After witnessing sluggish growth rates for the past few years, Middle Eastern nations finally have something to cheer about as the new financial year promises an economic rebound. Most rating agencies and international organizations forecast the regional GDP growth to recover to 2.3 percent on an average in 2018-19, as opposed to just 0.6 percent…
Years of painstaking efforts toward reforms and diversification undertaken by the governments in the GCC region seem to be finally paying off. The World Bank in its biannual Gulf Economic Monitor report has predicted a new financial year of hope and optimism, with economic growth peaking to 2.1 percent, from the abysmally low rate of…
The Algerian pharmaceutical sector, which depended upon massive imports to fulfill medical supply needs, is now on a path of rapid and positive progression. With an aim of improving the local medicine and medical supply needs, and to acquire scientific, technological and technical know-how, Algeria is working on important partnerships with foreign players in the…
The winners of the Top CEO Awards 2018 have been announced following the successful conclusion of the ‘Top CEO Conference and Awards’, which took place under the “Paradigm Shift” theme at King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia, on April 10-11. The event saw business leaders and more than 30 expert speakers from across the Middle…
The “Top CEO Conference and Awards” and the “Arab Women Forum” ended on a high note at the King Abdullah Economic City in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where business leaders and more than 50 expert speakers from across the Middle East gathered to discuss the burning issues facing the corporate world today. The events…
Restructuring businesses in the Gulf and the Middle East has always been a challenge. It was, however, only in 2015 that transformation in the corporate culture started as managements were empowered by their shareholders to achieve the desired efficiencies and return businesses to profitability. Working in this direction, issue of ‘Lean & Mean’, focusing on…
Various burning issues ranging from ‘The Execution Challenge’, ‘Bureaucracy’, ‘The Private Sector’ and ‘Maintaining Momentum’, will be taken up during the Top CEO Conference & Awards event at King Abdullah Economic City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday. In its fourth edition, Top CEO Conference & Awards promises an exceptional opportunity to network, brainstorm and exchange…
Empowering women entrepreneurs to take risks could be one of the solutions to increase their contribution to the regional economy. However, there are studies that point toward the poor participation of women in the mainstream business activities citing lack of venture capital as one of the major problems. However, recently released Mastercard Index of Women…
The reputation of the Middle East in terms of women empowerment has suffered irreparable damages since a long time due to various reasons ranging from wars to societal bigotry. This has caused harm to the global image of the region and has also been a reason to loss of billions of dollars that could have…
The agenda has been released for the ‘Top CEO Conference and Awards’, which will return to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the second time on 10th and 11th April at King Abdullah Economic City, and feature the ‘Top CEO Arab Women Forum’ for the first time. Under a ‘Paradigm Shift’ theme, business leaders and…
