List of all articles filed under “kuwait-sectors” category.
“Over the last ten years, there has been a big drive in Kuwait to consume food out of home. People have moved from the traditional nuclear family, or the Kuwaiti version, and eating in the house to eating out of the home. That has actually changed in the last year,” says Garry Walsh, CEO of Mezzan Holding.
“KAPICO Group is a holding family group between two families. The Al-Ghannam family started with my father along with his two brothers, Ahmed and Yusuf. In 1950, they bought a small shop for used spare parts,” says Ahmed A. Al-Ghannam, Chairman of KAPICO Group Holding.
“Al-Yousifi was established in 1955 by my father. He took the agency of National, which is now Panasonic. We have especially grown after the 1991 liberation. Until 1994 or 1995, we were number one in electronics in Kuwait. We were only concentrating on Panasonic at that time, because the deal between us and Japan was to not have other brands in our showroom,” says Adel Easa Al-Yousifi, Senior Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Al-Yousifi Group.
“For now, there is a good amount of potential. Government contracts are the cornerstone of all catering companies that deal in Kuwait and want to generate large amounts of revenue. Government contracts now and what we have seen over the past several decades are quite consistent in terms of catering,” says Badder Al-Ghanim, CEO (Board Member) of Alghanim Catering (Al-Awama Group).
“Bon Group is the company which owns Chocolate Bar. Chocolate Bar is a café that serves all kinds of chocolate drinks and chocolate desserts. Everything is made fresh every day. It came out of a passion of mine and of my partner’s; we are both females and we both love chocolate! Who doesn’t love chocolate?!,” says Nouf Almutawa, Founder of Chocolate Bar (Bon Group).
“The majority of our tourists are from the GCC countries. Our top market is Saudi Arabia, followed by Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, and Oman. Tourists from these countries are mainly families coming to Kuwait to visit friends and family,” says Faisal Al-Duraie, Director of Research & Tourism Information at the Ministry of Information – Tourism Sector.
“We are participating in many sectors, such as construction, roads, oil, bridges, and infrastructure. We participate in any projects announced through the CTC. The value of the projects varies for each sector. The sectors with the greatest value are roads and bridges, followed by the oil sector, construction, building, and lastly, other divisions,” says Dr. Nabeel Abdul Haleem Ali, Consultant to Chairman for Shareholders Affairs at Combined Group.
“We are continuing to invest in the emerging markets. We are doing a lot in emerging markets and a lot in Africa. It is taking up a lot of our time and effort but it is paying dividends,” says Tarek Sultan, Vice Chairman and CEO of Agility.
“The Index is a relative comparison of different countries based on objective matrices and indices. With respect to Kuwait, when comparing the country to much larger markets like China and India, Kuwait is at a disadvantage given that it is a smaller market. Larger economies will have more interest as logistics destinations,” says Tarek Sultan, Vice Chairman and CEO of Agility.
“We have introduced automation and our self-service platform. In our major branch, there are twelve screens where the customer comes in, dips their civil ID, and then can do everything they need to right on the screen,” says Elham Mahfouz, CEO of Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK).
