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  • Smart grids could improve Saudi Arabia’s renewables potential

    Saudi Arabia’s traditional power grid faces challenges such as transmission losses, low efficiency, and limited ability to accommodate renewable energy sources, creating the need for a modernized smart grid.

  • Top art exhibitions in the UAE and Saudi Arabia to see this spring

    As the calendar ticked over to 2024, art institutions in the Gulf began setting the stage for some of their best exhibitions of the year.

    The UAE will host Art Dubai and March Art Week, while Saudi Arabia has a growing fixture of events anchored by the Diriyah Biennale Foundation as well as exhibitions and biennials staged in AlUla.

  • Top art exhibitions in the UAE and Saudi Arabia to see this spring

    A mix of blockbuster shows and calmer retrospectives to catch in the coming months.

  • Saudi’s Seven and Formula E to open karting attractions

    Saudi Entertainment Ventures (Seven) has announced its latest partnership, this time with Formula E to launch indoor karting attractions in the kingdom. The Formula E venues will be located in four of Seven’s entertainment destinations across Saudi Arabia, in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Abha. Each family-friendly attraction will offer adult karts, junior karts, and dual karts, as well as 400-metre-long tracks

  • IBM inaugurates regional Saudi headquarters in Riyadh

    Krishna said that the investment in Saudi Arabia reinforces the firm’s longstanding commitment to the Kingdom. IBM first established its presence in Saudi Arabia in 1947, and has since worked on hundreds of projects in the government and private sectors. In recent years, IBM has worked with government, businesses and partners to help enhance the Kingdom’s tech landscape, including the local digital infrastructure, tech ecosystem and Saudi talent.

  • stc, Saudi Railway Company Partner to Elevate National Cybersecurity

    stc group has announced a strategic partnership between its subsidiary, sirar by stc, and the Saudi Railway Company (SAR), the owner and operator of railway networks in Saudi Arabia. This collaboration is set to revolutionize the realm of Information Technology and technological innovation within the Kingdom's critical infrastructure. This will facilitate an alliance for a strategic move to deepen the national expertise in cybersecurity and technology within critical infrastructure sectors.

  • Schiattarella Associati’s digital art center in Saudi Arabia draws from Najdi architecture

    Schiattarella Associati has unveiled Diriyah Art Futures, a distinctive digital art ‘incubator’ in Saudi Arabia designed for exhibitions, education, and art production. Covering an area of 12,800 square meters, it is situated northwest of Riyadh, close to a significant historical and archaeological site in the Arabian Peninsula. The design approach of Schiattarella Associati emphasizes a connection with the surroundings, considering not only the physical characteristics of the context but also engaging with the cultural values and the memory of the location.

  • Setting the Stage: The Vital Role of Private Art Institutions in Saudi Arabia

    Yet amid the present moment of grandiose state patronage that has led to a renaissance of sorts across the kingdom, at times the role of private art institutions has been overlooked. Prior to the present massive government investment in culture, these institutions – independent players such as Edge of Arabia, Athr, Hafez Gallery, and Art Jameel – played a vital role in the development of the Saudi art scene during a time when the state was largely not present in Saudi cultural enterprise.

  • IBM inaugurates regional Saudi headquarters in Riyadh

    Global technology and cloud giant IBM has inaugurated its regional headquarters in Riyadh, as part of its mission to accelerate digital transformation in Saudi Arabia’s business landscape and society. Having received a formal nod to establish its regional headquarters last year, IBM and the Ministry of Investment have now formally celebrated the milestone at a joint signing ceremony.

  • More than 13 Saudi startups preparing to go public: SVC CEO

    More than 13 Saudi startups are preparing to go public in the coming two years, Asharq News reported, citing Nabeel Koshak, CEO of Saudi Venture Capital Co. (SVC).   Divestitures—including acquisitions, mergers or equity markets—from startups in the Kingdom, increased from two per year to 17 over the last two years. This includes the IPO of Jahez International Company for Information System Technology (Jahez) on the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul).