by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 7, 2017 | Business
Riyadh- The Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Japan’s Softbank Group plan to jointly study how robots can be used more effectively in government, business and society. In the coming months, PIF and the Japanese technology firm will establish partnerships for the...
by Abdul Hadi Habtor | Mar 10, 2017 | Saudi Arabia
Riyadh – Riyadh will continue to be the main confidential provider of oil for Japan and one of the major importers of Japanese industrial products, said Japanese Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Norihiro Okuda. “Discussions of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King...
by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Jan 6, 2017 | Technology
Riyadh – ‘Softbank Vision’ Fund has opened new investment opportunities for giant tech companies, which would increase profitability levels and participate efficiently in one of the biggest investment funds. In this regard, Apple has confirmed on Wednesday its plans...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 15, 2016 | Business
Cairo-Saudi Arabia and Japan’s SoftBank Group have joined efforts together and announced establishing a technology investment fund that could grow as large as a whopping $100 billion. The fund will be one of the world’s largest private equity investors and...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 14, 2016 | Technology
Riyadh-The Japanese SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG) has announced plans to establish the SoftBank Vision Fund, a new technology investment fund that could grow as large as $100 billion and in which Saudi Arabia will consider investing up to $45 billion, to become the...