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Blogs, Infrastructure 4 August, 2021

Saudi Arabia pushes on with giga-projects supported by web of local contractors

Article from volume 45, issue 1,131 The Covid-19 pandemic has put huge pressure on government finances, but Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s favoured mega-projects have continued nevertheless, underpinned by Public Investment...

Blogs, Infrastructure 4 August, 2021

Contractor profiles: Leading Saudi firms involved in the Kingdom's giga-projects

Article from volume 45, issue 1,131...

Blogs 4 July, 2021

Wirecard and the dangers of weaponising corporate intelligence

During a recent ACAMS panel discussion on the Wirecard fraud, a central theme emerged of just how many people maintained a collective belief that the digital payments company was a spectacular success story. Perhaps most notably,...

Blogs, Healthcare 14 June, 2021

The Jab Market – Covid vaccines and the private sector in the MEA region

During the Covid pandemic many countries have seen private sector organisations lending their support to address the crisis. From alcohol companies switching to make hand sanitiser, to manufacturing companies re-tooling...

Blogs 24 May, 2021

Time to tighten the belt – 6AMLD and the ever-expanding waistband of money laundering offences

Less than two weeks remain (at the time of writing) until the 3 June deadline for implementation of the EU’s most recent piece of AML legislation – its sixth directive since the bloc was formed in the early 1990s. This set of...

Blogs 16 May, 2021

The UAE’s US T-Bond drive: a judicious approach?

Last week’s news that the United Arab Emirates has been massively increasing its US Treasury holdings was largely unexpected, at least for many international analysts. In fact, according to fresh Treasury data1, in February alone...

Marketing material 31 March, 2021

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Blogs 23 March, 2021

The UAE’s new Trust Law – keeping family wealth at home

Last month the UAE’s Ministry of Finance announced a new law that allows capital and assets to be transferred into onshore trusts. According to the ministry’s spokesman the new legislation is designed to support the wealth...

Blogs 4 March, 2021

Iran: What next?

The Biden administration’s Iran policy and whether the US will return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is being seen as a key part of its foreign policy agenda for the Middle East region, along with the not...

Blogs, Clean energy 25 February, 2021

Accelerating renewable energy growth in Ghana

Ghana’s energy supply today is met predominantly by non-renewable energy sources – a mix of petroleum, biomass (mostly charcoal and firewood) and gas, with only a small share (5%) provided by hydro-electric sources. The country’s...

Blogs 8 February, 2021

Angola: Bridging the Gulf

As Angola battles the combined challenges of the global pandemic and a declining oil market, its efforts at cultivating diplomatic and commercial ties with the Gulf states are beginning to bear fruit. At the forefront is the UAE,...

Blogs, Healthcare 18 January, 2021

Pharmaceuticals in frontier markets: Part 4 - Libya

In the fourth and final article of our series of blogs looking at the pharmaceutical industry in four frontier markets, we look at how Libya is meeting demand for healthcare products....

Blogs 11 January, 2021

The Qatar reconciliation and what it tells us about 2021

It is customary at this time of year for thinktanks, political commentators and risk consultancies to deliver their forecasts for the year ahead – partly to fill what can be a quiet time for the news cycle. Not so this year with...

Marketing material 23 December, 2020

Diligencia company overview (in Chinese/Mandarin)

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Marketing material 23 December, 2020

ClarifiedBy.com product information (in Chinese/Mandarin)

Find out about ClarifiedBy.com and the legal entity data available to help clients understand the corporate interests of companies and shareholders across Africa and the wider Middle East. Access your copy of our PDF for more...

Marketing material 21 December, 2020

Compliance screening product information

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Marketing material 21 December, 2020

Ruling Families product information

Our ruling families search combs our database to identify and verify whether an individual is connected to a ruler by blood line or by marriage. Access your copy of our PDF by clicking the button below....

Blogs, Healthcare 1 December, 2020

Pharmaceuticals in frontier markets: Part 3 - Sudan

In the third of a series of blogs looking at the pharmaceutical industry in four frontier markets, we focus on the main players involved in Sudan’s healthcare sector....

Blogs, Healthcare 12 November, 2020

Pharmaceuticals in frontier markets: Part 2 – Syria

In the second of our series of blogs looking at the pharmaceutical industry in four frontier markets, we focus on Syria and how it is meeting local demand for healthcare....

Blogs, Healthcare 5 October, 2020

Pharmaceuticals in frontier markets: Part 1 – Iran

Whilst the Covid-19 pandemic has focused the world’s attention on the race to develop a vaccine, global pharmaceutical manufacturers have quietly been making plans to expand into the kind of frontier markets in the Middle East &...