TBY launches Annual Report
MUSCAT: The Business Year (TBY), the leading international research firm and publisher of annual economic resources on national economies, announced the launch of its fourth edition on the Sultanate, TBY Oman 2017, in partnership with Ithraa, the Sultanate’s inward investment and export development agency.
Talib bin Saif al Makhmari, Director General of Marketing and Media of Ithraa remarked, “The publication helps tell the wonderful success stories that make up the vibrant tapestry that is the Sultanate’s thriving business community. It’s an invaluable business guide”.
The launch event took place at the Hormuz Grand Hotel Muscat on Monday.
The event included a keynote speech by Ithraa Director General of Marketing and Media.
The publication consists of over 200 interviews with top executives and government officials, including a special contribution from His Majesty in which he discusses that the Sultanate is moving full-steam ahead toward its 2020 Vision goals.
In addition, key government officials, such as Dr Ali bin Masoud al Sunaidi, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Hamood bin Sangour al Zedjali, Executive President of the Central Bank of Oman (CBO), and Ahmed bin Nasser al Mehrzi, Minister of Tourism, also shared their opinions on increasing foreign investment, the growth of Islamic banking, and the Sultanate’s ninth 5-Year Plan respectively.
The publication issues surrounding political, economic development.
Although low oil prices made 2016 a challenging year, tourism, construction and a solid finance sector, just to mention a few made the Sultanate a go-to destination for investors in the GCC region.
As reported by Paul Loomis, Regional Editor of the Business Year, “Oman is a regional leader in focuses on key the Sultanate’s and social economic diversification and reform.
Our 2017 edition covers the changes afoot in this influential Gulf state in great detail. We have interviewed key stakeholders and our new publication discusses the implications of change for domestic and foreign businesses in great detail”.
Bilateral ties play an important part of the publication, which establishes the growing role that Oman is playing on the international stage.
Regarding African-GCC cooperation, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta stated, “Increased cooperation between the two nations would allow Oman not only to access the region, but also to the growing Kenyan market and the improving investment environment.” — ONA