Saudi Arabia is looking for investors for a $109 billion plan to create a solar industry that generates a third of the nation’s electricity by 2032 according to bloomberg.
The plan is to have 41,000 megawatts of solar capacity within two decades, nuclear, wind and geothermal would contribute 21,000 megawatts.
The government is targe...
Saudi Arabia occupied the first rank among the countries with the highest proportion of mobile phone users in the world with a ratio of 188%, followed by Vietnam and Oman in the second and third places respectively, according to a recent study.
The study conducted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and development (UNCTAD) indicated t...
Four innovative projects have been named winners in the latest Seed Fund round at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
The winners were announced at a Gala dinner at the Academic Campus, Thuwal on Wednesday March 14, 2012. They were on hand to discuss their individual products and innovations at the event.
Here are ...
As 2011 is about to end, history was rewritten in 3 Arabs countries and counting. Bu Azizi started something that can not be stopped.
But what where the top search terms coming for Egypt and Saudi Arabia? Google released today it is annual Zeitgiest a look into the year's top google searches. We would like to note that Facebook and Twitter a...
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) Group announced its investment in a new Venture Capital Fund which specializes in start up, small, and medium sized companies operating in the field of telecommunications and IT in the Saudi market as well as other international markets.
STC Group will invest an initial amount of $50 million that is self financed making...
Nearly 2.5 million Muslims begin the annual Islamic ritual of the Hajj today, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Hajj represents one of the five pillars of Islam; it requires all Muslims around the world who are able-bodied and can afford it to perform the pilgrimage once in their lifetime.
YouTube has partnered with Saudi Ministry of Culture and Infor...
We wrote back in the 12th of July, that Qaym the Arabic restaurants social review site from Saudi Arabia would make decisive decisions within weeks, but the good news came up today.
Restdroid an Arabic Android application that uses Qayem API's was released today, the app offers Qaym's restaurants information services over android devices. M...
Updated: ArabCrunch sources who are close to the 3 telecom operators in Saudi Arabia confirmed just now the deal has been made between RIM and Saudi Arabia, BlackBerry service to continue in the kingdom. Official Announcement most likely tomorrow, UAE to follow.
Yesterday, Saudi Arabia's BlackBerry (BB) ban went into effect, but users report...
Around 10 days ago ArabCrunch had a meeting with Barig Seraj the CEO of ICT Ventures a Saudi based Venture capital firm.
Barig Seraj informed us about his company and his recent investments, ICT Ventures is a growth based VC that focus in the IT sector. The VC firm made 3 investments so far. First in Mobidiv an Egyptian mobile app develope...
Update: A number BlackBerry users in Saudi Arabia told ArabCrunch BB messenger is still running.
Following UAE's decision today in in suspending blackberry Messenger, Blackberry E-mail and Blackberry Web-Browsing Services in Octabor, Saudi Arabia today ordered the 3 telecom operators in the kingdom to freeze BlackBerry messenger, accor...
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