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United Arab Emirates: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals September 2018
The UAE’s healthcare market is set to surge to more than US$ 28 bn by 2021, a rise equivalent to 60% growth. The UAE healthcare market has been growing at over 10% year-on-year since 2015, but there will be an upsurge of 15% to 25% in some industry s...
Kuwait: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals September 2018
Kuwait’s healthcare and pharmaceuticals industries are small compared to some of its regional neighbours and are dominated by high levels of government expenditure, and a robust, free public healthcare service for indigenous residents. Increasing wea...
Bahrain: Infrastructure, Construction & Real Estate September 2018
Bahrain, a middle-income economy, is heavily dependent on its hydrocarbons industry. Oil and natural gas are the major growth drivers to the Bahraini economy, accounting for around 20% of GDP and 87% of budget revenues annually. In recent years the g...
Bahrain: Telecommunications & IT September 2018
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 Saudi Arabia and Egypt. There are a total of three full- edge...
Bahrain: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals September 2018
Although Bahrain’s healthcare and pharmaceuticals markets are some of the smallest in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, they have been experiencing rapid growth in recent years as the country looks to diversify its economy away from rel...
Bahrain: Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals September 2018
Bahrain is a relatively small player in the global hydrocarbon extraction market with only .01% of the world’s proven reserves and limited natural gas reserves that are processed and used domestically. Due to its declining oil supply, Bahrain was the...
Kuwait: Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals September 2018
Although the oil industry has been a key source of wealth, Kuwait’s nearly complete dependence on oil has been a detriment to the country’s economy in recent years. As evidenced by Kuwait’s dropped GDP during the 2009 world- wide fall of oil prices,...
Kuwait: Retail & FMCGs September 2018
Often categorised as one of the most promising and attractive in the world, Kuwait’s retail market is quickly devel- oping and catering to a large, wealthy and globally aware population. Though lagging behind some of the Gulf Cooperation Countries (G...