CNN Marketplace Middle East is a weekly 15-minute news show focusing on the business news from the region. It will cover the latest headlines from the markets, looking at the events and developments that have made an impact on the business world in the last seven days. The show will also look at the financial numbers and report on the corporate winners and losers of the week, focusing on the region's currencies, commodities and bond markets. Away from the headlines, the show will also interview a major player from the region's business community each week and will focus on an industry sector or economic trend that is influencing business development in the Middle East.
As entrepreneurs, scientists and policy leaders gather in the UAE for the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, this special edition of MME examines the business of renewable energy.
Dubai wants to have 10% of its government vehicles electric and/or hybrid by 2020. We assess how prepared the Middle East is to embrace electric vehicles given that it still generates large amounts of its revenues from oil.
Saudi Transformation/VAT in the GCC - With dwindling oil revenues and 70% of the country's population under 30, Saudi Arabia is facing a daunting new reality.
Saudi Vision 2030 - 18 months on from the announcement to transform Saudi Arabia's government and economy, we assess the impact of the Saudi Vision 2030 plan so far.
Thirteen of the 15 countries with the lowest rates of women participating in the work force are in the MENA region, according to the Global Gender Gap Report.
Two very different nations, two very similar goals: how the UAE and Kazakhstan are working together and charting a course towards a more prosperous future.
For many countries in the region, two sectors are seen as their main drivers of economic growth; energy and tourism. We shine a spotlight on two countries that are taking these two industries and pushing them forward.
Across the Middle East, the race is on to diversify away from oil dependence, by building new capacity, skills and industrial sectors able to thrive in the modern global economy.
With Brexit negotiations finally underway in Brussels, we look at potential economic implications for this region. While the GCC's talks with the EU on a free trade agreement are stalled, who are the potential economic winners in a bilateral trade agreement between the GCC and Britain?
The UAE is very much at the heart of the emerging Middle Eastern technology scene. However, there are more unassuming, low-key countries earning themselves acclaim through an impressive number of persevering, talented and creative entrepreneurs.
Until 2014, oil exploitation was responsible for 90% of Saudi Arabia's public revenues, 80% of its exports revenues and 40% of its GDP. But oil revenues have dropped by 50%.
Last year, 56% of Middle Eastern companies each lost more than half a million U.S. dollars to cyber attacks. That's 20% more than the global average. More alarming, only 45% of companies here have an information security strategy in place.
The Business of Political Instability
For companies considering business opportunities in the Middle East, the region's political and economic stability impacts their decisions.
Despite the economic fluctuations of the past few years and the tensions surrounding the Middle East, all signs point to a consolidation and expansion of the region's art scene.
The Middle East tourism industry has taken a hammering recently. A series of terrorist atrocities at have led to the once-thriving tourism industry in Tunisia collapsing.
In the Middle East, tourism is a crucial income generator, engine of economic growth and job creator. Over 6 million people in the region are directly employed in the tourist sector.
Home to more than half the world’s crude oil reserves, and more than a third of its natural gas supplies, the Middle East is also one of the world’s most demanding energy consumers.
The halal economy is booming. The world's Muslims total 1.7 billion people today and that number is growing at two times the rate of the global population.
