Held under the theme "Advanced Industries. Accelerated", the 2025 edition garnered more than 58,000 visitors in just the first two days of the four-day-long convention.
What's needed now is the translation of international experience into tailored local action. Every stakeholder—from regulators and planners to drivers and educators—must feel ownership of the journey.
Khimji sits at the helm of not just one of the nation's biggest conglomerates but also over 150 years of the family-run business' legacy. But the weight of such a rare responsibility has only spurred her on to push the company towards greater milestones.
Publicis Sapient CEO Nigel Vaz on transforming the consulting industry by blending deep industry knowledge with AI-powered innovation in order to reimagine what modern consulting can be for an intelligent age.
If you're in the early stages of building a business, my advice is simple: start where it counts. Let your marketing efforts be shaped by outcomes, not assumptions.
At the end of the day, building a company takes vision. But running one takes discipline. The sweet spot? Marrying the two. That's where the real magic happens.
Despite the high growth recorded in the GCC retail market in the past 5 years, it cannot yet be considered saturated – rather more fragmented – and much room still exists for new market entrants.
"For every entrepreneur reading this, I offer a heartfelt piece of advice: do not be deterred by the conventional wisdom that success requires massive external funding."
As part of the transition, all shareholders have fully exited and are no longer involved in Creative Zone's operations, the company stated in an email to Entrepreneur Middle East.