Ahmed Alshareef

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Featured Work & Contributions

National programmes, initiatives and projects: the work that best shows leadership from strategy to delivery.

  1. Global finalists holding their national flags on the Entrepreneurship World Cup stage
    Global finalists of the Entrepreneurship World Cup

    Initiative

    Entrepreneurship World Cup

    The Entrepreneurship World Cup is a global competition for startups. Monsha'at is its organising entity, working with the Global Entrepreneurship Network and with the Misk Foundation as founding partner. Its global finals are held during Monsha'at's Biban forum. At the 2025 finals in Riyadh, the top 100 startups competed for US$1.5 million in prizes, and 13 companies were named winners. Ahmed's role is general supervision of the project: its leadership, its strategy and its post-competition support programmes. It includes aligning the project's objectives with Monsha'at strategy.

    Official website

  2. Four people on the Innovation Award for Military Industries stage
    The award's supervisory board

    Initiative

    Innovation Award for Military Industries

    An award of the General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) for innovation in the military industries sector. GAMI listed the announcement of the award's winners in the programme of the Defense Future Forum, held alongside the World Defense Show 2024 north of Riyadh. Ahmed's role was membership of the award's supervisory board.

  3. Ahmed Alshareef delivering Monsha'at's address at the Ebtaker Award ceremony
    The Ebtaker Annual Award ceremony

    Programme

    Ebtker Award

    The Ebtker Award is an annual Monsha'at award. It promotes a culture of innovation. It recognises innovative ideas and enterprises. Winners have adopted emerging technologies or innovation in their products, business models or operations. They qualify to represent the Kingdom in the Entrepreneurship World Cup. Ahmed contributed to the award as part of Monsha'at's innovation programmes.

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  4. Programme

    Saudi Water Innovation Center

    The Saudi Water Innovation Center develops innovation in water technology. It works through incubation, acceleration and links between innovators, investors and laboratories. In 2021 Ahmed managed the centre for the Business Incubators and Accelerators Company (BIAC), now Tasama. The work covered design thinking and new business development. It also covered early-stage prototyping and testing. Startups and innovators were connected with investors, laboratories and research centres.

  5. Cover of Monsha'at's Real Estate Innovation Programme report on the Future Construction Methods challenge, November 2023

    Programme

    Real Estate Innovation Programme

    The Real Estate Innovation Programme is a sector-focused Monsha'at programme. It works with partners to stimulate innovation in real estate. It begins with sector forums and seminars. Innovation challenge competitions follow. An accelerator then prepares promising startups for the market. Ahmed contributed to the programme as part of Monsha'at's innovation work.

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  6. A speaker addresses an audience in a startup event space abroad, with speaker portraits projected on a screen

    Programme

    Promising Innovative Enterprises: International Expansion

    This Monsha'at programme helps innovative Saudi startups reach global markets. Startups take part in international exhibitions, accelerators and technology events abroad. The programme prepares them for entry into new markets. It also prepares them for investors. Ahmed contributed to the programme as part of Monsha'at's innovation work.

    Official website

  7. Visitors walk through the Biban 2025 exhibition hall beneath a red Startup Door sign

    Professional contribution

    Biban Forum

    Biban is Monsha'at's annual global forum for small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurship. It is held in Riyadh. It brings entrepreneurs, investors and support entities together. Its themed "doors" cover entrepreneurship, innovation and investment. The forum has hosted the global finals of the Entrepreneurship World Cup. Ahmed contributed to the forum as part of Monsha'at's work.

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  8. Wide view of the Global Entrepreneurship Congress main hall in Riyadh: chandeliers and a curved stage screen with GEN and Monsha'at branding, the audience far in the distance

    Professional contribution

    Global Entrepreneurship Congress

    The Global Entrepreneurship Congress is the Global Entrepreneurship Network's annual congress. It brings the entrepreneurship ecosystem together. Monsha'at hosted the congress in Riyadh together with the network. Ahmed contributed to the congress as part of Monsha'at's work.

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