SME Awards 2022
Pure Harvest’s commitment to enabling high-quality, local food production won the company Start-up Business of the Year at the 2019 Gulf Capital SME Awards One of the most critical lessons to come out of the Covid-19 pandemic has been the fragility of international supply chains and the need to reduce the region’s vulnerability to […]
With a vision to transform the UAE’s delivery vehicles, Gulf Capital SME Awards winner One Moto proves that protecting the environment makes commercial sense Having ridden motorbikes in the UAE for over 13 years, Adam Ridgeway was struck by the poor state of many of the delivery vehicles in the region. Old, badly serviced bikes […]
Undeterred by economic downturn and a global pandemic, 2018 Gulf Capital award winner Ecocoast’s marine protection solutions business remains buoyant Ecocoast’s mission is: “To solve the world’s most pressing marine problems and create a more pioneering marine industry.” Founded in Dubai in 2009 by Dana Liparts and Lachlan Jackson, the innovative engineering company produces a […]
Elevision Media, winner of the 2014 MasterCard Small Business of the Year at the Gulf Capital SME awards, recognised the potential of in-elevator advertising If you could provide marketing executives with a captive, attentive audience for 30 to 60 seconds, consisting of every single person who lives, works or visits a tower block in the […]
2015 award winner Souqalmal.com impressed judges with its strong growth and pioneering approach to personal finance education When Ambareen Musa arrived in Dubai in 2008, she was struck by the fact there were 50 banks established in the UAE, but no easy way to compare the products and services on offer. “I come from a […]
Craig Moore’s ambition to revolutionise SME finance saw him win ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ at MEED’s Gulf Capital SME Awards 2016 Since its launch in 2014, UAE-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Beehive has successfully facilitated more than AED800m to around 800 business funding requests and registered over 15,000 investors. In recognition of his achievement in […]
In the lead up to the Gulf Capital SME Awards 2021, MEED looks back on winners over the past decade, starting with 2012 Business of the Year Bayt.com Online recruitment agency Bayt.com was named ‘Business of the Year’ at the Gulf Capital SME Awards 2012, in partnership with MEED. In their citation, the judges said […]
In 2013, real estate website Propertyfinder.ae won ‘Online Business of the Year’ at the Gulf Capital SME Awards. MEED looks back at the firm’s journey to success “Don’t build a business to make money,” says Michael Lahyani, CEO and Founder of Dubai-headquartered Propertyfinder.ae. “Build a product to solve a problem. And preferably a problem that you […]
MEED chats with Gaurang Shah, Senior Vice President, Digital Payments & Labs, Middle East and Africa, Mastercard on his views on the region’s booming startup sector and how Mastercard aims to support this growth. KPMG’s recently launched study, The Pulse of Fintech,[1] reports that the fintech market in the Middle East and North Africa […]
At the time of preparing this report, the COVID-19 virus pandemic is having a major impact on populations and organisations across the world. As we write, confirmed cases of the virus have been recorded in 187 countries. With the global crisis still unfolding, it is impossible to predict the extent of the disruption the […]
Winner of the People and Culture 2019 Award Ffounders of Ecocoast The last time I counted I received 526 emails (both internal and external), over 35 LinkedIn requests / messages and an uncountable amount of WhatsApp messages in one business day. Technology has advanced the business world to unforeseen levels over the last […]
Winner of the People and Culture 2019 Award Ffounders of Ecocoast Born in 1981, I sit on the fringe as a Millennial. I am a self-proclaimed grafter and have been from an early age, starting my first job at the age of 7 delivering newspapers with my mother. By the time I was […]
Winner of the People and Culture Award 2019 Founders of Ecocoast Through the Gulf Capital SME Insights hub, we look for and highlight the success stories of GCC based SMEs that have achieved sustained growth and continue to set new standards that can help inspire other entrepreneurs and SME business owners to […]
Gulf Capital SME Insights Strategic Partner The Beehive Management Team Through the Gulf Capital SME Insights hub, we look for and highlight the success stories of GCC based SMEs that have achieved sustained growth and continue to set new standards that can help inspire other entrepreneurs and SME business owners to chart their […]
B2B Small Business of the Year 2019 Winner Stevi Lowmass, CEO, Camel Soap Factory The Camel Soap Factory wins B2C Small Business of the Year award, 2019 When Stevi saw a gap in the gift market for unique, locally-made goods, she came up with the idea to produce natural soaps in her kitchen in Dubai […]
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Dear %%First_Name%%, I am writing to you today to invite you to enter the Gulf Capital SME Awards. Designed to highlight your competitive edge in a crowded and hard marketplace, the free to enter awards will position you, your business and products directly in front of experts and organisations who can help you navigate challenges and achieve your […]