saudi Arabia by end of decade

Wizz as a whole is planning for a fleet of 500 aircraft by 2030

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Saudi Aramco says global oil buffers may vanish when demand recovers

Oil and gas investments slumped from $700bn in 2014 to $300bn in 2021, according to Aramco’s chief executive officer, Amin Nasser

Saudi oil driller hires Goldman, HSBC, SNB Capital for local IPO

Arabian Drilling operates 45 rigs and had revenue of $586m last year

HSBC executes first blockchain transaction for Middle East’s automotive sector

The Contour platform deploys decentralised technology to integrate digital networks for transfer of data across trade routes

Lazard names a woman as Saudi chair to grow Mideast advisory unit

Sarah Al-Suhaimi was named chair of the Saudi stock exchange in 2017

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister and the secretary general of the Digital Cooperation Organization in Riyadh

Digital Cooperation Organization to establish HQ in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Cyprus, Djibouti, Kuwait, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Jordan and Rwanda are member states of the organisation founded to drive collaboration in digital transformation