How to Scale Regional Strategy in 2026

Affirming the growth of AI in the region, a report released by PwC previously this month stated that the use of AI amongst the workforce in the Middle East continues to increase, with 75 percent of employees in the area using it in their jobs over the past 12 months.

In November, a report launched by KPMG highlighted Saudi Arabia's development in the technology sector and said that 84 percent of CEOs in the country are ready to deploy AI properly, well above the 76 percent global criteria, supported by the Kingdom's data governance environment, consisting of nationwide 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 allow for experimentation and development," stated the report.

Leading magnate, policymakers and investors from the GCC and Latin America just recently checked out how countries from the 2 regions can grow trade between each other in Dubai, UAE.More than 500 local and global policymakers, presidents, CEOs, company leaders, financiers, and market experts attended the first Global Organization Online forum Latin America held at the Atlantis Palm - Dubai.

How to Scale GCC Strategy in 2026

In 2015 the GCC comprised 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 region were $5.6 billion, a statement from organisers stated. Both regions depend on each other for essential products.

In 2015 Latin America supplied almost half the meat imports into the GCC and 36 percent of the region's overall sugar imports, it added. Brazil is without a doubt the biggest trading partner for countries in the area, followed by Argentina and Mexico. Among the Latin American states, the GCC counts on Brazil for meat (mainly poultry), Argentina for cereals, Mexico for vehicles and Chile for wood items, stated a statement.

The forum was arranged by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce under the style "Shifting Synergies", explores how services can benefit from the changing patterns of worldwide demand and what function Dubai can play in assisting in the next action in service relations. Dubai Chamber takes a pioneering position not only in the UAE and in the GCC but internationally too, by acting as an information and research study centre, by providing organization paperwork, using legal services, assisting in networking opportunities via signature business occasions and providing nearly every imaginable business service, it specified.

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

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

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Reacting to a concern on local start-ups' potential customers of benefiting from current financial investments in digital infrastructure, Tala Al Jabri, Founder and Managing Partner of Wyld VC said: "We have a lot choosing us in the region: the low expense of energy, a really progressive federal government that is ahead in policy, regulation and data personal privacy; and actually strong universities that are increasingly looking at AI and turning out technical skill in AI."She included: "Our supreme goal is to see this area, particularly the GCC, end up being an AI superpower.

Our greatest motorist right now is purchasing skill, since in the AI race, it's the technical talent that actually wins."Focusing on the attractiveness of the area for investors, Christos Mastoras, Creator and Handling Partner of Iliad Partners, said: "I think we are very lucky to onboard the 3 largest banks of Greece as LPs [Limited Partners] for investment in the area.

"International growth funds are coming in, which reveals clear indications of maturity of the ecosystem The capability of the UAE and regional federal governments to bring in talent; their innovation-first technique, abundance of capital here in addition to inflow globally are the essential foundation."Paula Tavangar, Chief Investment Officer at Injaz Capital said that within the area, Saudi Arabia is leading the variety of deals with the greatest worths, with 250 "biggest ticket size" offers recorded in 2025 in the nation.