Saudi investment projects in the Republic of Sudan have seen significant growth, rising to 512 projects worth more than $26 billion.

Osama Faisal, the Sudanese Minister of State at the Ministry of Investment responsible for Saudi and Gulf investments, explained this in a press statement, noting that the projects in question are distributed across three sectors:namely the industrial, agricultural, and service sectors, and that industrial sector projects numbered 145, with a value of more than $2 billion. He emphasized that investment projects in the services sector are the largest, totaling 263 projects worth more than $12 billion, followed by the agricultural sector with 95 projects worth more than $11 billion.

The Sudanese minister said in a statement to the Saudi newspaper “Al-Riyadh” that the significant increase in Saudi investments—which have strongly overtaken Chinese investments in the country to take first place— is due to the “single window” initiative implemented by his ministry, which has simplified procedures, as well as the direct and special patronage these investments receive from President Omar al-Bashir personally.