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Can Market Research Define Middle East Industrial Success?

Published Aug 19, 26
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Verifying the growth of AI in the area, a report released by PwC earlier this month stated that the usage of AI amongst the workforce in the Middle East continues to increase, with 75 percent of employees in the area utilizing it in their tasks over the past 12 months.

In November, a report launched by KPMG highlighted Saudi Arabia's progress in the innovation sector and stated that 84 percent of CEOs in the country are all set to deploy AI properly, well above the 76 percent global criteria, supported by the Kingdom's data governance ecosystem, including national efforts led by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority.

Policymakers are believing holistically about how to make the region attractive, including having more practical laws to permit for experimentation and development," said the report.

Top magnate, policymakers and investors from the GCC and Latin America just recently explored how countries from the 2 areas can grow trade in between each other in Dubai, UAE.More than 500 local and international policymakers, heads of state, CEOs, service leaders, investors, and market professionals attended the first Global Business Forum Latin America held at the Atlantis Palm - Dubai.

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In 2015 the GCC comprised of the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, imported $11 billion worth of products from Latin America. And exports to Latin America from the region were $5.6 billion, a declaration from organisers said. Both regions depend on each other for vital items.

In 2015 Latin America supplied nearly half the meat imports into the GCC and 36 percent of the region's total sugar imports, it included. Brazil is without a doubt the largest trading partner for nations in the region, followed by Argentina and Mexico. Amongst the Latin American states, the GCC depends on Brazil for meat (generally poultry), Argentina for cereals, Mexico for automobiles and Chile for wood products, stated a declaration.

The forum was organised by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce under the theme "Shifting Synergies", explores how organizations can gain from the changing patterns of international need and what role Dubai can play in helping with the next action in organization relations. Dubai Chamber takes a pioneering position not just in the UAE and in the GCC but globally too, by acting as an information and research study centre, by providing organization documents, providing legal services, facilitating networking chances through signature company events and delivering practically every imaginable company service, it specified.

GCC growth will strengthen in 2026, led by faster expansion in hydrocarbons; non-oil growth will remain solid however slow somewhat. Non-oil activity will be supported by population development, new industries, and public financial investment; inflation will stay soft, while monetary policy will loosen up. Hydrocarbons sector growth will speed up, balancing out in part lower oil rates; fiscal balances will be combined, with surpluses in UAE and Qatar, however deficits continue somewhere else.

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SHARJAH (WAM) The GCC and wider Middle East area is poised for the next wave of investments in AI and tech-led sectors, with business-friendly and innovation-focused federal government policies attracting funds and talent, stated organization leaders at the 9th edition of Sharjah Entrepreneurial Festival (SEF 2026). Throughout a panel discussion on the very first day of SEF 2026 analyzing "What Does the Next Year of Equity Capital Look Like", speakers agreed that the emerging regional investment landscape appears promising.

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Reacting to a question on regional startups' prospects of benefiting from current financial investments in digital facilities, Tala Al Jabri, Creator and Handling Partner of Wyld VC said: "We have so much opting for us in the region: the low expense of energy, a really progressive federal government that is ahead in policy, guideline and information personal privacy; and really strong universities that are increasingly taking a look at AI and turning out technical skill in AI."She included: "Our supreme objective is to see this area, specifically the GCC, become an AI superpower.

Our most significant chauffeur right now is investing in talent, since in the AI race, it's the technical skill that really wins.

"International development funds are coming in, which reveals clear signs of maturity of the ecosystem The ability of the UAE and regional federal governments to bring in skill; their innovation-first method, abundance of capital here as well as inflow globally are the essential foundation."Paula Tavangar, Chief Investment Officer at Injaz Capital said that within the region, Saudi Arabia is leading the number of handle the highest worths, with 250 "largest ticket size" offers tape-recorded in 2025 in the nation.

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