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Further cuts to MENA construction sector expected for 2020
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) construction sector is expected to be bit by the triple whammy of lower oil production, low oil prices and contracting non-oil sectors. Leading data and analytics company GlobalData has further cut its construction output growth forecast for the region for 2020 to -2.4%, down from the previous forecast of 1.4%, in light of continued spread of COVID-19.
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Multi-million national green growth plan launched
Jordan on Monday launched a multi-million ambitious green growth plan as part of a broader national drive towards a green economy and sustainable development.
Developed Countries to compete with Low-Cost Labour in the Developing
The COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate the rise of industrial automation and enable manufacturers in developed countries to compete with low-cost labour in the developing world. As such, developing countries must respond by developing local industrial capabilities with new technologies and skills that will allow them to become more integrated into world trade.
Can Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan find a way forward?
As Ethiopia moves closer to filling the reservoir behind the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), parties are frantically searching for a way to decrease tensions and ensure that negotiations – not sabre-rattling – help Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan find a way forward.
MENA countries of today are still divided
With the “Oil for Protection” pact with the United States in 1945 and the contribution of petrodollars, Wahabism took off. It was exposed outside the kingdom, notably to Egypt, Syria, and Iraq. This export was a defence system against the ideological incursions of neighbouring republics states, all friends at the time of the Soviets, and sworn enemies of the Saudi monarchy.
Black Lives Matter in the MENA region
Black Lives Matter: Racism in the Middle East and North Africa — and how to combat it
Second MENA Green Building Congress
The Second MENA Green Building Congress organised under patronage of UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment did highlight the fact that this Virtual two-day event underscored the need to revive green economy in planning post-Covid-19 recovery.
Qatar Now Ranked 2nd in MENA Region for . . .
Randy Rivera, Executive Director of FinTEx, a member-led community focused on promoting innovation and collaboration within Fintech in Qatar and the MENA region, has said that his organization continues to work with international financial services industry participants.
17 ways technology could change the world by 2025
We asked our 2020 intake of Technology Pioneers for their views on how technology will change the world in the next five years.
From quantum computers and 5G in action to managing cancer chronically, here are their predictions for our near-term future.
Three Interrelated Elements: Art, Technology, and Culture
Architecture is first and foremost, the combination of three interrelated elements: art, technology, and culture.
An architect’s mission is to create and visualize an organized space, via a 2D-3D drawing, corresponding to the premises needs of a given activity, while respecting all the binding or favourable factors.
Replastering of the Great Mosque of Djenné
Katarina Höije tells the story of a Malian town defiantly continuing its annual tradition of replastering a mosque. Here is : An Ancient Mud Mosque Annually Restored .
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