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Education, Women’s Empowerment and Change
- June 22,2012
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- SUSTG Team
There has been a significant investment in education, which is great. In the last eight or nine years the number of Saudi Universities has more than quadrupled from about seven to over 30. Some of that increase has been through splitting up existing, very large universities, like King Abdul Aziz University, into more manageable sizes. […]
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Saudi Arabia names Defense Minister Prince Salman new heir to throne
- June 18,2012
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s ruler named Defense Minister Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz is the country’s new crown prince Monday — an expected nod that leaves power still within an aging and shrinking circle of leaders in one of the West’s most critical Middle East allies.
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The Middle East fights the Flame, but virus spreads anyway
- June 7,2012
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- SUSTG Team
Two years ago there was Stuxnet, a virus that targeted Iranian uranium-enrichment infrastructure. Now Flame, a mutating piece of malware, is continuing to spread, infecting more than 1,000 Windows-powered computers across the Middle East. It’s centered on Iran, but has also spread to Israel and Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and even Sudan. Flame is a huge virus — 20 megabytes […]
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Saudi Construction Sector: A Sleeping Giant Awakes
- June 5,2012
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- SUSTG Team
Deloitte’s recently released report, “GCC powers of construction 2012: Five lessons to learn” assesses the current prospects of Saudi Arabia’s construction sector. Deloitte paints a very optimistic picture noting Saudi Arabia’s leading position in the GCC with regard to population and GDP. It also highlights the ambitious spending plans established in the latest 5-year development plan announced in […]
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Saudi construction sector ‘most buoyant globally’
- May 24,2012
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- SUSTG Team
Massive construction projects in the GCC, particularly around social and transport infrastructure, will offer tremendous opportunities valued at up to $500 billion for contractors, Deloitte Middle East’s annual report “GCC Powers of Construction: Five Lessons to Learn From” released Wednesday said. The Deloitte report showed that there is imminent growth in the Saudi Arabian construction […]
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The Gulf Military Balance in 2012
- May 21,2012
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- SUSTG Team
The Burke Chair at CSIS is issuing a new report called the Gulf Military Balance in 2012. The report shows that the Gulf military balance is dominated by five major groups of military forces: the Southern Gulf states, Iran, Iraq, outside powers like the US, and non-state actors like the various elements of Al Qa’ida, the […]
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The Surprising $100 Billion Solar Investment
- May 16,2012
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- SUSTG Team
If you thought Germany and California were aggressively trying to add solar power to the grid, the oil state of Saudi Arabia is giving both of them a run for their money with recent plans to enter the solar market. The country is looking for investors in a $109 billion plan to build 41 GW […]
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Petchem projects lead Saudi industrialization drive
- May 8,2012
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- SUSTG Team
The Saudi project market continues to thrive. Latest data from Meed put the value of projects “planned or underway” at $745 billion in mid-April, around 13 percent higher than a year earlier. These figures need to be treated with some caution: The topline number is some 30 percent larger than the nominal size of the […]
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SEC unveils SR452b projects
- May 8,2012
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- SUSTG Team
The Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has allocated SR452 billion to implement energy projects until the year 2021 according to SEC Chairman of the Board of Directors Dr. Saleh Bin Hussein Al-Awaji. These projects will provide services consistent with international standards, including building up an adequate power at a peak time about 10 percent of combined capacity. The […]
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Saudi tops in job creation in GCC
- April 9,2012
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- SUSTG Team
The Gulf region continued to create jobs despite the impact of Arab Spring in 2011 with the regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia topping the list followed by Qatar and Oman, according to a new survey. The oil and gas industry, healthcare and retail sectors enjoyed the largest headcount expansion in 2011, while banking and construction fared the […]
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Secret Trump order gives CIA more powers to launch cyberattacks
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Israel’s second coronavirus wave threatens Netanyahu’s hold on power
Two months ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was confident — probably a little too much — in Israel’s management of the coronavirus crisis. The numbers of new Covid-19 cases had plummeted to the low double digits per day in May — a far cry from late March, when hundreds of new cases were being reported every day. In the midst of Israel’s success, Netanyahu announced on May 26 that Israel would finally begin to reopen.
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U.K. sanctions Russians, Saudis under new Magnitsky Act powers
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World’s most powerful passports for 2020
The Henley Passport Index, which periodically measures the world's most travel-friendly passports, has just released its third report of the new decade. Asian citizens continue to have the travel documents that open the most doors. Japan is top of the leaderboard, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 191 destinations around the world.
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Air Products, ACWA Power and Saudi NEOM sign agreement for $5 bln
Air Products, ACWA Power and Saudi Arabia’s NEOM have signed an agreement for a $5 billion green hydrogen-based ammonia production facility, the companies said in a statement on Tuesday. The project, which will be equally owned by the three partners, will be based in NEOM, Saudi Arabia’s new economic zone, and produce green ammonia for export to global markets, they said. (Reporting by Marwa Rashad; editing by Jason Neely)
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Could Israel and Its Neighbors Be Powered Solely by Solar Power?
Currently, nearly all of Israel’s energy comes from natural gas and coal; it has no nuclear power and very little oil. According to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy, renewables account for less than 5% of Israel’s electricity.
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Saudi Street Stylebook ‘Under The Abaya’ Celebrates Women’s Empowerment
Saudi Arabia’s first-ever street style book launched by Saudi entrepreneur and industry leader Marriam Mossalli, “Under the Abaya: Street Style from Saudi Arabia,” is groundbreaking in its exposure of the Kingdom’s unique fashion scene, still little-known outside the country.
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Saudi ACWA Power to hit $10 bln target of new 2020 investments despite virus
Saudi power plant developer and operator ACWA Power expects to achieve its target of more than $10 billion in new investments this year, as the coronavirus pandemic had “minimal impact” on its projects, the firm’s chief executive told Reuters.
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Middle East and Africa power industry tenders in May 2020: Total volume increase revealed
Middle East and Africa power industry tenders activity in May 2020 saw 29 tenders announced, marking a drop of 75% over the last 12-month average of 114, according to GlobalData’s power database.
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Saudi Arabia to address women’s empowerment, economic representation during G20 presidency
The presidency will focus on its current session on three main issues: empowering the human being by creating conditions that enable people - especially women and youth - to lead a decent life, work and prosperity, and preserve the land by promoting collective efforts, enacting sustainable economic policies, as well as shaping new horizons from Through the adoption of bold and long-term strategies to make the most of innovation and technical progress.
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