Knowledge Economic City, Medina

Knowledge Economic City (KEC)

مدينة المعرفة الاقتصادية
Province Madinah Province
Government
  Chairman Iyad bin Amin Madani
  Vice Chairman Abdul Raouf Mohammad Manna
Website http://www.madinahkec.com

Medina Knowledge Economic City was launched by King Abdullah bin AbdulAziz in June 2006 and is the third of six economic cities announced by Amr Dabbagh, Governor of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority. The 30 billion riyal (USD7 billion) project is located in Madinah, the home of Muhammad and where the Qur'an was compiled.

Knowledge Economic City Master Plan

master-plan by Creative Kingdom Dubai.

Knowledge Economic City is a project to position Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabian entrepreneurs as leaders in knowledge based industries and aims to attract and develop talent from around the world.

20,000 jobs and accommodation for 150,000 people will be created by the project which is expected to bring about 10 billion Riyals a year into the region once it is completed by 2020.

Since its launch KEC has signed Memoranda of Understanding and contracts with several local companies and with government and private sector organisations from Malaysia and Canada. The latest have been MoUs signed with Cisco and CompTIA . The Cisco MoU is intended to provide access to networking technologies, while the CompTIA signing is to ensure Knowledge Economic City knowledge workers with internationally recognised IT qualifications.

Several major companies are involved and the development consortium members include:

Knowledge Economic City also has some subsidiary organisations, most important of which is Madinah Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship located in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.

Prior to the signing in February and March 2008of Memoranda of Understanding with Malaysia’s Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) and Multimedia University, major MoUs had been signed with KSA’s Siraj Capital Ltd and PMDC, Savola Group Co and Malaz Group. Key Consultancy contracts have been awarded to HOK Canada, IBI Group and Malaysia’s MSC Technology Centre.

They and other partners will work with Seera City Real Estate Development, the company set up to manage the project, to identify opportunities and develop each of the facets of the city. souks of Medina

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