Bahrain maintains growth albeit at slower pace The Bahraini economy posted its second successive quarter of growth following a contraction in the opening quarter of 2018. Bahrain’s headline real growth…

Bahrain’s move to become a high tech nancial hub could be undermined by concerns over its external nancing position, a more hardline authoritarian streak, and diplomatic rift with Qatar. •…

Bahrain’s telecommunications market is highly saturated. With a population of just 1.4 million people as of 2015, the country has the same number of mobile operators as much larger markets…

Even by the tumultuous standards of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the past few years have been remarkably violent and destructive. The Syrian and Libyan economies have…

Over the past several decades, the MENA region has realised the growing importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in economic development and diversification, job creation, reducing unemployment, raising incomes,…