By John Lee. Iraq's Ministry of Oil has announced preliminary oil exports for January of 101,245,095 barrels, giving an average for the month of 3.266 million barrels per day (bpd), down from the 3.332 million bpd exported in December. The exports from the oilfields in central and southern Iraq amounted to approximately 98,460,050 barrels, while […]
By John Lee. The Board of Directors of Iraq's General Company for Grain Trading, which is owned by the Ministry of Trade, as approved the building of a 100,000-ton grain silo in Wasit Governorate. The Chairman and General Manager, Dr. Haider Nouri Al-Karaawi, said the decision supports efforts to strengthen grain storage capacities nationwide in […]
By John Lee. The reopening of Morocco's embassy in Baghdad will be a starting point for the partnership between the two countries, according to a statement from Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Fuad Hussein, confirmed a new generation of diplomatic interaction between Iraq and Morocco, at a reception […]
By John Lee. On Friday, Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Sudani met with representatives of the French companies Thales, Dassault and Airbus. During the meetings, they discussed providing Iraq with specialized radars, Rafale combat aircraft, Falcon civil aircraft, and combat and specialized helicopters for the benefit of the Iraqi Air Force and Civil Aviation. These measures are […]
By John Lee. Transparency International has said that Iraq has maintained its ranking and score in the global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2022. From a total of 180 countries, Iraq came in at number 157, the same position as last year. This result puts it on equal ranking with Honduras, Myanmar and Zimbabwe. Denmark […]
New Iraqi brand Makers of Baghdad has been launched at Makers' premises in Baghdad. Makers (formerly IoT Maker) is an innovation hub that provides technical qualifications, and job acceleration programs for the youth to create job opportunities in the field of Information technology, and encourage them to develop their startups. The methods used vary from […]
On 24th January, H.E Naeem Al Aboudi, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, signed the agreement to establish the British University of Iraq. The University was founded by two former UK diplomats, including the Chair of the board john Tucknott CMG, MBE and lead by the Founding President Professor Victoria Lindsay. The proposal has […]
By John Lee. US-based Sallyport Global Holdings, part of the Caliburn International group, has been awarded a $235,608,052 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00003) to previously awarded contract FA8630-22-C-6006 for base operations support, base life support and security services in support of the Iraq F-16 program. The contract modification is for an additional 12 months of service being […]
By John Lee. The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has announced the addition of Jubail Commercial Port to the India Gulf Service 1 (IG1) shipping route by ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd. Starting on 12th February, the weekly service will link the Kingdom to the ports of Jebel Ali, Karachi, Mundra, Sohar, Shuaiba, and Umm Qasar on board […]
By John Lee. ZainCash Iraq has announced a partnership with Western Union to enable international money transfers through the ZainCash mobile application. According to a press release, this allows customers in Iraq to easily and reliably send and receive money to more than 200 countries and territories. The app can be used by individuals, small […]
By John Lee. The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has signed an agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to launch the first ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Performance Card project report in the Iraqi banking sector. This was prepared in cooperation and coordination with experts from the International Finance Corporation (IFC). At the launch […]
By John Lee. Mobile phone service Asiacell has reportedly appointed US-based LigaData to implement a new Data Governance Framework and Data Governance Center of Expertise. According to a press release, the partnership will enable more innovative digital services for Asiacell's 17 million subscribers and significantly improve the organization's return on investment from existing data infrastructure. […]
