The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region witnessed 14 initial public offerings (IPOs) raising $2.64 billion in the second quarter of 2024, according to the EY MENA IPO Eye Q2 2024 report.

1 Unemployment in the MENA region is the highest in the world (Figure 1) and largely a youth phenomenon. The share of youth (ages 15 to 24) in total unemployment at least doubles the total rate.

Ernst & Young (EY) has opened its EY Academy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), marking the academy’s foray into the MENA region. Through its academy, the professional services firm aims to ...

Abdulaziz Al-Sowailim, EY Mena Chairman and CEO, said: "We are pleased to expand the EY Academy capabilities into the Mena region. We chose to first launch this in KSA to further support the nation’s ...

The MENA region is starting to witness a drastic increase in large-scale battery energy storage systems (“BESS”) projects, accompanying a soaring penetration of renewable energy.

The MENA region is at a pivotal point in its economic progression, making it ripe for investment across a number of sectors Dhow Harbour, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The UAE – with other Middle ...

Kuwait Stock Exchange, Jack Dabaghian, Kuwait Ministry of Information / flickr.com (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). The MENA region has in the past served as inspiration for political economy theories that have ...

Gregory Hughes, Mena IPO leader at EY, said until the Saudi Aramco IPO, economic challenges continued to impact investor confidence in the region in 2019. "Though the recent MSCI and FTSE ...

Women’s rights organizations and feminist activists in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) continue to live in a political culture of impunity and with increased violent backlash on their ...

Bishr Baker, Managing Partner of Ernst & Young Jordan and Iraq Operating in the region since 1923, EY's Middle East and North Africa practice employs over 6,000 people across 20 offices and 15 ...