Meet The Gamechangers Driving The AI Revolution In The MENA

Inc. Arabia's latest issue is here, and it's headlined by Gamechangers, a special feature on the business leaders driving the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution in the MENA. 

With global professional services firm PwC predicting that AI is set to have a US$320 billion impact on the Middle East by 2030, it’s clear that this cutting-edge technology is not just being adopted by the region—it’s also actively shaping its future.

Inc. Arabia’s Gamechangers is thus a showcase of the innovators leading this transformation in the Middle East—these are the founders, executives, and technologists driving real-world AI applications across industries, and redefining what the region’s digital future looks like.

Featured on the cover are three trailblazers in this domain: Andreas Hassellöf, founder and CEO, Ombori, Dr. Elie Metri, CEO, QSS AI & Robotics, and Brian De Francesca, founder and CEO, VAI. (Check out the above video to get a behind-the-scenes look into the making of the cover!)

The full list of business leaders featured in Gamechangers is listed below--check out our profiles on them in the digital edition of the magazine here:   

• Andreas Hassellöf, founder and CEO, Ombori 
• Dr. Elie Metri, CEO, QSS AI & Robotics 
• Brian De Francesca, founder and CEO, VAI 
• Thomas Pramotedham, CEO, Presight 
• Nour Al Hassan, founder and CEO, Tarjma& and Arabic.AI 
• Mostafa Zafer, Vice President, Automation, MEA, IBM
• Dr. Chaouki Kasmi, President – Technology and Innovation, Edge Group 
• Mohammed Alkhotani, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Salesforce Middle East 
• Abdullah Asiri, founder and CEO, Lucidya 
• Yousef Khalili, Global Chief Business Transformation Officer and CEO – MEA, Quant 
• Jean-Paul Sacy, Head of EMEA, Wand AI 
• Yazeed AlGhamdi, Emerging Technologies Director, ROSHN Group 
• Dr. Heba Atyah, founder and CEO, GameIT 
• Tarek Kabrit, co-founder and CEO, Seez 
• Shaikha Al-Sulaiti, Senior Concept Manager – Doha Design District, Msheireb Properties 
• Baraa Koshak, founder and CEO, Abwab.ai 
• Amit Vyas, founder and CEO, NEXA 
• Karim Khorshed, co-founder and CEO, Cequens 
• Jamil Shinawi, founder and CEO, AHOY 
• Nidhima Kohli, founder, TheAIAccelerator.co 
• Muhammad Khalid, founder and CEO, AIREV 
• Alexander Lempka, founder and CEO, Connect Earth 
• Asem Alnogaithan, founder and CEO, GlassHUB 
• Roman Frolov, founder and CEO, Eternal 
• Irmak Atabek, co-founder and CEO, KidsAI

Editor’s Note: Inc. Arabia created the Gamechangers list after a month-long open call for submissions from individuals working across the MENA region’s AI ecosystem. The entries were reviewed by our editorial team, and a final group of innovators was selected and interviewed for this special feature. For more information about any of the individuals or companies featured, please contact us at [email protected].