The agreement is seen as a strategic step to support innovation along the value chain from producer to consumer and to promote sustainable food security
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3D printing
Saudi Arabia’s first 3D printed villa unveiled
Launched by Dar al Arkan, the two-storey villa is the first of its kind in the Kingdom
Arab nations
Brazil boosts food supplies to Arab nations hit by the impact of the Russia-Ukraine crisis
Brazil’s wheat exports to the Arab nations reached $285.86 million in Q1 2022, marking a 438 percent increase compared to the same period last year
commodity prices
Soaring food prices in Egypt push people to “breaking point” amid Russia-Ukraine crisis: report
Egypt is attempting to boost its efforts to ensure it has enough to feed its citizens, as as food stockpiles shrink in an economy where many of its residents rely on a bread-subsidy programme
Bahrain Investcorp
Bahrain’s Investcorp seals first Italian real estate deals as European focus intensifies
Investment firm announces Milan and Rome acquisitions as European real estate business tops €1.1bn
Bahrain
Bahrain starts construction of United States Trade Zone as part of Covid recovery plan
Trade zone will be spread initially over 110,000 sq m, expanding to 1.11 million sq m in the future
Bahrain economy
Work starts on Bahrain initiative to better match education to jobs market
Tamkeen says Skills Bahrain initiative is being implemented in collaboration with government and private sector
Bahrain Investcorp
Bahrain’s Investcorp sells UK industrial assets in $145m deal
Investcorp announces that it has completed the sale of 10 UK industrial and logistics assets to three different purchasers
Bahrain real estate
Bahrain’s GFH launches new $1bn infrastructure, real estate unit
Infracorp will be listed on a Gulf exchange in the next 24 months and will also issue a green sukuk
Cyber Security
Are you prepared for more OT threats?
Malicious cyberattacks are likely to increase given the opportunities for mission impact, social anxiety, and profit that disrupting systems and stealing intellectual property from OT and IT systems represent
Bahrain
Bahrain launches search for firms to work on ambitious metro project
Ministry of Transportation of Telecommunications launches the pre-qualification tender for phase one of rail project
Bahrain
Bahrain launches new investment platform to support Covid recovery plan
Economic Development Board announces the launch of the invest.bh platform to attract investments across sectors
Oil prices
Oil extends drop as chance of coordinated reserves release rises
Futures in New York fell below $76-a-barrel after losing almost 6 percent last week
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Arabian Business Start-Up SME Academy
How to be a #social startup in the UAE
Prominent voices in the world of hashtags and filters join the Arabian Business StartUp Academy to share lessons they have learned, and continue to learn, about making the best of social media when setting up, sustaining and growing a small business in the Middle East
Bahrain
Bahrain may begin construction on metro in 2019
The government is likely to turn to the private sector to partially fund the $1-$2bn project