#1- Saudi Arabia secured 10 spots on Forbes Middle East’s 30 Under 30 list for 2024: YaraAlNamlah, Talal Attieh, and Yara Ghouth were featured in the commerce and finance category, where the most of Saudi Arabia’s 10 entries landed. The Kingdom’s second strongest category was for sports and entertainment, which featured Alyah Abo Alola and Abdulrahman Osama, as well as Abdulaziz Alhumaid and Abdullah Aljassim — both under combined entries. Hamed Albalawi was Saudi Arabia’s only representative in science and technology, while Ahmed Sidam and Mohammed Alsulaiman were featured in the social impact category.

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#2- Riyadh Airports Company secured the gold award for Best Customer Experience in Transportation and the silver award for Best Business Change and Transformation in Customer Experience at the Customer Experience Forum earlier this week, according to state news agency SPA.

#3- PIF Governor and Aramco Chairman Yasir Al Rumayyan received the Eisenhower Global Transformation Award from the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU), a nod to his leadership in steering the Kingdom’s USD 1 tn sovereign wealth fund, according to BCIU’s website.

#4- The Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (Modon) received a distinction for attracting and retaining talent from the Society for Human Resource Management during the Star Mena Awards ceremony, it said in a post on X.

#5- The General Authority for Statistics was awarded the Certificate of Platforms from the Digital Government Authority for meeting the Unified System for Government Platforms requirements, it said in a statement.

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