USAID and Kurdistan region sign $18 million agreement
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) ministries of health and planning and US Agency for International Development signed an agreement for constructing ...
Country: Middle East
Mobile drives ME digital consumer growth
Mobility is spearheading digital consumption throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region at an unprecedented rate, largely driven ...
Mideast opportunities in aircraft investment rosy
Financial institutions and airlines in the Middle East have significantly increased their capital investments in new Boeing commercial airplanes over ...
$250bn investments in MENA rail projects until 2015
A project rail boom within the transport sector in the Middle East and North Africa is expected to materialize in ...
Iraq to serve as export gateway for Jordan
Jordan’s Ministry of Agriculture is communicating with its Iraqi counterpart to secure the transit of local agricultural produce via Iraq ...
Kuwait starts project of National Center for Renewable Energy
The execution of Kuwait's ambitious KD 70 million-worth National Center for Renewable Energy Research and Applications kicked off, the Project ...
Exports from the Middle East and Africa to grow 12% in next decade
Barloworld Logistics, a leading provider of smart logistics and supply chain solutions, plans to expand their current supply chain solutions ...
Global Islamic Finance set to double by 2015
Global Islamic Finance is set to double in size between 2011 and 2015 with the sector increasingly viewed as a ...
Iraq allocates $275 billion for projects over five years
Iraq has earmarked $250-275 billion for spending on infrastructure projects and other investments over the next five years, the planning ...
Drake & Scull wins Iraqi $358.8 million pipeline contract
Drake & Scull has been awarded a Dhs1.314 billion ($358.8 million) contract to install a pipeline in an Iraqi oilfield, ...
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