Listed here are the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie® Award winners in these categories in the 2026 Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards. Those winners in attendance will be celebrated on stage during the 7^th annual awards gala on Friday, 11 September in İstanbul, Türkiye. Tickets for the event will go on sale 1 June. Learn more about the event here.

AI Innovator of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Ministry of Investment, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Latifa AlShehhi Title: Chief AI Officer, Ministry of Investment
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
PIF, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Digital Design Hub Innovation

AI Leader of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: AI Innovation Categories-AI Leader of the Year
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Mohamed Alhammadi
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Ministry of Investment, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Latifa AlShehhi Title: Chief AI Officer, Ministry of Investment

Award for Excellence in Innovation in AI Products & Services - All Other Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
TURKISH DO & CO, Istanbul, Türkiye: READY AI - Intelligent Quality & Experience Assurance Platform for World-Class Airline Catering
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Philip Morris Türkiye, İstanbul, Üsküdar, Türkiye: ATOM Maestro - AI Powered Personalization Engine Orchestrating Intelligent Retail Engagement

Award for Excellence in Innovation in AI Products & Services - Financial Services Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
NEOVA KATILIM SİGORTA, İstanbul, Türkiye: SOBE: AI/LLM-Driven Cyber Anomaly Detection
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
MEXC, Victoria, Seychelles: MEXC Intelligent Investment Framework: The "AI Co-Pilot" for the Next Generation
SESTEK, Istanbul, MASLAK, Türkiye: Fibabanka Transforms Collection Operations with AI-Powered Knovvu Virtual Agent
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
NEOVA KATILIM SİGORTA, İstanbul, Türkiye: On-Prem LLM Reporting Assistant

Award for Excellence in Innovation in AI Products & Services - Government
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Dubai Customs, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Dubai Customs Innovative & AI Product - Al Munasiq
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Ministry of Municipalities & Housing (MOMAH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Sanad AI: Transforming Public Sector Legal Operations with Generative Intelligence
National e-learning center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Smart Digital Learning Newsletter
The General Administration of Customs - Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Excellence in Innovation in AI Products & Services
Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: E-Invoice Product Classification Audit System
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: AI for Antiquities Discovery
King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia: Fateen platform
King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia: SANAD: Proactive Student Success Navigation
Knowledge and Human Development Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: AI-Powered Education Advisory Products Transforming Parent and Student Services

Award for Excellence in Innovation in AI Products & Services - Non-Profit
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar: BOTAINA: Qatar foundation's Omni channel Culturally-Intelligent AI Ambassador with Authentic Qatari Voice

Award for Excellence in Innovation in AI Strategy & Implementation - All Other Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
pladis, Istanbul, Uskudar, Türkiye: Digitalization - Future of Manufacturing

Award for Excellence in Innovation in AI Strategy & Implementation - Financial Services Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Commercial Bank International, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Leading AI Innovator in Financial Services - CBI

Award for Excellence in Innovation in AI Strategy & Implementation - Government
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
The General Administration of Customs - Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Excellence in Innovation in AI Strategy & Implementation
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Digital Transformation Powered by AI
Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Federal Roads Control Center

Award for Excellence in Innovation in AI Strategy & Implementation - Non-Profit
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar: BOTAINA: A Strategic AI Transformation from Pilot to Enterprise-Wide Cultural Intelligence Platform

Award for Excellence in Innovation in AI Strategy & Implementation - Other Service Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Dhahran, eastern province, Saudi Arabia: Excellence in AI Innovation: The VigiPharm Smart ADR Trigger System

Award for Excellence in Innovation in AI Strategy & Implementation - Telecommunications Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Turkcell, İstanbul, Türkiye: Architecting the Future of Procurement: The AI-First Approach to Data Standardization

Award for Excellence in Innovation in Artificial Intelligence (AI) - All Other Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Güzel Enerji A.Ş, Istanbul, Türkiye: The World’s First AI-Governed Hygiene Infrastructure
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: Transforming Diabetes Care Through AI-Driven Virtual Clinic
SESTEK, Istanbul, MASLAK, Türkiye: TUR Assist Transforms Quality Management with AI-Powered Conversational Analytics
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
pladis, Istanbul, Uskudar, Türkiye: Digitalization - Future of Manufacturing

Award for Excellence in Innovation in Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Financial Services Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Türkiye Sigorta, İstanbul, Besiktas, Türkiye: AI-Enabled End-to-End Recruitment Transformation

Award for Excellence in Innovation in Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Government
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: FAHR-AI Innovation Categories-Award for Excellence in Innovation in Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Government
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: AI for Optimizing Cybersecurity
General Directorate of identity and foregners affairs, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Red Carpet
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Ajman Tourism, Culture and Media Department, Ajman, United Arab Emirates: Tourism Future Insight By AI
National e-learning center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Data-Driven eLearning Quality Index (D-eLQx)

Award for Excellence in Innovation in Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Non-Profit
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar: BOTAINA: Qatar foundation's Omni channel Culturally-Intelligent AI Ambassador with Authentic Qatari Voice

Women in AI Leadership
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Ministry of Investment, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Latifa AlShehhi Chief AI Officer, Ministry of Investment
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Ooredoo Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait: Changing the Code: Women Innovators in AI Leadership
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
3i Info Tech, Edison, New Jersey, United States: A Visionary Leader Bringing Generative AI Into Enterprise Delivery | Seema Rajaram