UAE’s Mubadala Development Co have announced an investment coalition with the Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, revealing very few details about specific future investments, and leaving much excitement to the imagination. Between the two investor groups, new projects could have access to anything within the $100 billion worth of assets at the disposal of HNA or…
The healthcare system in GCC territories has become a growing concern in recent years. Beyond problems such as a growing population and a higher average lifespan, countries’ such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar have become host to some of the highest rates of chronic lifestyle diseases in the world. In the UAE, diabetes affects 19%…
In order to counteract a slowing home economy, wealthy Chinese investors have been injecting billions of dollars in innovative tech start-ups all over the world, over the past few years. Their market targets include innovative solutions from Canada, Europe and the United States of America. The United Kingdom’s capital, fueled by it extremely attractive tech…
As its economy has been slowing down at home over the past few years, China has been working to increase its exposure to growing foreign markets. Chinese investors have been focusing their funding on booming regions and sectors across the world. The United States and its extremely innovative tech market has received $ 15 billion…
With its shaky home economy going down over the past few years, China has been working on re-inventing itself by increasing foreign investments. Since 2010 Chinese investors have been financing a high number of American and European tech start-ups such as Uber and AirBnB. Another market China has been tapping into over the last few…
Chinese overseas investment has recently begun to branch out from their traditional preferred sectors – energy, real estate and infrastructure – and into a variety of other sectors, including technology. Chinese investors have recently turned their attention to Indian startups and the Indian tech sector. According to Jessica Wong, investment director at mobile advertising firm…
His Royal Highness Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia is officially endorsing the conference and the Assistant Minister of Interior for Technology Affairs will deliver the opening speech November 6th, 2016 – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is diversifying its economy with a series of historic and bold policy changes, and preparing to achieve the milestones…
China based conglomerate AUX Group has announced plans to seek health services investments in the US and Britain, according to recent reports. The company has 8.2 billion USD in total assets and was named among China’s top 500 enterprises. The announcement comes after AUX Group’s planned 2.7 billion AUD investment into Healthscope, the second-largest operator…
Tech companies around the world are among the many businesses benefiting from the recent flood of Chinese overseas direct investment. Tsinghua Holdings, a Chinese state-owned company, has recently disclosed an investment in Marvell Technology Group, a chip maker based in Silicon Valley. Although the size of the investment has not been specified, Tsinghua reported the…
When oil prices went into freefall in the winter of 2015, bringing a dramatic end to 18 months of gradual depreciation, few could have predicted the full impact it would have on economies around the GCC. Initial optimism saw governments around the region predicting an initial 6-month readjustment period before oil prices returned to higher…