Announcement was made during the Economic Forum Brazil & Arab Countries, which is taking place until Thursday (22). And a cooperation agreement with the Union of African Chambers of Commerce was signed.
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Sales from Brazil are expected to increase for pharmaceuticals, food and building products, Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce Rubens Hannun said during a webinar hosted by university ESPM on Monday (5).
The crisis triggered by the novel coronavirus is fueling nations’ desire and efforts to produce food locally. Geography, climate and costs are challenges.
The Civil Aviation Authority has suspended flights to and from Brazil, India and Argentina will not be allowed, in a bid to prevent Covid-19 from spreading.
The Saudi administration said the Muslim pilgrimage will resume starting October 4, with maximum 30% occupancy of the Grand Mosque. Foreign pilgrims will be allowed in as of November 1.
Female Arab business leaders discussed opportunities in countries such as Kuwait and Morocco, which are opening up to new endeavors, during a webinar hosted this Wednesday (16) by the Arab Brazilian Chamber’s WAHI women’s committee and the WIT group.
A batch of 26,000 animals will be loaded onto a ship at the Rio Grande Port, in Rio Grande do Sul, 22,000 of which are headed for Turkey. The remainder is bound for Lebanon.
A study released this month shows details of stone structures in the northwest of the country dating from the year 5,000 BC. Researchers have said these are the oldest known largescale buildings in the Arabian Peninsula.
Companies Bahri and SALIC formed a joint venture to build a terminal with capacity to store as much as 3 million tons of grain per year.
Brazilian businesswoman Maria Eduarda Becker has made her career in Dubai, where she founded Três Marias Coffee and partnered up with trading company Ally Coffee in the MENA region. Innovating during the pandemic, she launched an instant coffee made from specialty beans, a pioneer product in the Middle East.
The latest Fintech Saudi annual report shows that the number of fintechs increased from 20 to 60 in a year.
Shipped volumes of chicken meat were down 5.7% year-on-year in July, but China was a major buyer. Sales to all Arab countries combined went down, but Libya, Bahrain, Jordan and Egypt stepped up their imports.
Company TruKKer operates as a Uber of trucking business in the Middle East, with 12,000 truck drivers. Saudi Arabia is the main growth focus for the company.
Over the last five years, the amount of women in sports in Saudi Arabia more than doubled. This is imputed to the Vision 2030 program, which is paving the way for female involvement in sporting activities.
