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  • Google, Aramco partner for Saudi Arabia’s $10 billion cloud market

    Google will open a “cloud region” where it can provide its cloud services in Saudi Arabia via a joint venture with state-owned oil producer Saudi Aramco, as Covid-19 prompts a landmark acceleration in digital adoption across the Gulf. “The collaboration taps into rapidly expanding cloud services demand in Saudi Arabia, which is forecast to reach a market opportunity up to $10 billion by 2030,” Aramco said in a statement on Monday.

  • This Startup Star Is a New Face in Saudi Arabia

    Operating out of a 7,500-square-foot hub in Riyadh, Falak invests more than $1 million every year on tech startups for an accelerated four-month development program, and it also links investors to promising businesses through its angel investment unit.

  • Saudi Arabia: King Abdulaziz Bus Project in Riyadh to start operations in 2021

    The King Abdulaziz Public Transport Network for Buses in Riyadh city announced that it will start operation in the second quarter of 2021, local media reported. The Royal Commission for Riyadh City has set the date for actual operation of the bus service, according to a statement from the Saudi Public Transport Company (SAPTCO), posted on the website of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul).

  • Curator announced for largest contemporary art exhibition in Saudi Arabia

    Saudi Arabia’s first art biennale will be curated by Philip Tinari, the director and CEO of China’s leading contemporary art institution. The head of the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, he is an internationally renowned curator and critic.

  • Saudi Arabia ranked first across Arab world in Global Artificial Intelligence Index

    Saudi Arabia has been ranked first across the Arab world and 22nd globally in the Global Artificial Intelligence Index, showed Tortoise Intelligence Index report. The kingdom ranked second worldwide in the “Government Strategy” standard, and took 9th place globally in the “Operating environment” standard, according to the report.

  • Saudi Arabia’s Underground Art Scene Finally Hits the Mainstream

    “Art is something special; it is food for your eyes and soul. The more we see it, the more we think and develop. That is why I want to create even more art to be displayed in the city,” he said. “I use Arabic calligraphy to draw objects and merge it with contemporary art because our language is beautiful, calligraphy itself is an art — I can mold it to create what I want and get the feeling across to others.”

  • State Department approves $350M deal for security services to Saudi Arabia

    "This proposed sale will continue to improve Saudi Arabia's capability to meet current and future threats by utilizing USMTM's continued efforts to train, advise, and assist the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces to build defense capacity and capability through military exercises and professional military education. USMTM conducts non-combat, institutional advising that assists the MOD in developing, training, and sustaining a capable deterrent to regional threats," the DSCA said.

  • Saudi Arabia is Abu Dhabi’s biggest non-oil trade partner between March and August

    Saudi Arabia was the number one destination for non-oil goods from Abu Dhabi between March and August this year, with trade between the Kingdom and the emirate amounting to AED15.3 billion ($4.16 billion), according to official figures released on Monday.

  • US, UK and Saudi Arabia participate in MCM interoperability training

    The training provided the three navies with an opportunity to boost mutual interoperability during mine-hunting missions and communications, as well as strengthen partnerships by closely working with regional partners.

  • Saudi Arabia Goes Sour on Turkish Goods Amid Spat: Chart

    Turkey’s exports to Saudi Arabia fell 15% in September versus the same period last year, the third straight month of declines, amid an unofficial boycott of Turkish goods by authorities in the kingdom. Preliminary data from the Turkey Exporters’ Assembly suggests October’s drop in shipments was even bigger. A late November phone call between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman signaled a possible thaw in ties, and interviews in Riyadh suggest curbs on the sale of products made in Turkey are being eased.