Saudi women running a female date factory

Ibn Zaid is a date factory in Saudi Arabia that is being run by Saudi women. It is a date packing factory that employs 100% female workers who fill in the jobs from managers, accountants, quality controls, and packing and health nutritionists. Aqeelah Ali, the forklift driver Aqeelah Ali, the forklift driver claims that at first, it was difficult for her to drive it, yet now she is happy with her decision as she is able to tell the world that even women can enter the fields that are thought…

Saudi Arabia calls on African mining industry to invest in Kingdom’s ‘rich, vast natural resources’

Saudi Arabia called on leading stakeholders in the mining industry across Africa to work together and benefit from the Kingdom’s rich and vast natural resources, to help support economic growth and social development. Speaking during the African Mining Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, Khalid Al-Mudayfer, the Saudi deputy minister for mining affairs, said the value of the Kingdom’s mineral wealth is estimated at $1.3 trillion, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday. He reviewed investment opportunities offered by the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, along with the infrastructure…