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  • Saudi Startup
    Startup of the Week: A Saudi Eco-friendly food waste startup brings value-added benefits

    “We produce fatty acids from the food waste, extracting them through a liquid-liquid extraction system. The fatty acid oils are then used to help animal feed, as well as the feed and chemical industries,” said Xu.

  • Power
    SEC to roll out smart meters in Saudi Arabia next month

    Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has revealed that it will soon launch the first phase of the smart metering project. Old smart meters will be replaced with new smart meters starting February. In the second phase, meters will be linked to telecom systems, presumably to users’ smartphones, before being linked to the billing systems in the third and final stage.

  • Economy
    Saudi Arabia Escapes Deflation Just Barely as Cycle Turns: Chart

    Saudi inflation crawled above zero in December for the first time in a year, ending an unprecedented stretch of price declines made worse by a slump in housing costs. A pickup in the non-oil economy is likely to keep up price pressures after the headline figure ticked up as food inflation doubled last month. A diminishing drag from housing, coupled with stronger domestic demand, should push Saudi inflation further into positive territory throughout this year, according to Ziad Daoud of Bloomberg Economics.

  • Chinese
    Saudi schools start teaching Chinese language

    The eight boys schools, which teach the language from the second semester that started Sunday in the kingdom, include four in the capital Riyadh, two in the western city of Jeddah and two others in the Eastern region, spokesman for the Education Ministry Ibtasam Al Shiheri said, according to Okaz newspaper.

  • Desert X
    Desert X AlUla—the inaugural sculpture biennial in a historic Saudi Arabian valley—announces participants

    Fourteen artists including five Saudi nationals will take part in the inaugural Desert X exhibition launching in the vast AlUla region in northwest Saudi Arabia later this month (31 January-7 March).

  • Sudan
    Sudan army quells Khartoum mutiny by pro-Bashir troops

    Shooting broke out on Tuesday in the capital Khartoum and the city's airport was briefly closed amid the clashes. The violence was sparked by a row over severance pay for officers in a much-feared intelligence agency that is being overhauled, the government said.

  • Egypt
    Israel starts exporting natural gas to Egypt under landmark deal

    Israel began exporting natural gas to Egypt on Wednesday under one of the most important deals to have been signed by the neighbors since they made peace decades ago. A private firm in Egypt, Dolphinus Holdings, will purchase 85 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas, worth an estimated $19.5 billion, from Israel’s Leviathan and Tamar offshore fields over 15 years.

  • Healthcare IPO
    Saudi Healthcare Firm Said to Start IPO in Wake of Aramco Sale

    Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical initially planned to sell shares in 2016, people familiar with the matter said at the time. The company operates at least 14 medical facilities across Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, according to its website.

  • Syria
    For these Syrian artists, humor is essential to coping with oppression and war

    There is an Arabic proverb that says the worst tragedies are the ones that make you laugh. Alzakout is part of a flourishing community of Syrian artists in exile who are testing that notion. After eight years of conflict in Syria, at least half a million people have been killed and about 11 million have been forced to flee their homes. The war has devastated the country’s infrastructure and economy, plunging 80 percent of the population into poverty.

  • Capital Markets
    Saudi Healthcare Firm Said to Start IPO in Wake of Aramco Sale

    One of Saudi Arabia’s largest private healthcare operators plans an initial public offering next month, according to people familiar with the matter, in what will be a litmus test for investor appetite after the world’s biggest share sale. Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group appointed Jadwa Investment and Riyad Capital as advisers, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private.