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Qatar’s evolving automotive and mobility sector

In this Global Platform video, Mohamed Jaidah, Group Executive Director, Jaidah Group, discusses the progress made within Qatar's automotive and mobility sector...

Report: Exploring how privatisation and PPPs are driving infrastructure delivery in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s public-private partnership (PPP) framework is advancing as a key enabler of Vision 2030’s economic diversification agenda. Supported by the National Centre for Privatisation and PPP (NCP)...

Report: Mexico’s evolving position in global supply chains

Mexico is emerging as a pivotal hub in the reconfiguration of global supply chains, driven by shifting investment and production strategies amid current geopolitical tensions. This report, produced...

How innovation is strengthening water resilience in Qatar

Rhana Kurdi, CEO, Skydrops

In this Global Platform video, Rhana Kurdi, CEO, Skydrops, explores water security in Qatar and the wider GCC – examining the region’s heavy reliance on desalination and the structural vulnerabilities...

Special Reports
Impact Report

Report: Saudi Arabia’s fintech evolution – digital payments, inclusion and Vision 2030

Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 strategy places digital transformation at the centre of economic diversification. Financial technology (fintech) solutions, particularly digital payments, are helping to expand...
Focus Report

Report: How is Sharjah building a sustainable ecosystem for talent, entrepreneurship and innovation?

Sharjah has engineered a transformation into a leading hub for innovation and entrepreneurship in the MENA region. The emirate’s success is powered by a uniquely integrated ecosystem that...
Special Report

Report: How Saudi Arabia’s private sector is driving health care transformation

Saudi Arabia’s health care sector is undergoing a structural transformation driven by Vision 2030’s reform agenda. With health expenditure rising and demand for advanced services growing...
Market Outlook Report

Saudi Arabia Cultural Market Outlook: Vision, Impact and Opportunities 2025

The cultural and creative economy generates 3.1% of global GDP and supports over 30m jobs. Its scope spans film, music, fashion, heritage and museums, with multiplier effects across supply chains and...
Special Report

Report: Navigating Al Madinah's socio-economic transformation

This report explores socio-economic transformation in Al Madinah Al Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia, highlighting the region’s strategic emphasis on community satisfaction, economic diversification and urban...
Special Report

Report: How Oman’s strategic investment fosters economic diversification and innovation

With Oman Vision 2040 guiding long-term economic transformation, strategic investment is playing a key role in reducing reliance on oil revenue and fostering sustainable growth...
Special Report

Report: How is Saudi Arabia leveraging sustainable practices to transform its cultural sector?

Under the stewardship of the Ministry of Culture, Saudi Arabia’s cultural sector is experiencing rapid growth, driven by a strategic commitment to preserving and promoting the Kingdom’s rich history, national...
Special Report

Report: Strategic investment driving green energy, digital innovation and sustainable growth in Oman

Oman is embarking on a transformative journey under Vision 2040, combining innovation and sustainability to redefine its economic landscape. This report showcases...

Report: Saudi Arabia’s fintech evolution – digital payments, inclusion and Vision 2030
Report: How is Sharjah building a sustainable ecosystem for talent, entrepreneurship and innovation?
Report: How Saudi Arabia’s private sector is driving health care transformation
Saudi Arabia Cultural Market Outlook: Vision, Impact and Opportunities 2025
Report: Navigating Al Madinah's socio-economic transformation
Report: How Oman’s strategic investment fosters economic diversification and innovation
Report: How is Saudi Arabia leveraging sustainable practices to transform its cultural sector?
Report: Strategic investment driving green energy, digital innovation and sustainable growth in Oman
 

The Report: Kuwait 2025
OBG
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Kuwait is advancing reforms under New Kuwait 2035 to diversify its economy beyond hydrocarbons. Governance changes, infrastructure investment and financial sector reforms are supporting private...

Report: Trade shifts and value creation across the Red Sea Corridor

Global trade realignment is reshaping logistics flows across the Red Sea Corridor, Arabian Peninsula, East Africa, India and South-east Asia. This Impact Report examines how new trade routes, infrastructure...

Key Interviews & Sectoral Videos
Global Platform

Unlocking Ghana’s potential through value-added manufacturing

In this Global Platform video, Mukesh Thakwani, CEO, B5 Plus Group, discusses the progress within Ghana’s steel industry, with local iron ore deposits helping to address raw material shortages and improve...
Growth Perspective

How Oman drives sustainable growth beyond oil

In this Growth Perspectives video, OBG highlights Oman's growth in non-oil and gas segments. The Gulf region is undergoing a major economic transformation, shifting away from hydrocarbons...
Growth Perspectives

Oman’s tourism and hospitality sectors undergo transformative growth

In this Growth Perspectives video, OBG highlights the transformative growth of Oman's tourism and hospitality sectors, and the key factors driving it. As the sultanate sets its sights on attracting 11m tourists...
Growth Perspectives

Oman's transport transformation: Building a regional logistics powerhouse

In this Growth Perspectives video, OBG highlights the accelerated transformation of Oman's transport sector. Anchored by Oman Vision 2040, the sector contributed 7% to GDP in 2023, with aims...
Global Platform Video

What's fuelling Libya's steady economic recovery?

