26 Ministers and International Speakers Participate in the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Riyadh

Monday 29 January 2024
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Under the auspices of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Economic Affairs - may God protect him - the Global Entrepreneurship Congress will take place over four days and be attended by over 26 international ministers as well as speakers from global corporate leaders, economists, and decision makers. The conference, organized by the General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises "Monsha'at" in collaboration with the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN), kicks off next Sunday in Riyadh under the theme "Reset, Innovate, Renew," with the participation of policymakers, strategic experts, researchers, entrepreneurs, and economists from various parts of the world. Local keynote speakers include His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Energy, His Excellency the Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih, and His Excellency the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Engineer Abdullah Al-Sawaha. Internationally, the conference will feature Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Netflix co-founder Mark Randolph, and Co-founder Peter Diamandis. Singularity University CEO and business mogul Carl J. Schramm is a former Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation president, Board of Directors entrepreneur Jeff Hoffman, Mara Group founder Ashish Thakkar, and Stanford University's Dr. Rebec Ahwaj. The conference will host a number of CEOs, including Dr. Nabil Koshak, the CEO and Board Member of the Saudi Arabian Bold Investment Company, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization and Executive Oversight Chair at Facebook Denmark, Helle Thorning-Schmidt. Also, participating in the conference are founders and well-known individuals such as Hassan Jameel, Deputy Chairman of Abdul Latif Jameel Group, Nora Al-Turki, Deputy CEO of Nesma, Abdullah Elias, Co-founder of Careem, Ahmed Hamdan, CEO of Unifonic, Sami Al-Hulwa, CEO and Co-founder of Nana, Samih Sawiris, CEO of Orascom. A primary list of the conference's attendees from the two institutions and significant individuals is also included.  Among them are Vice President of Abdullatif Hassan Jameel Group, Vice President of Nesma Noura Al Turki, Co-Founder of Karim Abdullah Elias, CEO of Unifonic Ahmed Hamdan, CEO and Co-Founder of Nana Sami, and CEO of Orascom Samih Sawiris. Taking part in the conference as well are Adwa Al-Dakheel, the founder and CEO of Falak Investment Hub, Hatem Kameli, the founder of Resal, Dr. Khaled Al-Zamel, an entrepreneurship specialist, Abdulaziz Al-Jouf, the founder of PayTabs, Princess Nora bint Faisal Al Saud, founder of the Saudi Fashion Week, Samer Ibrahim Kurdi, Chairman of the Board of Al-Sunbula Group, Engineer Ahmed AlZaini, founder of Foodics, and Walid Abdulaal, CEO of Sukna Ventures.

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