Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has announced three key initiatives aimed at supporting and enabling the private sector.
These initiatives include the Local Content Growth Program, called MUSAHAMA, which seeks to increase the share of local content spend in PIF’s domestic portfolio to 60 percent by the end of 2025. To achieve this, each PIF company will integrate local content considerations into their design and procurement policies, PIF said in a statement.
Another initiative is the Suppliers Development Program, which will support the development and upskilling of local suppliers and vendors to meet the growing requirements of PIF’s portfolio companies. During 2023, PIF will hold vendor boot camps for Tier 2 and Tier 3 contractors to prepare their companies to qualify as vendors.
The third initiative is the Private Sector Hub, a dedicated channel that is now live and will share supplier and investment opportunities with the private sector. It currently contains more than 100 opportunities and will be continuously updated and enhanced, PIF said.
The programs were launched at PIF’s inaugural Private Sector Forum. The first-of-its-kind forum has gathered PIF executives, ministers, senior government officials, and representatives from 50 PIF portfolio companies, as well as over 4,000 private sector participants representing a broad range of sectors.
Jerry Todd, Head of the National Development Division at PIF, said “empowerment of the private sector as one of PIF’s foremost priorities considering the private sector’s crucial role in the growth and development of the Saudi economy”.