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Summit to Tackle Obstacles to Funding SMEs in Saudi Arabia

by Fahd Baqmi | Aug 27, 2016 | Business

Jeddah- Officials and experts from international and regional agencies are discussing drastic solutions to the problem facing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Saudi Arabia. The problem lies in the rejection of the funding requests of the sector’s...

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SAMA Controls Insurance Companies’ Performance

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Aug 22, 2016 | Business

Riyadh-Saudi companies willing to become public holding firms have slowed down the process, following a drop in prices of new companies listed in local share markets dealings. The forbearance of Saudi companies affected the region’s market. Ernst & Young latest...

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SMEs, Dual Purpose for Development in Egypt

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 7, 2016 | Business

Cairo- While the Egyptian government shows willingness to take more economic procedures that support local and foreign investment, it also directs some of its efforts to provide great support to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), launching from its faith in the...

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Tunisia’s Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa, left, speaks during the opening ceremony of the forum of Arab financial institutions in Tunis April 8, 2014. (Reuters/Zoubeir Souissi)

Arab financial institutions ready to back Tunisia—central bank governor

by Monji Saidani | Apr 10, 2014 | Business

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—The powerhouses of the Arab financial world will be focusing more of their investments on Tunisia to help reinvigorate a number of stalled development projects, according to the governor of the country’s central bank. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat...

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Gulf economies look to small and medium enterprises for future

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Feb 4, 2014 | Business

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Gulf states are looking to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in order to diversify their economies and sources of income, which for years have largely relied on oil revenues and government subsidies. Experts told Asharq Al-Awsat that SMEs...