Honor aims for big bite off the Middle East with View 20

Huawei’s sub-brand Honor seeks to double its smartphone sales to more than four million units in the Middle East and Africa region compared to last year and strengthen its position. “We have exceeded two million units last year and expected to grow 100 per cent this year. We want to be the trendsetting technology company […]

UAE’s VOX Cinemas continues expansion in Saudi Arabia

Manama: Less than one year after movies were allowed in the country, and with the latest cinema multiplex opening this week in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is recording impressive attendance figures, with sell-out crowds on most days. The newly-opened Vox multiplex in Jeddah has the region’s first cinema dedicated to children. […]

Saudi Arabia to raise $36b for transportation investment

Saudi Arabia plans to raise 135 billion riyals ($36 billion, Dh132.1 billion) for transportation-infrastructure projects over the next 11 years, as part of a sweeping plan to overhaul the economy of the world’s top oil-exporting nation, Transport Minister Nabeel Al Amudi said. The transport investments, funded by a mix of government and private spending, would […]