Middle Eastern investors have a history of being able to unearth prime investment opportunities in growth markets, including Africa. The strong trend of Middle Eastern investors deploying capital in various African sectors like agriculture, infrastructure, natural resources, and oil and gas can be seen in the major recent investments made by regional investment entities. Abraaj…
Chinese foreign investment has grown rapidly in the past few years, reaching 123.12 billion USD in 2015. In the first four months of 2016, an additional 110 billion USD of Chinese capital found its way overseas. Chinese investors looking to protect their assets from a domestic economic downturn are investing in cross-sector opportunities around the…
في إطار سعيها لبناء اقتصاد معرفي قوي، تسعى المملكة العربية السعودية إلى تحويل إستراتيجيتها الاستثمارية السيادية. وفي وقت سابق من هذا العام، أعلن ولي ولي العهد السعودي الأمير محمد بن سلمان بأن الحكومة ستحول أسهمها في شركة أرامكو السعودية إلى صندوق الاستثمارات العامة، وهو ما سيسهم في تحويل الصندوق إلى أكبر صندوق استثماري سيادي في…
In its pursuit of a strong knowledge-based economy, Saudi Arabia is transforming its sovereign investment strategy. Earlier this year, Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced that the government will transfer its ownership of Saudi Aramco to the Public Investment Fund (PIF). This will transform the PIF into the world’s largest sovereign investment…
The business case for connecting OT and IT Critical Infrastructure companies and organizations have usually two separate and fundamentally different networks: on one hand their regular corporate IT enabling all their support functions such as payroll, HR, procurement, etc., and on the other hand the network hosting their production processes such as SCADA, DCS or…
Earlier this month, representatives from 90 Chinese companies attended a seminar promoting investment in Kenya, Zambia, Mozambique and Ethiopia. Chinese investors gained awareness of the opportunities available in these four African countries, and joined discussions on potential investment projects. Senior government officials from the four African countries provided Chinese investors with information on their national…
Chinese capital is increasingly finding its way to opportunities in North Africa. In the Egyptian market alone, investments by Chinese entities reached over 5 billion USD last year, with trade between China and Egypt reaching 12.9 billion USD, a 10 percent increase over 2014. According to the Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion…
Last year, a total of 267 billion USD was invested in renewable energy – and Chinese investors were responsible for a whopping 103 billion USD of this total. Excluding large-scale hydropower, investment into renewable energy made by developing countries reached 156 billion USD over the course of 2015. This surpassed the level of investment into…
Linda Wong, CEO of China based Yihai Group, recently announced a 113 million USD initial investment in a European healthcare project that will provide both European and Chinese medicine and healthcare. The announcement was part of President Xi Jinping’s visit to the Czech Republic, and the investment will be part of President Jinping’s “One Belt,…
Chinese companies have been investing heavily in the Indian tech sector – particularly startups in the web and mobile spheres. Earlier this year, Chinese online travel company Ctrip joined the trend with a 180 million USD investment in the Indian travel portal MakeMyTrip. China’s largest search engine, Baidu, is reportedly in talks with several Indian…