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Tuesday, December 1 - 2009

Bahrain Ecomomic Development Board announces delegation to Davos World Economic Forum

Shaikh Mohammed bin Essa Al-Khalifa, Chief Executive of the Bahrain Economic Development Board (... Read full article »
Bahrain: Tuesday, January 22 - 2008 at 10:41
Participants at the workshop.

FDI statistics explained at Bahrain workshop

The Economic Development Board, in collaboration with the MENA Investment Centre in Manama and... Read full article »
Bahrain: Thursday, December 13 - 2007 at 11:55

Boom time for Bahrain telecoms

Figures released by the Kingdom of Bahrain's Telecoms regulator have established the gulf state... Read full article »
Bahrain: Thursday, November 22 - 2007 at 11:07

Government of Bahrain to confirm Seef Properties IPO

The Bahrain Government confirmed it is to proceed with an initial public offering (IPO) of shares... Read full article »
Bahrain: Saturday, April 07 - 2007 at 09:28
At the press conference

Labour Fund launching the conference on Enhancing SME access to Finance and Corporate Governance

Enhancing SME access to finance Small and medium sized enterprises are the backbone of all... Read full article »
Bahrain: Tuesday, February 06 - 2007 at 14:16
The MoU signing ceremony was attended by Dr. Zakaria Ahmed Hejres, Deputy Chief Executive and Dr. Haitham Al-Qahtani, Advisor on Special Projects, from the EDB; in addition to Mr. Hamzah Behbehani, Executive Vice President - Investment Division, Mr. Mubarak E. Al-Sulaili, Consultant - KFIC,  and Mr. Thamer Abul, Assistant Manager - Marketing section, KFIC.

Partnership between EDB and KFIC to develop 'higher education city'

The Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) signed an agreement with the Kuwait Finance and... Read full article »
Bahrain: Tuesday, December 26 - 2006 at 09:50

Bahrain named 'Middle East City of the Future'

Bahrain has been awarded the title of Middle East City of the Future by the FT business magazine,... Read full article »
Bahrain: Thursday, December 07 - 2006 at 09:12
From yesterday's press conference.

Bahrain prodictivity conference attracts outstanding private sector participation

The Labour Fund-Economic Development Board (EDB), in partnership with the Bahrain Chamber of... Read full article »
Bahrain: Wednesday, November 15 - 2006 at 09:53

Bahrain to launch first science and technology park in the region

Kuwait Finance House today announced the launch of a USD1 billion science and technology park in... Read full article »
Bahrain: Monday, November 06 - 2006 at 09:24
Focus group Meeting at the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Fruitful focus group meeting on "Productivity" levers on private sector development at the BCCI

The Labour Fund- Economic Development Board, in cooperation with the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce... Read full article »
Bahrain: Tuesday, October 17 - 2006 at 11:58
Left to right: Adel Mattar, Board member BCCI; Dr. Nizar Al Baharna, Second Deputy Chairman, BCCI; Abdul Ellah Al Qassimi, Deputy CEO, Labour fund, EDB; Ali Ahmed Radhi, VP Enterprise Development Support, Labour Fund; Annie Shagra, Head of PR & Events Department, T & M EVENTSCOM.

The first of its kind in the region - launching the first Bahrain Productivity Improvement Conference

Following the success of the pilot 'productivity improvement' program, in which ten Bahraini... Read full article »
Bahrain: Wednesday, September 27 - 2006 at 08:13
From left: Ms. Yara Faraj, Director, Private Banking, Ithmaar Bank; Mr. Abdulla Salman Al-Ghatam, Director, Private Banking, Ithmaar Bank; Shaikh Salman bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Managing Director, Private Banking, Ithmaar Bank; Shaikh Mohammed bin Essa Al Khalifa, Chief Executive, Economic Development Board; Ms Jane Dellar, Managing Director, Bahrain Financial Services Development Bureau of the EDB; and Ms Sulaf Zakharia, Research Services Unit, EDB.

EDB, Ithmaar Bank join hands on major initiative

The Economic Development Board (EDB) of Bahrain and Ithmaar Bank, a prominent Islamic investment... Read full article »
Bahrain: Tuesday, August 15 - 2006 at 08:32

Economic Development Board of Bahrain launches 'Platform for Focus' on needs and requirements of Financial Institutions

The Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) today announced the launch of Bahrain Financial... Read full article »
Bahrain: Wednesday, May 17 - 2006 at 13:04

'Free Trade in the Middle East' conference begins

Bahraini and U.S. senior officials on Monday urged the private sector in their countries to... Read full article »
Bahrain: Tuesday, February 28 - 2006 at 16:49

Bahrain celebrates inauguration of MENA Centre for Investment

The Economic Development Board of Bahrain (EDB) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation... Read full article »
Bahrain: Sunday, February 12 - 2006 at 09:14