With the recent visits of Assistant Foreign Minister Tim Watts to several African nations in late 2022 and early 2023, the Australia and Africa relationship is gathering momentum.
Home to 1.2 billion people with a rapidly growing middle class across multiple counties, opportunities abound in Africa, especially in education, food and beverage, mining and METS and beauty and wellness.
Opportunities for Victorian businesses in Saudi Arabian Giga-projects
Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 is driving a transformation of Saudi Arabia, with the centrepiece of the Vision being six new Giga-projects.
One of the Giga-projects is the city of NEOM, the flagship project of Vision 2030.
Equivalent to the size of Belgium, NEOM contains four regions:
- Linear city - THE LINE
- Center for advanced and clean industries – OXAGON
- A mountain tourism destination - TROJENA
- An island resort - SINDALAH
It is anticipated that 45 million people will live in NEOM by 2045.
NEOM presents a myriad of opportunities for Victorian businesses across multiple sectors including:
- urban design
- construction
- sport
- creative
- food and beverage
- hospitality
- technology
- training.
Victorian companies can register to become an official supplier of NEOM.
Opportunity for Victorian METS companies to be profiled in Australian METS e-publication ahead of IMARC 2023
Austrade and Austmine have partnered to promote the expertise of Australian METS companies to the global mining industry through the e-publication, Australian METS: Accelerating Sustainable Mining.
This exclusive publication will be utilised by Austrade’s overseas posts, particularly in the Middle East and Africa region, and Austmine at various international trade exhibitions and conferences and in meetings with potential customers, to showcase the green credentials of Australian METS companies.
As the global mining sector looks for ways to implement more sustainable practices, this publication will feature Australian capabilities in the following categories:
- The Smart Water Mine
- The Community Mine
- The Zero Carbon Mine
- The Small Footprint Mine
- The Waste Free Mine.
Companies wanting to nominate are required to fill out a questionnaire to be nominated to feature in this showcase.
Submissions close Thursday 7 September 2023.