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File photo showing people walking near Power Plant No. 10 at the Saudi Electricity Company’s Central Operation Area, south of Riyadh, on April 27, 2012. (Reuters/Fahad Shadeed)

Saudi Arabia nears finalizing joint electricity projects with neighboring countries—official

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Jul 16, 2014 | Business

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia is close to finalizing a number of joint electricity projects with other countries in the MENA region as it seeks to boost sources for its domestic electricity consumption, one of the country’s top energy officials told Asharq...

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File photo showing a power plant at the Saudi Electricity Company’s Central Operation Area, south of Riyadh, on April 27, 2012. (Reuters/Fahad Shadeed)

Bids for joint Saudi–Egyptian electricity grid project to be tendered in December—source

by Fatima El-Haj | Apr 2, 2014 | Business

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tenders for subcontractors involved in the Saudi–Egyptian electricity grid project will be held later than initially planned, but the project is progressing on schedule, according to Gaber El-Desouky, the president of Egypt’s state-owned...

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Aly Abou-Sabaa, vice president of the African Development Bank’s Sector Operation for Governance, Agriculture and Human Development (Asharq Al-Awsat)

African Development Bank will not halt loans to Egypt

by Sharif Yamani | Feb 7, 2014 | Business

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—In comments to Asharq Al-Awasat, a senior executive from the African Development Bank (AfDB) denied the development finance institution would be halting its loans to Egypt. Reports have been circulating that the Ivory Coast-based AfDB would be...