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Dr. Bader Ibrahim Ibn Saedan, General Manager of Al Saedan Real Estate, describes housing in Saudi Arabia. He states that the country “lacks hotels.” He sees many hotels being constructed at the moment, including 5-star and 4-star hotels. The market will be saturated in about two years.
The real estate cycle lasts about 7-10 years. Dr. Bader Ibrahim Ibn Saedan, General Manager of Al Saedan Real Estate, discusses how they deal with the crises that occur in the real estate market. The family has been in the business for three generations. Al Saedan has survived a complete cycle and they know what to do to prepare for the crisis. More importantly, they have transferred that experience for the generations after to ensure continued success.
The Saudi Arabia’s cabinet authorized the Capital Market Authority to allow foreign investors to buy and sell stocks on the Saudi stock market.
Advanced Electronics Company (AEC) was one of the companies created under the auspices of the Saudi Economic Offset Program, which originally started in the mid-1980s. The company focused on critical technologies and dedicated itself to defence electronics, later on spreading into other areas such as ICT and industry (power and energy).
Dr. Ghassan Al-Shibl, President and CEO of Advanced Electronics Company (AEC), a leading manufacturing company operating in military, telecom and industrial sectors, stresses the importance of knowledge economy for Saudi Arabia.
“If we look at all the fundamentals related to Saudi economy, I do think we have any other option but to be positive and optimistic about our future,” explains Dr. Ghassan Al-Shibl, President and CEO of AEC, who discusses the economy and doing business in Saudi Arabia in an exclusive interview.
Advanced Electronics Company (AEC), a leading manufacturing company operating in military, telecom and industrial sectors, discusses their strategy to develop ICT capabilities in Saudi Arabia.
Advanced Electronics Company (AEC) has been involved in major defense and ICT projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. One of the projects included cooperation with Saudi Telecom. Dr. Ghassan Al-Shibl, President and CEO of AEC, talks about the most important projects AEC has undertaken.
As part of BAE Systems’ Industrialisation Programme the Company has been working closely with AEC and Rockwell Collins Deutschland, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM), to establish indigenous repair capabilities in the Kingdom in order to provide sovereign support to the RSAF’s Typhoon fleet.
Dr. Ghassan Al-Shibl, President and CEO of Advanced Electronics Company (AEC)
The issue of a knowledge-based economy is clearly a very critical one for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The beauty of knowledge-based industries lies in their heavy reliance and dependence on human resources. If you look at the composition of the population in the Kingdom, more than 60% of the population is less than 30 years old. We have a very young population, which is one of the most crucial requirements for the development of a knowledge-based econom