In this Global Platform video, Naser Gadad, General Manager, AlSahl Group Holding, talks about the factors driving Libya's economic progress. The country’s recovery is gaining momentum...
Growth Perspectives

Sultanate of Oman’s finance and leasing sector fuelling economic diversification

In this Growth Perspectives video, OBG shows how the finance and leasing sector is contributing to the Sultanate of Oman's economic diversification efforts. Amid global economic headwinds, the sultanate...
Global Platform

Oman Vision 2040 shaping the future of tourism and sustainability

In this Global platform video, Salim M. AlMahruqi, Oman's Minister of Heritage and Tourism, and Azzan AlBusaidi, Oman's Undersecretary of Tourism, talk about Oman Vision 2040 as a strategic plan aimed...
Global Platform

Driving innovation and sustainability in Qatar's banking sector

In this Global Platform video, Shahnawaz Rashid talks about the strategies for driving innovation and sustainability in Qatar's banking sector. Qatar has developed strong infrastructure, including roads...
Global Platform

Ensuring business continuity and supporting private sector development in Qatar

In this Global Platform video, Oxford Business Group speaks with Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani, Founder and Chairman, Al Faisal Holding, and key leaders of the privately held diversified group.
Global Platform

Mexico seeks to strengthen its role in global trade

The Interoceanic Corridor, which connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico, is set to transform the southeast of Mexico into a global logistics hub...

Unlocking Ghana’s potential through value-added manufacturing
How Oman drives sustainable growth beyond oil
Oman’s tourism and hospitality sectors undergo transformative growth
Oman's transport transformation: Building a regional logistics powerhouse
What's fuelling Libya's steady economic recovery?
Sultanate of Oman’s finance and leasing sector fuelling economic diversification
Oman Vision 2040 shaping the future of tourism and sustainability
Driving innovation and sustainability in Qatar's banking sector
Key leaders of Al Faisal Holding
Ensuring business continuity and supporting private sector development in Qatar
Global Platform on Mexico's Interoceanic Corridor - Discussion featuring Industry leaders
Mexico seeks to strengthen its role in global trade
 

Unlocking Saudi Arabia's human capital potential

In this Growth Perspectives video, OBG highlights the growing importance of human capital in achieving Saudi Arabia’s objective of a more diversified economy. As the Kingdom advances its Vision 2030...

Rebuilding and reviving Syria’s economy

In this Growth Perspectives video, OBG highlights the groundwork for Syria's economic recovery in a shifting regional landscape. The country stands at the threshold of a new chapter as it begins to rebuild and...

Report Highlights
Market Profile Video

Emerging opportunities under Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030

With ongoing geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East, understanding Saudi Arabia’s economic direction remains essential. The latest edition of The Report: Saudi Arabia provides a comprehensive...
Market Profile Video

Saudi Arabia’s digital payments sector drives Vision 2030 goals

In this Market Profile video, we explore how Saudi Arabia's rapidly evolving financial technology (fintech) sector, anchored by Vision 2030, is accelerating the Kingdom's digital transformation...
Market Profile Video

How Saudi Arabia is transforming its health care sector

In this Market Profile video, OBG explores Saudi Arabia’s health care transformation in 2025, highlighting the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 goals. The video, produced in partnership with Hayat National Hospitals...
Market Profile Video

How Saudi Arabia is growing its cultural economy

In this Market Profile video, Oxford Business Group, in partnership with Saudi Arabia’s Cultural Development Fund, introduces the Saudi Arabia Cultural Market Outlook 2025 report – a comprehensive study...
Market Profile Video

What's driving Saudi Arabia's fast-growing cultural sector?

In this Market Profile video, “The Report on the State of Culture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Sustainability in the Cultural Sector" launches, exploring developments in the Kingdom’s...
Market Profile Video

How Saudi Arabia is empowering MSMEs to support economic growth

The Kafalah programme is playing a critical role in empowering micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Saudi Arabia’s non-oil sector as the Kingdom works towards its Vision 2030 goals.

Market Profile Video

Ghana underscores its pivotal role as a regional and international trade partner

Oxford Business Group has launched The Report: Ghana 2024. This latest edition offers a detailed analysis of the country’s economic trajectory, focusing on fiscal consolidation and structural reforms.

Market Profile Video

How firms are leveraging entertainment opportunities in Saudi Arabia

Driven by the country’s Vision 2030 blueprint for economic diversification, Saudi Arabia's leisure industry is expanding. Multi-stakeholder efforts have led to rapid growth in the sector in recent...

