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Affirming the development of AI in the region, a report released by PwC earlier this month said that the use of AI amongst the workforce 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 development in the technology sector and said that 84 percent of CEOs in the country are all set to release AI responsibly, well above the 76 percent worldwide criteria, supported by the Kingdom's data governance environment, consisting of national initiatives led by the Saudi Data and Expert System Authority.

Policymakers are believing holistically about how to make the area attractive, consisting of having more practical laws to permit for experimentation and growth," said the report.

Top service leaders, policymakers and investors from the GCC and Latin America just recently checked out how countries from the two areas can grow trade in between each other in Dubai, UAE.More than 500 regional and global policymakers, presidents, CEOs, company leaders, financiers, and market professionals went to the very first Global Service Online forum Latin America held at the Atlantis Palm - Dubai.

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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 region were $5.6 billion, a statement from organisers said. Both areas count on each other for essential items.

In 2015 Latin America provided nearly half the meat imports into the GCC and 36 percent of the region's overall sugar imports, it added. Brazil is by far the largest trading partner for nations in the area, followed by Argentina and Mexico. Among the Latin American states, the GCC counts on Brazil for meat (primarily poultry), Argentina for cereals, Mexico for vehicles and Chile for wood products, stated a declaration.

The online forum was arranged by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce under the style "Shifting Synergies", explores how companies can benefit from the changing patterns of international need and what role Dubai can play in assisting in the next action in business relations. Dubai Chamber takes a pioneering position not just in the UAE and in the GCC but internationally too, by serving as a details and research study centre, by supplying company paperwork, using legal services, assisting in networking opportunities through signature business occasions and providing practically every conceivable company service, it specified.

GCC development will reinforce in 2026, led by faster growth in hydrocarbons; non-oil growth will remain solid but slow a little. Non-oil activity will be supported by population development, brand-new markets, and public investment; inflation will stay soft, while monetary policy will loosen. Hydrocarbons sector development will speed up, balancing out in part lower oil costs; financial balances will be mixed, 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 financial investments in AI and tech-led sectors, with business-friendly and innovation-focused government policies drawing in funds and talent, stated service leaders at the 9th edition of Sharjah Entrepreneurial Festival (SEF 2026). During a panel discussion on the very first day of SEF 2026 examining "What Does the Next Year of Equity Capital Look Like", speakers agreed that the emerging local investment landscape appears appealing.

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Reacting to a concern on local start-ups' potential customers of gaining from current financial investments in digital facilities, Tala Al Jabri, Founder and Managing Partner of Wyld VC said: "We have so much going for us in the region: the low cost of energy, a really progressive federal government that is ahead in policy, guideline and data personal privacy; and actually strong academic organizations that are increasingly looking at AI and turning out technical talent in AI."She included: "Our supreme objective is to see this area, particularly the GCC, end up being an AI superpower.

Our biggest driver right now is investing in skill, because in the AI race, it's the technical talent that actually wins."Focusing on the beauty of the area for investors, Christos Mastoras, Creator and Handling Partner of Iliad Partners, said: "I think we are very lucky to onboard the three biggest banks of Greece as LPs [Limited Partners] for investment in the region.

"International development funds are being available in, which shows clear signs of maturity of the ecosystem The capability of the UAE and local federal governments to attract skill; their innovation-first technique, abundance of capital here as well as inflow worldwide are the essential foundation."Paula Tavangar, Chief Financial Investment Officer at Injaz Capital said that within the region, Saudi Arabia is leading the variety of handle the highest worths, with 250 "largest ticket size" deals recorded in 2025 in the country.