In this Market Profile video, OBG explores Saudi Arabia’s health care transformation in 2025, highlighting the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 goals. The video, produced in partnership with Hayat National ...

On reinforcing investor confidence by developing a functioning interbank market and deepening financial intermediation To what extent are international precedents and multilateral guidance informing ...

Oman is leveraging its strategic location on the Arabian Peninsula to enhance its infrastructure as part of its broader economic diversification goals. Significant investment is being made in ...

To boost local production of pharmaceutical goods and medical devices, Oman unveiled plans in 2020 to establish new pharmaceutical factories that would help ease reliance on imports, increase national ...

How do banks support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)? SAID ABDULLAH AL HATMI: Oman’s banking sector recognises SMEs as vital to the country’s economic growth and ...

Qatar is channeling its hydrocarbons wealth into long-term economic transformation, with diversification accelerating after the FIFA 2022 World Cup. In 2024 non-oil sectors accounted for over 60% of ...

The government has identified the development of the transport and logistics sector as key to job creation and economic diversification. The authorities have enacted several reforms to encourage ...

Saudi Arabia’s economy is diversifying under Vision 2030, with strong growth in the digital economy and government-led giga-projects. While oil activity slowed in 2023, tourism income surged 38%, ...

The government has prioritised education reform in recent years. Since 2017 it has passed several initiatives aimed at improving education availability and quality. The provision of free senior high ...

Agriculture is a major driver of economic growth in Ghana, as well as an important source of foreign exchange. In 2021 the amount of arable land was estimated at 20.7% of the country’s 238,500 sq km.

Saudi Arabia is undergoing a significant transformation under Vision 2030, the national agenda aimed at developing a diversified, knowledge-based economy and reducing the Kingdom’s reliance on fossil ...

While Africa holds more than 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land, the continent’s share in global agricultural production remains low. Vast areas of land are uncultivated and productivity is ...