Achievement Category Winners
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 were celebrated on stage during the 7th annual awards gala on Friday, 11 September in İstanbul, Türkiye. Learn more about the event here (opens in new tab).
Innovative Achievement in Collaboration or Partnership
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
General Directorate of identity and foregners affairs, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Collaboration or Partnership
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Dubai Customs, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Dubai Customs Innovation Achievement in Partnership - Shahin
Samsung Saudi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Outstanding Public-Private Collaborate: A Sustainable Model for Youth Development
University City of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates: Fostering a Unified Innovation Ecosystem through Strategic Cross-Sector Partnershipس
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: AI-Powered Antiquities Discovery
DUBAI DATA & STATISTICS Est., Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Dubai Initiative for Sustainable Development Goals for Cities
Saudi German Health UAE, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Mayo Clinic Affiliation
Innovative Achievement in Corporate Social Responsibility
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Samsung Saudi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Innovative Achievement in Corporate Social Responsibility
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
MEXC, Victoria, Seychelles: Blockchain for Good: Rapid Response & Digital Humanitarianism in MENA
Turkcell, İstanbul, Maltepe, Türkiye: Turkcell Gelecegi Yazan Kadinlar - Artificial Intelligence Program
VakıfBank, İstanbul, Ümraniye, Türkiye: VakıfBank Bosnia and Herzegovina Volleyball Schools Strategic Partnership
VakıfBank, İstanbul, Ümraniye, Türkiye: VakıfBank Sports Club Infrastructure
VakıfBank, İstanbul, Ümraniye, Türkiye: Volleyball for Everyone
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
QNET, Hong Kong: QNET - Bernhard H. Mayer Open Innovation Challenge
Türkiye Sigorta, İstanbul, Türkiye: Future Insurance Trainee Development School
VakıfBank, İstanbul, Ümraniye, Türkiye: VakıfBank Women’s Volleyball Team
Vitamin Marketing Agency, Istanbul, Turkey: Stronger Together
Innovative Achievement in Customer Satisfaction
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Hail Region Municipality, Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia: Unified Smart Services: Towards a seamless digital experience for beneficiary
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
FLO GROUP, Istanbul, Bagcilar, Türkiye: Compass 360: Navigating Growth through Customer Data
FLO GROUP, Istanbul, Bagcilar, Türkiye: Milestone of the Omnichannel Experience: Store’s Page Redesign
FLO GROUP, Istanbul, Bagcilar, Türkiye: New Generation Customer Support Center
King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: BEYOND THE COUNTER: HOW KFMMC’S SMART REFILL-DELIVERY TRACKING SYSTEM DEMONSTRATES ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE ACROSS MULTIPLE INNOVATION DIMENSIONS
King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: The CARE Model: Pioneering Cross-Functional Governance for Superior Customer Satisfaction
Maternity and children Hospital Dammam, Saudi Arabia: Care Without Borders: Enhancing Outpatient Services for a Seamless Patient Experience
Maternity and children Hospital Dammam, Eastren Province, Saudi Arabia: Toward More Integrated and Empowering Maternal and Child Health Care
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
DHL Operations BV Jordan, Amman, Jordan: Enhancing Customer Trust Through Improved Promise to Pay (PTP) Effectiveness
FLO GROUP, Istanbul, Bagcilar, Türkiye: From Friction to Trust: Redesigning the Returns & Exchanges Experience
King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: : From Chaos to Clarity with Mehfaza Dawai
prince sultan muliga hospital, Muligah, Saudi Arabia: Improving Patient Satisfaction in Emergency Department and application on improving patient satisfaction on inpatient department
Qatar Vision Production Company, Doha, Qatar: Qatar Vision Production Company
Qatif central hospital, Qatif, The Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: Quality Café Initiative: A Step Closer to Positive Patient Safety Culture
VakıfBank, İstanbul, Ümraniye, Türkiye: NLP-Based Smart Response System for Customer Applications- Automated Answer Prediction
VakıfBank, İstanbul, Ümraniye, Türkiye: VaNa
Innovative Achievement in Diversity & Inclusion
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Turkcell, İstanbul, Maltepe, Türkiye: Turkcell Gelecegi Yazan Kadinlar - Artificial Intelligence Program
