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SIFCA puts the sustainable development at the forefront of its agenda. Active in Corporate Social Responsibility through its numerous programs, SIFCA is changing lives of small farmers in the rural areas of Côte d’Ivoire. By helping to plant and sell their production SIFCA is bringing economic development and raising the living standards of the poorest strata of the population.
Bahrain Top Stories
Bahrain’s History: Making of the Constitutional Monarchy
In 1970, Bahrainis voted overwhelmingly to become an independent state. In May The United Nations Security Council endorsed independence, which both Britain and Iran accepted. Bahrain became an independent state on August 5, 1971.
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Batelco Delivers One Week of Unlimited National Calls for Only BD1!
Bahrain was the first country in the GCC where oil was discovered. Over the years the revenues from oil and gas sector was used to propel Bahrain’s economic growth and diversification. Bahrain is No.1 country in the GCC in human development. Currently, oil and gas sector contributes only 24% to the GDP and at constant prices only 12%.
Bahrain Bay has managed to sell 65 per cent of the land despite the financial crisis, and the difficulties of the real-estate market over the last 3 years and attracted a diversity of investors; local, regional and international.
Real-Estate in Bahrain was affected by the global economic crisis rather than the recent political unrest. The MENA region offers untapped investment opportunities with young, large demographics. Mr. Vincent talks about the real-estate sector in a broad range interview for Marcopolis Bahrain Report.
Successfully weathering the regional turmoil.
Mazin Manna, Chief Executive Officer of Citibank Bahrain
The Bahrain 2020’s are trading at a yield of around 5.7% down from their peak of 6.8% and are now trading much closer to pre-crisis levels again demonstrating investor interest in Bahrain.
