Overview

The Qatar Business Incubation Center (QBIC) specializes in three sectors: tourism, digital solutions, and manufacturing. In regards to tourism, QBIC offers a specialized incubator to help entrepreneurs develop products and services to better the Qatari experience. QBIC Tourism works in coordination with the Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA). The Digital & Beyond segment is a specialized incubator designed to develop and accelerate technology focused startups that have a promising future and fast growing tech businesses looking to set up shop in Qatar. It was established by Ooredoo in coordination with QBIC. QBIC’s manufacturing & industrial incubator aims to support entrepreneurs looking to manufacture products in Qatar. This includes training programs, industrial workshops for startups and manufacturing facilities that are ready to begin.

Overview

The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) seeks to:

• develop a successful exchange at both the regional and international levels
• assist in developing Qatar into the primary financial center of the region 
• offer a wide range of investment and trading opportunities to both investors and members 
• provide investors, both domestic and foreign, with access to listed companies from Qatar, and be a key domestic and regional capital market for issuers to raise capital and for investors to trade securities and derivative products
• to be a leading institution at the domestics and regional levels with an international reputation 
• to provide a work environment rooted in attaining excellence and giving people the opportunity to grow and develop. 

QSE has also developed a Venture Market program which was designed to be marketed for younger companies that are growing and need access to capital. QSE believes that being listed on their Venture Market would be most suitable for smaller entrepreneurial companies with a more limited track record and less resources to meet the increased investor relations and corporate government practices demanded by Main Market companies. 

The QSE consists of a number of companies spanning banks & financial services, consumer goods & services, industrials, insurance, real estate, telecoms, and transportation, and includes Qatar National Bank, Salam International, Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Company, Qatar Insurance Company, Ezdan Holding, Ooredoo, Qatar navigation.

Overview

Qatar Development Bank (QDB) is involved in many areas including housing, business, engineering and products and services. QDB can help with home purchase funding, where they fund up to 1.2 million QAR to eligible citizens. Assistance is also offered for housing construction financing, where a grant of 1.2 million QAR is once again given to eligible citizens. As for business, QDB can help develop a business idea, start a business, strengthen an existing business, grow an existing business, and help a business go global. Their engineering projects include Jahiz 1, which is an initiative to rent ready built industrial facilities to SMEs, and Jahiz 2, which is an initiative designed to take away obstacles for entering high tech and eco friendly sectors. Their products and services include financial services such as exporting finance, exporting insurance, and direct lending, and advisory services, such as business consultancy and mentoring.

Overview

United Development Firm (UDC) was established in 1999 as an urban development and investment company, and was first listed on the Qatar Exchange in June 2003. Since its establishment, UDC has made a significant contribution to the growth of the State of Qatar, rapidly growing into a prominent Qatari public shareholding firm and successfully establishing a portfolio of high-performing investments. It has an authorized share capital of $961 billion and total assets of $5.5 billion as at 30 June 2021.

UDC operates in four segments: Urban Development, which includes real estate development and construction activities; Hydrocarbon and Energy, which includes production and sale of chemicals and hydrocarbon materials; Hospitality and Leisure, which includes the investment and development of hotel and leisure facilities, as well as Infrastructure and Utilities, which covers construction and management of district cooling systems and marina activities.

The Urban Development section is the segment which generates the majority of UDC’s revenue. Its flagship project is The Pearl-Qatar, an urban mixed-use, man-made island development. Located 350 meters offshore of Doha’s prestigious West Bay District, The Pearl-Qatar is one of the largest real-estate developments in the GCC. