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  • Saudi female graffiti artist hopes to showcase artwork across Kingdom

    Saudi female graffiti artist Noura bin Saidan has unveiled her latest mural at the Riyadh Zoo. It took Saidan two weeks to complete the 40-meter-long and 30-meter-high mural. Speaking about her work, she described it as a “story about the relationship between animals and humans.”

  • David Cameron to start teaching post at Abu Dhabi university

    As first reported by the Financial Times, Cameron will take a post at New York University Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and will lecture students on "practising politics and government in the age of disruption" in a three-week course that is also expected to touch on the war in Ukraine and migration in Europe. Cameron was the UK prime minister from 2010 until 2016, overseeing the referendum on Britain leaving the European Union, which badly backfired for the pro-EU politician when the final result ended up as 52 to 48 per cent for the leave camp.

  • Chart: The Deadliest Countries for Journalists in 2022

    Reporters Without Borders (RWB) counts a total of 57 journalists and media workers that have been killed this year because of their job, including eight killed in Ukraine. Additionally, RWB has recorded 532 that are imprisoned as of December 14.

  • Saudi Electricity Co. signs contracts worth $720m to implement smart grid projects 

    The Saudi Electricity Co. signed two contracts at a combined value of SR2.7 billion ($720 million) with a Chinese and a Saudi company for a project to supply and install 60,000 smart devices to the Kingdom’s electricity distribution network, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The project also involves connecting the country’s distribution network with advanced control centers over the next two years as SEC looks to automate and develop electrical networks in line with its digital transformation strategy.

  • HSBC to stop funding new oil and gas fields as part of policy overhaul

    HSBC (HSBA.L) will stop funding new oil and gas fields and expect more information from energy clients over their plans to cut carbon emissions, the banking giant said on Wednesday, as part of a wider update of its sector policy. Activist groups that have been critical of HSBC in recent years mostly hailed the move by one of the biggest lenders to energy companies in the world as a keenly awaited update that will drive companies towards a cleaner future.

  • Chinese EV start-up Enovate to build plant in Saudi Arabia as President Xi’s visit to Riyadh begins to pay off

    Enovate Motors, a Chinese electric vehicle (EV) start-up, plans to build a factory in Saudi Arabia, following a state visit by President Xi Jinping to the kingdom. The carmaker, which counts Shanghai Electric Group as an early investor, said on Monday that it had signed an agreement with Saudi Arabian authorities and joint-venture partner Sumou to set up an EV plant with an annual capacity of 100,000 units. The factory, which will include a research and development centre, will cost about US$500 million, Enovate said in a statement.

  • Khaled Bin Alwaleed’s KBW Ventures Joins Series A Round For American Foodtech Startup Black Sheep Farms

    "KBW Ventures is backing Black Sheep Foods with our eyes on the massive addressable market size of sheep and the other heritage meats that the company has in the pipeline," Prince Khaled told Entrepreneur Middle East. "The company's technology, allowing for an amplified flavor profile, excellent texture, and good nutritional approach, makes for a winning platform. We see Black Sheep Foods blazing a new trail for a needed product profile that has thus far gone unaddressed."

  • MENA’s 50 Most Funded Startups 2022

    Despite the global economic downturn, startups in MENA have continued to attract significant funding in 2022, with a total of $3.2 billion raised by the 50 most-funded startups, compared to $3 billion in 2021. Fintechs reign this year, with 21 companies attracting $1.3 billion in total funding, followed by 10 e-commerce players with $576.7 million, four delivery and mobility startups with $299.6 million, and three logistics firms with $292 million.

  • MENA’s 50 Most Funded Startups 2022

    Despite the global economic downturn, startups in MENA have continued to attract significant funding in 2022, with a total of $3.2 billion raised by the 50 most-funded startups, compared to $3 billion in 2021. Fintechs reign this year, with 21 companies attracting $1.3 billion in total funding, followed by 10 e-commerce players with $576.7 million, four delivery and mobility startups with $299.6 million, and three logistics firms with $292 million.

  • Artists bring region’s rich history to life at Misk Art Week

    As one of 22 collaborating galleries of the Misk Art Week, Lakum Art Space’s “Performing Bodies” exhibition brings six female regional artists together to experiment with various folkcraft techniques, bringing the region’s rich history to life. “Not only does Misk Art Week give artists exposure but it gives them a chance to tell their story and that’s what is important. It also allows artists to connect and have this one week of a year to converse and tell their own story whether that’s through a group exhibition or a residency,” 26-year-old exhibiting artist Hana Almilli told Arab News.