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Verifying the growth of AI in the region, a report launched by PwC previously this month said that the use of AI among the workforce in the Middle East continues to increase, with 75 percent of employees in the region utilizing 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 stated that 84 percent of CEOs in the country are all set to deploy AI properly, well above the 76 percent international criteria, supported by the Kingdom's information governance community, including nationwide efforts led by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority.

Policymakers are believing holistically about how to make the area appealing, including having more pragmatic laws to permit for experimentation and growth," stated the report.

Top magnate, policymakers and investors from the GCC and Latin America just recently checked out how nations from the two areas can grow trade in between each other in Dubai, UAE.More than 500 local and worldwide policymakers, heads of state, CEOs, business leaders, investors, and industry professionals attended the first Global Business 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 declaration from organisers stated. Both regions count on each other for essential items.

In 2015 Latin America supplied almost half the meat imports into the GCC and 36 per cent of the region's overall sugar imports, it added. Brazil is by far the biggest trading partner for countries in the area, followed by Argentina and Mexico. Amongst the Latin American states, the GCC counts on Brazil for meat (generally poultry), Argentina for cereals, Mexico for lorries and Chile for wood products, said a declaration.

The forum was arranged by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce under the theme "Moving Synergies", explores how organizations can take advantage of the changing patterns of worldwide demand and what function Dubai can play in facilitating the next step in business relations. Dubai Chamber takes a pioneering position not only in the UAE and in the GCC however internationally too, by serving as an information and research study centre, by providing service documentation, providing legal services, facilitating networking chances through signature organization occasions and delivering almost every imaginable organization solution, it specified.

GCC development will enhance in 2026, led by faster growth in hydrocarbons; non-oil development will stay solid however slow somewhat. Non-oil activity will be supported by population development, brand-new markets, and public financial investment; inflation will stay soft, while financial policy will loosen up. Hydrocarbons sector growth will speed up, balancing out in part lower oil costs; fiscal balances will be combined, with surpluses in UAE and Qatar, but deficits persist in other places.

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SHARJAH (WAM) The GCC and broader Middle East region 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 skill, stated magnate at the 9th edition of Sharjah Entrepreneurial Festival (SEF 2026). During a panel discussion on the first day of SEF 2026 taking a look at "What Does the Next Year of Equity Capital Look Like", speakers agreed that the emerging local financial investment landscape appears appealing.

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Reacting to a concern on regional startups' prospects of taking advantage of current financial investments in digital facilities, Tala Al Jabri, Founder and Handling Partner of Wyld VC said: "We have a lot going for us in the area: the low expense of energy, a really progressive federal government that is ahead in policy, policy and data privacy; and actually strong universities that are significantly looking at AI and ending up technical talent in AI."She included: "Our ultimate objective is to see this area, particularly the GCC, end up being an AI superpower.

Our biggest driver right now is investing in skill, due to the fact that in the AI race, it's the technical skill that truly wins.

"International growth funds are coming in, which shows clear indications of maturity of the environment The ability of the UAE and regional governments to attract skill; their innovation-first method, abundance of capital here in addition to inflow worldwide are the crucial foundation."Paula Tavangar, Chief Financial Investment Officer at Injaz Capital stated that within the region, Saudi Arabia is leading the variety of deals with the greatest worths, with 250 "biggest ticket size" deals taped in 2025 in the country.