Navigating the 2026 GCC Corporate Environment

Verifying the development of AI in the area, a report released by PwC earlier this month said 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 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 nation are ready to deploy AI properly, well above the 76 percent international criteria, supported by the Kingdom's data governance community, including national efforts led by the Saudi Data and Expert System Authority.

Policymakers are believing holistically about how to make the area attractive, consisting of having more pragmatic laws to enable experimentation and development," stated the report.

Top service leaders, policymakers and investors from the GCC and Latin America just recently explored how countries from the two regions can grow trade in between each other in Dubai, UAE.More than 500 regional and international policymakers, heads of state, CEOs, magnate, investors, and market experts went to the very first Global Business Forum Latin America held at the Atlantis Palm - Dubai.

Navigating the 2026 GCC Corporate Environment

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

In 2015 Latin America provided almost half the meat imports into the GCC and 36 per cent of the area'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. Amongst the Latin American states, the GCC relies on Brazil for meat (primarily poultry), Argentina for cereals, Mexico for automobiles and Chile for wood items, stated a declaration.

The forum was organised by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce under the style "Shifting Synergies", explores how organizations can gain from the altering patterns of worldwide need 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 serving as an information and research centre, by supplying business documentation, using legal services, facilitating networking chances by means of signature service events and providing almost every conceivable business service, it stated.

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

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

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Reacting to a concern on regional startups' potential customers of taking advantage of recent investments in digital facilities, Tala Al Jabri, Founder and Managing Partner of Wyld VC said: "We have a lot opting for us in the region: the low expense of energy, an extremely progressive federal government that is ahead in policy, guideline and information privacy; and really strong educational institutions that are increasingly looking at AI and turning out technical skill in AI."She added: "Our ultimate objective is to see this area, specifically the GCC, end up being an AI superpower.

Our most significant motorist right now is buying skill, because in the AI race, it's the technical skill that truly wins."Concentrating on the attractiveness of the region for investors, Christos Mastoras, Creator and Managing Partner of Iliad Partners, said: "I believe we are really fortunate to onboard the 3 largest banks of Greece as LPs [Limited Partners] for financial investment in the region.

"International growth funds are coming in, which reveals clear signs of maturity of the ecosystem The capability of the UAE and local federal governments to bring in skill; their innovation-first technique, abundance of capital here along with inflow worldwide are the crucial foundation."Paula Tavangar, Chief Financial Investment Officer at Injaz Capital said that within the area, Saudi Arabia is leading the number of offers with the greatest values, with 250 "biggest ticket size" deals recorded in 2025 in the country.