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Le Chene, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Building Inclusive Pathways to Skilled Work Through Purpose-Led Transformation
Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: Embedding Accessibility in Everyday Operations
UAE Space Agency, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Breaking Barriers Beyond Earth: Achieving 50% Female Engineers in the Arab World’s Most Ambitious Space Mission
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNERSaudi Air Navigation Services (SANS), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Driving Aviation’s Community Next Era DISQUALIFIED
Innovative Achievement in Finance
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Finance Business Services -Eastern Health Cluster (EHC), Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: Cost Avoidance Initiatives: Finance Business Services: Strategic Financial Engineering & Cross-Sector Governance Achievements
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Dubai Courts, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: The Judicial Financial Innovation Framework
Finance Business Services - Eastern Health Cluster, Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: Centralization of Finance Administration in Eastern Health Cluster Head Quarter
Finance Business Services -Eastern Health Cluster, Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: EHC Finance Business Services - From Fragmented Data to Institutional Intelligence, A Blueprint for Dormant Contract Resolution
Saud AlBabtain Cardiac Center, Dammam, Saudi Arabia: Streamlining HbA1c Testing: Reducing Redundancy and Financial Burden
VakıfBank, İstanbul, Ümraniye, Türkiye: V-Part
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
VakıfBank, İstanbul, Ümraniye, Türkiye: Continue with Cash - VakifBank Mobile
VakıfBank, İstanbul, Türkiye: VakıfBank Fidem Mobile
Innovative Achievement in Growth
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Adscope Consulting LLC, Cairo, Egypt: Adscope’s 403% Growth in 12 Months Through a Self-Funding Ad System
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
NMDC Energy, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Integrated Growth Operating Model — Driving 80% Net Profit Growth
Tosyalı Holding, Atasehir, Istanbul, Türkiye: TOSYALI “Visionary Growth in Green Steel”
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
National Partnerships and Capacity Building Agency, Ministry of Culture (Saudi Arabia), Riyadh: Cultural Skills Competition: Innovative Achievements in Institutional Growth
Innovative Achievement in Human Resources
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
UAE Space Agency, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: From Zero to Mars in a Decade: Building a World-Class Space Workforce Where None Existed
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: FAHR-Achievement Categories-Innovative Achievement in Human Resources
Türkiye Sigorta, İstanbul, Türkiye: Human Resources School: Competency Transformation
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Humaid Al Hammadi Head, Human Resources Planning Branch Ajman Police General Headquarters
NMDC Energy, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Building a Future-Ready Workforce: NMDC Energy’s Integrated Capability & Culture Transformation
Innovative Achievement in International Expansion
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
NMDC Energy, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Strategic Asian Expansion: Taiwan and Shanghai Offices*
SILVER STEVIE® WINNERIvy Camps USA, Aspen, Colorado, United States: Expanding Global Learning: Ivy Camps USA’s Innovative Growth in the Middle East Disqualified
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
VakıfBank, İstanbul, Ümraniye, Türkiye: VakıfBank Bosnia and Herzegovina Volleyball Schools Strategic Partnership
VakıfBank, İstanbul, Ümraniye, Türkiye: VakıfBank Women’s Volleyball Team
Innovative Achievement in Organization Recovery
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Maternity and children Hospital Dammam, Saudi Arabia: OR Flow: Redefining Operating Room Efficiency and Surgical Access at Maternity and Children Hospital Dammam- Saudi Arabia
pladis, Istanbul, Uskudar, Türkiye: Cultural Transformation in Safety
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Abu Dhabi Heritage Authority, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: From Operational Fragmentation to Institutional Resilience: A Government Procurement Recovery ModelAZRAQ, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Gaston Dexter Pitchen Disqualified
