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Verifying the growth of AI in the area, a report launched by PwC earlier this month said that the use of AI among the workforce in the Middle East continues to increase, with 75 percent of workers in the area utilizing it in their jobs 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 country are prepared to release AI properly, well above the 76 percent global criteria, supported by the Kingdom's information governance environment, including national initiatives led by the Saudi Data and Expert System Authority.

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

Leading organization leaders, policymakers and investors from the GCC and Latin America just recently checked out how nations from the 2 areas can grow trade between each other in Dubai, UAE.More than 500 local and global policymakers, heads of state, CEOs, service leaders, investors, and industry professionals went to the very first Global Company 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 area were $5.6 billion, a statement from organisers said. Both areas count on each other for important items.

In 2015 Latin America supplied nearly half the meat imports into the GCC and 36 per cent of the area's overall sugar imports, it included. Brazil is by far 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 (generally poultry), Argentina for cereals, Mexico for automobiles and Chile for wood items, said a declaration.

The forum was arranged by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce under the style "Moving Synergies", explores how organizations can benefit from the changing patterns of international demand and what role Dubai can play in helping with the next step in organization relations. Dubai Chamber takes a pioneering position not just in the UAE and in the GCC however internationally too, by serving as a details and research centre, by offering business documentation, offering legal services, facilitating networking opportunities by means of signature company events and delivering nearly every possible service option, it specified.

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

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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 bring in funds and talent, stated company 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 Equity Capital Appear Like", speakers agreed that the emerging local financial investment landscape appears promising.

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Reacting to a question on regional startups' prospects of taking advantage of current investments in digital infrastructure, Tala Al Jabri, Founder and Managing Partner of Wyld VC said: "We have a lot going for us in the area: the low expense of energy, an extremely progressive government that is ahead in policy, policy and data privacy; and actually strong academic organizations that are significantly taking a look at AI and turning out technical skill in AI."She included: "Our supreme goal is to see this region, specifically the GCC, become an AI superpower.

Our most significant motorist right now is investing in talent, due to the fact that in the AI race, it's the technical talent that truly wins.

"International growth funds are being available in, which reveals clear signs of maturity of the ecosystem The capability of the UAE and local federal governments to attract skill; their innovation-first method, abundance of capital here in addition to inflow internationally are the key structure blocks."Paula Tavangar, Chief Investment Officer at Injaz Capital stated that within the region, Saudi Arabia is leading the number of deals with the highest worths, with 250 "largest ticket size" deals tape-recorded in 2025 in the nation.