AWAL, a leading IT services provider, took part as a technical sponsor at the Jeddah Economic Forum 2013.

It was held with the support of Makkah Governor Prince Khalid Al-Faisal.

AWAL’s involvement in this event underscores the company’s ongoing efforts to support and help develop the local economy in light of the increasing demand and investments in most of the economic sectors across the Kingdom.

More than 3,000 business people from the Kingdom, Arab countries and the world, in addition to leading figures specialized in urban planning and population and construction growth, attended the event.

The forum included eight scientific sessions that discussed various critical business matters including the housing issue. The forum tended to provide solutions and suggestions for housing issues and recommendations for government bodies to tackle such tasks.

AWAL is a subsidiary of Saudi Telecom Group, and offers a range of services including system integration, managed services, professional services and AWAL Cloud.