Will Strategic Analytics Drive Middle East Industrial Success?

Verifying the development of AI in the region, a report launched by PwC previously this month said that the usage of AI amongst the labor force in the Middle East continues to rise, with 75 percent of workers in the area utilizing it in their tasks over the past 12 months.

In November, a report released by KPMG highlighted Saudi Arabia's progress in the innovation sector and said that 84 percent of CEOs in the nation are prepared to deploy AI responsibly, well above the 76 percent global benchmark, supported by the Kingdom's data governance environment, consisting of national initiatives led by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority.

Policymakers are thinking holistically about how to make the region appealing, consisting of having more practical laws to permit for experimentation and development," said the report.

Leading organization leaders, policymakers and financiers from the GCC and Latin America just recently checked out how countries from the 2 areas can grow trade between each other in Dubai, UAE.More than 500 local and worldwide policymakers, heads of state, CEOs, service leaders, investors, and market professionals participated in the first Global Service Online forum Latin America held at the Atlantis Palm - Dubai.

Emerging Strategic Trends Shaping the 2026 GCC Economy

In 2015 the GCC made up of the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, imported $11 billion worth of items from Latin America. And exports to Latin America from the area were $5.6 billion, a statement from organisers stated. Both regions rely on each other for vital items.

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

The forum was organised by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce under the theme "Shifting Synergies", checks out how services can benefit from the changing patterns of international demand and what role Dubai can play in facilitating the next action in service relations. Dubai Chamber takes a pioneering position not just in the UAE and in the GCC but worldwide too, by functioning as an info and research centre, by providing service paperwork, offering legal services, facilitating networking opportunities through signature organization events and delivering practically every conceivable business solution, it stated.

GCC development will enhance in 2026, led by faster growth in hydrocarbons; non-oil growth will remain solid but slow slightly. Non-oil activity will be supported by population growth, new markets, and public financial investment; inflation will stay soft, while financial policy will loosen. Hydrocarbons sector growth will accelerate, offsetting in part lower oil costs; fiscal balances will be mixed, with surpluses in UAE and Qatar, but deficits continue somewhere else.

Emerging Strategic Trends Shaping the 2026 GCC Economy

SHARJAH (WAM) The GCC and larger Middle East region is poised for the next wave of financial investments in AI and tech-led sectors, with business-friendly and innovation-focused federal government policies attracting funds and skill, stated service leaders at the 9th edition of Sharjah Entrepreneurial Festival (SEF 2026). During a panel conversation on the very first day of SEF 2026 taking a look at "What Does the Next Year of Endeavor Capital Appear Like", speakers concurred that the emerging local investment landscape appears appealing.

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Reacting to a question on local startups' potential customers of benefiting from recent financial investments in digital infrastructure, 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 government that is ahead in policy, regulation and data personal privacy; and really strong universities that are progressively taking a look at AI and ending up technical talent in AI."She added: "Our supreme objective is to see this region, specifically the GCC, become an AI superpower.

Our greatest chauffeur right now is investing in skill, since in the AI race, it's the technical skill that truly wins.

"International development funds are can be found in, which shows clear indications of maturity of the ecosystem The ability of the UAE and regional federal governments to draw in skill; their innovation-first technique, abundance of capital here as well as inflow internationally are the crucial foundation."Paula Tavangar, Chief Investment Officer at Injaz Capital said that within the region, Saudi Arabia is leading the variety of deals with the greatest worths, with 250 "largest ticket size" offers recorded in 2025 in the nation.