World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa 2019 | World Economic Forum

As we enter a new phase of globalization, the Middle East and North Africa seeks to create its own path for societal and economic advancement.

Against this backdrop, the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa 2019 brings together over 1,000 key leaders at the Dead Sea, Jordan, to enable collaboration on the most pressing challenges facing the region.

Read our collection of articles that explore the key themes behind the meeting.

Highlights

5 key challenges facing the MENA region

Artificial Intelligence

AI has the potential to enrich our lives in so many ways – if we use it properly

Energy Transition

These are the biggest risks facing the Middle East and North Africa

Gender Inequality

Five ways to increase gender parity in the MENA region

Pamela Thomson-Hall 05 Apr 2019

5 ways cities can use emerging technologies to fight climate change

Mounir Kabbara 05 Apr 2019

A new generation of women leaders is making waves in the Arab world

Rana Zakarneh 05 Apr 2019

Entrepreneurship

MENA’s start-up scene is taking off. Here’s how investors can join in

Omar El Hamamsy, Ahmad Alkasmi, Luay Khoury, and Abdur-Rahim Syed 02 Apr 2019

Entrepreneurship

10 start-ups that are helping to change the Arab world

Douglas Broom 05 Apr 2019

How to create more jobs in a fast-changing Middle East

Omar Fahoum 02 Apr 2019

MENA’s growing young population is a huge opportunity – if we get it right

Geert Cappelaere 04 Apr 2019

Chinese tech investors are turning towards MENA. Here's why

Stephany Zoo 05 Apr 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

5G will drive Industry 4.0 in the Middle East and Africa

Mikael Bäck 07 Apr 2019

Emerging-Market Multinationals

The Middle East needs a technological revolution. Start-ups can lead the way

Khalid Al Rumaihi 01 Apr 2019

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Gender Inequality

How women in MENA are taking on the status quo - and winning

Noor Alsalhi 07 Apr 2019

Gender Inequality

The key to sustainable growth in MENA? Getting more women into work

Hani Ashkar 07 Apr 2019

Gender Inequality

Five ways to increase gender parity in the MENA region

Pamela Thomson-Hall 05 Apr 2019

Gender Inequality

A new generation of women leaders is making waves in the Arab world

Rana Zakarneh 05 Apr 2019

Gender Inequality

Impostor syndrome, glass ceilings and glass cliffs. What every working woman needs to know

Claudia Vergueiro Massei 04 Apr 2019