Project finance is still massively important to the development of new infrastructure in the Middle East and North Africa, with around $25bn of deals completed each year.

On 29-30 January, the industry’s top professionals, including representatives from Saudi Aramco, France’s Total, the UAE’s Mubadala Development Company, and Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power, along with senior figures from international banks including HSBC and Standard Chartered, and regional lenders such as National Commercial Bank and Samba, will be attending the MEED Project Finance Conference 2013 in Dubai to discuss the state of the industry.

In this video, MEED’s banking and finance editor, Matthew Martin, offers an insight into the state of the project finance sector and previews this week’s event.