Emerging opportunities under Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030
Saudi Arabia’s digital payments sector drives Vision 2030 goals
How Saudi Arabia is transforming its health care sector
How Saudi Arabia is growing its cultural economy
What's driving Saudi Arabia's fast-growing cultural sector?
How Saudi Arabia is empowering MSMEs to support economic growth
Ghana underscores its pivotal role as a regional and international trade partner
How firms are leveraging entertainment opportunities in Saudi Arabia
 

Reshaping maritime trade and logistics across the Red Sea Corridor and beyond

In this Market Profile video, Oxford Business Group, in partnership with Folk Maritime, introduces a new Impact Report examining how global trade realignment is reshaping maritime logistics and connectivity...

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Business intelligence and insights on trends, developments, and opportunities in Africa's industry sector

CEO Surveys
CEO Survey Analysis

Global CEO Survey: What is on the horizon for emerging markets?

While the recovery period following the Covid-19 pandemic saw the unlocking of major capital in emerging markets, inflationary pressures, fluctuating commodity prices and geopolitical concerns have...
CEO Survey Analysis

ESG CEO Survey: Is the board room getting greener?

Across government departments, corporate board rooms and management meetings, the implementation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies is at the forefront...
CEO Survey Analysis

Next steps: Where do Egyptian business leaders see things heading in 2021?

A relevant market straddling both Africa and the Middle East, Egypt's dynamic and varied economy as well as its large and fast growing population have made the country a key investment centre across...
CEO Survey Analysis

Crisis management: How are CEOs in the Gulf responding to the pandemic?

The Covid-19 pandemic that spread quickly around the world after emerging in the city of Wuhan in December 2019 has been hard for many and extremely tragic for some.

Global CEO Survey: What is on the horizon for emerging markets?
ESG CEO Survey: Is the board room getting greener?
Next steps: Where do Egyptian business leaders see things heading in 2021?
Crisis management: How are CEOs in the Gulf responding to the pandemic?
 

The Report: Saudi Arabia 2025
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The near- to medium-term outlook for Saudi Arabia is broadly positive, with growth expected to accelerate as oil output rises in 2026 and non-oil activity continues to expand. While oil continues to play a central...

Report: Evaluating sector trends and investment opportunities in Saudi Arabia’s media landscape

Saudi Arabia’s media sector is entering a period of sustained expansion, supported by regulation, rising consumer demand and targeted investment. This report, produced in partnership with Gmedia...

Latest Economic News & Views

Economic View

Joseph Bahri, Managing Director, Bahripharm

On a cost-competitive pharmaceutical manufacturing and export growth

Economic View

Mike Sneesby, CEO, MBC Group

On KSA’s young demographic, regulation and value chain expansion fuel media growth

Economic Update

Are war-related risk premiums creating a growth opportunity for emerging market insurance sectors?
OBG
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The Iran war and its consequences for maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz have laid bare structural weaknesses in global insurance markets that were present long before the first strikes. Within days of the outbreak of conflict in late February 2026, war risk premium across the Gulf surged 500%, making transit economically unviable for most commercial operators. The world’s 12 major protection and indemnity clubs, which collectively underwrite the majority of ocean-going vessels, moved rapidly to cancel war...

Economic View

Moutaz Al Khayyat, Group Chairman, Power International

On challenges and investment opportunties

Economic View

Naji Issa Belgasem, Governor, Central Bank of Libya (CBL)

On the expansion of digital payment methods and the modernisation of national payment services

Economic Update

Digital trade corridors are emerging as a strategic hedge against physical supply chain disruption
OBG
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The disruption to maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz reinforces a strategic argument that has been gaining traction among policymakers in emerging markets: that digital trade infrastructure offers a form of connectivity that is less exposed to physical chokepoints than conventional supply chains. Whereas goods move through ports and straits, data and payments move through digital infrastructure such as fibre optic cables. The two are not equivalent, as this type of infrastructure cannot replace physical commodity...

Economic View

Salman bin Yousef Al-Dossary, Minister of Media, and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Gmedia

On advancing Saudi Arabia’s media ecosystem under Vision 2030

Economic Update

How the Strait of Hormuz disruption is accelerating ASEAN's supply chain transformation
OBG
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The reconfiguration of Asia-Pacific supply chains was well under way before the current disruption to maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to ASEAN countries reached a record $226bn in 2024, an 8% annual increase, even as global FDI fell by an estimated 11% and ASEAN overtook China as the preferred destination for manufacturing FDI originating from OECD countries. South-east Asian economies were already absorbing manufacturing activity relocating from China as...

Report: Sustainable finance and ESG adoption advancing across Kuwait and the GCC

Kuwait is strengthening its role in the GCC’s transition towards sustainable finance and low-carbon economic growth, in line with Kuwait Vision 2035 and regional environmental, social...

Report: Saudi Arabia’s MSEs and freelancers are driving employment and economic diversification

Micro-sized and small enterprises (MSEs) and freelancers are expanding rapidly in Saudi Arabia, contributing to employment generation, economic diversification and the Kingdom’s competitiveness...
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