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C4IR | Impact on the Ground | How smart manufacturing is helping small businesses in Saudi Arabia

Basma AlBuhairan, Head of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) in Saudi Arabia, shares how the centre is helping industrial SMEs to digitalize.

In Saudi Arabia small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) involved in industrial manufacturing comprise around 80% of businesses. Basma AlBuhairan, Head of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) in Saudi Arabia, shares how the centre is helping industrial SMEs to digitalize.

C4IR | Impact on the Ground is a series that showcases projects from across the World Economic Forum’s global C4IR Network. Each episode explores how emerging technologies are being piloted, scaled and deployed in a safe and responsible way to improve people’s lives and protect the planet.

Learn more about the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR).

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December 3, 2025

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