The General Commission of Audiovisual Media (GCAM), is the government organization in charge of developing and regulating the entire audiovisual market and industry for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. GCAM oversees the following sectors; * Video production, distribution, and consumption * Audio production, distribution
In Saudi Arabia, small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) have been defined by the recently established Small and Medium Enterprises Authority (SMEA, www.smea.gov.sa) as any enterprise with an independent commercial registration that has less than 249 employees, and less than SAR 200 million as revenue. In this year event, Saudi Aramco is recognizing the companies that demonstrate the most significant progress and high-end results in two categories, the Best SME and Best SME development
Best SME Award criteria and eligibility
Best SME Development Award criteria and eligibility
The Saudi Patent Office (SPO) aims to provide protection for inventions, layout-designs of integrated circuits, plant varieties and industrial designs in the Kingdom
E-services related to issuing licenses in the sectors of Food, Drug, Medical Device and Cosmetics
the GEI index, a breakthrough advance in measuring the quality and dynamics of entrepreneurship ecosystems at a national, regional and local level. The GEI index methodology, has been validated in rigorous academic peer reviews and has been widely reported in media, including in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and Forbes.
Saudi Arabia ranked 45 globally, and 8 regionally.
At a time of great change, optimism and hope in the Arab World, The Forum of Young Global Leaders is delighted to collaborate with Booz & Company to produce a report highlighting 10 recommendations to promote a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem across the region
Saudi Arabia is the 25th largest export economy in the world and the 62nd most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI). In 2015, Saudi Arabia exported $182B and imported $167B, resulting in a positive trade balance of $15.6B. In 2015 the GDP of Saudi Arabia was $646B and its GDP per capita was $53.5k
The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level.
The Doing Business project, launched in 2002, looks at domestic small and medium-size companies and measures the regulations applying to them through their life cycle.
Almuneef believes that people can learn from his failures therefore likes talking about them more than his successes. Very few people have such a humble view of themselves, and this is what makes Almuneef stand out
Almuneef had his fair share of struggles from not being able to gain a college degree, having to wash dishes at a restaurant, being a pizza delivery guy, to taking extra English courses to qualify for a job. But, not once did he let that stop him from giving it his all and achieving his goals
Before Anoosh, Almuneef started a dot-com business that provided reviews and bookings to hotels and restaurants. Even though it was an idea that wasn’t widely spread because of limited internet access at the time, it did not stop him from thinking outside the box and bringing out new ideas to the world
To really appreciate the big stuff in life, it’s important to start small and that’s just what Almuneef did. He had little experience when it came to exporting dates with his colleagues and when that business didn’t do well, he went on to build his own private labeling of mamool and dates which kick started Anoosh
Just because he has reached immense success with Anoosh does not mean he will stop working on new concepts to expand to other types of desserts
Reference: https://destinationksa.com/5-things-make-almuneef-super-entrepreneur/
A fundamental step to building an entrepreneurial ecosystem is to assess the existing situation. As such, the purpose of this research is to analyze the different domains of Saudi Arabia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. This also entails identifying and examining the stakeholders whose contributions are critical to the success of the entrepreneurial community in Saudi Arabia
The number of entrepreneurship support organizations in the KSA, including funds, coworking spaces, incubators, and accelerators, has nearly tripled, growing from 13 between 2006 and 2010 to 36 between 2011 and 2015.
This is one of the key findings of “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Status of the entrepreneurship ecosystem”, a Wamda Research Lab (WRL) report highlighting the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Kingdom, the challenges entrepreneurs are facing, and the opportunities they have.