Batı Anadolu Şirketler Topluluğu, Bornova, İzmir, Türkiye: We Are One: Batı Anadolu Group of Companies’ Human and Organization-Focused Transformation Journey
Leisure World, Leisure Qatar, Qatar: From Recovery to Revolution: The LEISURE Group’s Blueprint for Transformative Success —Rebuilt. Reimagined. Recognized. —
VakıfBank, İstanbul, Ümraniye, Türkiye: NLP- Based Smart Categorization- Automated Title Prediction for Customer Applications
VakıfBank, İstanbul, Türkiye: VakıfBank Fidem Mobile
Innovative Achievement in Product Innovation
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Dubai Customs, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Dubai Customs Al Munasiq
SILVER STEVIE® WINNERNEOVA KATILIM SİGORTA, İstanbul, Türkiye: ConnectSure: API Marketplace for Insurance Ecosystem Disqualified
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Real Estate Registry, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: The Real Estate Registry
VakıfBank, İstanbul, Türkiye: VakıfBank Fidem Mobile
Innovative Achievement in Public Engagement or Community Impact
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
AVA Media, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq: Chamchamal Flooding: From Broadcast to Boots on the Ground
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Ajman Tourism, Culture and Media Department, Ajman, United Arab Emirates: Community Engaged Hub
AVA Media, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq: Winning the FIFA Best Fan Award: A Campaign by AVA Sports
Jubail Health Network, Jubail, Saudi Arabia: Proactive Health: Tailored for You, Primary Health Care Centers - Jubail Health Network
ministry of interior kingdom of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain, Bahrain: TAFI Program
Nursing health assistant, Jubail, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: Jubail Health Network
Patient Friends Association in Unaizah, Unayzah, QASSIM, Saudi Arabia: Waqaa Thulaim: From Heritage to Trust - A Community Health Innovation Experience
Qatar Vision Production Company, Doha, Qatar: Match For Hope by “QVision”
Qatar Vision Production Company, Doha, Qatar: Qatar Vision Production Company “QVision”
Roads and Transport Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Buckle-Up from Day One
Samsung Saudi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Upskilling Program for Public Engagement and Social Impact
VakıfBank, İstanbul, Türkiye: VakıfBank İyilik Elçileri
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Jubail Health Network, Jubail, Saudi Arabia: Optimizing Healthcare Collaboration with Rural Areas: A Journey of Access and Excellence with the One-Stop Clinic Initiative
Miral, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Miral: Disney Theme Park and Resort Announcement
Innovative Achievement in Sales or Revenue Generation
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
CarrefourSA, Istanbul, Maltepe, Türkiye: Customer Footprint Center
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
DHL Express MENA Regional Office, Manama, Muharaq, Bahrain: MENA Digital Account Opening: Transforming Sales Conversion Through Seamless Digital Onboarding
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
ING Türkiye, Istanbul, Türkiye: SME Lending with Life Insurance
Innovative Achievement in Science or Technology
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia: Unified Molecular Microbiology Services: An Innovation in High-Reliability Diagnostics and Value-Based Care
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Jubail Health Network, Jubail, Saudi Arabia: Reducing Opioid Dependency in Sickle Cell Disease Painful Crisis Through a Ketamine Based Pain Management Protocol
pladis, Istanbul, Uskudar, Türkiye: End to End Quality Digital Transformation
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Avae, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Obodugo Rapheal, Technical Lead & Founder, formerly with Derayah Finance, Riyadh — Innovative Engineering Leadership in Fintech and Large-Scale Trading Platforms
Jubail General Hospital, Jubail, Saudi Arabia: RAZ and Paging System: A Dual Strategy to Reduce ED Waiting
Innovative Achievement in Sustainability
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Salik Company PJSC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Re-engineering Toll Gate Operations Through Renewable Energy
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Dhahran, eastern province, Saudi Arabia: Innovative Achievement in Sustainability: The Golden Patient Model at KFMMC
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER*
DHLA INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION CO, Kuwait, Kuwait: Finance Achievements - Best in Class
QNET, Hong Kong: Building A Green Legacy With QNET