It’s been a little over a month since the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia was lifted and while we haven’t seen the mass influx of female drivers that some might have expected, the previously all-male traffic jams of Riyadh have become slightly more diverse! 120,000 women reportedly applied for licenses in advance of…
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After a frenetic start to 2018, we have begun to see the inevitable annual slowdown in Saudi Arabia as we enter the holy month of Ramadan. However we are braced for the hectic work levels to return as soon as Eid is over. In the meantime the AEI team has nonetheless been busy, both in…
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In advance of Ramadan, AEI’s CEO Stuart D’Souza delivers an economic and political update on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in partnership with the ADS Group and the DSO team at the British Embassy in Riyadh.
As AEI continues to grow, becoming an entry point to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for more and more companies from all over the world, Founder Director Adam Hosier is once again making his way over to the US for a business development trip that will see him touring both the east and west coast….
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First tests for the Riyadh Metro were conducted in April by Alstom, part of the FAST Consortium that is developing lines 4, 5, and 6 of the network. Once completed, the Metro network will be more than 176km long and contain 85 stations. For more information and footage of the test being carried out, click…
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Nearly three years ago to the day, we were contacted by the team at EC English Language Centres as they looked to expand upon their existing business in Saudi. Back then they were hosting many Saudi students at their language schools around the world, but they thought the Saudi market might be changing… Working with…
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Following on from the Saudi Crown Prince’s tour of the UK, US and France, and in advance of Ramadan and the Farnborough Air Show in July 2018, the ADS Group is running a webinar in partnership with AEI Saudi and the DSO team at the British Embassy in Riyadh. The webinar will cover recent changes…
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This week we are featuring an article written by one of AEI’s long-term residents on the importance of supporting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Saudi Vision 2030. In the post-Brexit era the longstanding Saudi-British trade relationship is becoming ever more important; in order to maintain the strength of this relationship, the UK must continue…
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The first contracts for the Kingdom’s $500bn mega-city, Neom, have been awarded. A number of official residences and Government buildings will be located on the Red Sea coast around 95 miles west of Tabuk. It has been reported that Saudi BinLadin Group has been commissioned to build one of the residences, and banks have reportedly…
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It’s full steam ahead on the railways in Saudi! The recent Middle East Rail exhibition delivered a number of long-awaited announcements regarding the expansion of the rail network not only in Saudi but also the broader GCC region. Although there remain a lot of questions, it does seem that there is now some momentum beginning…
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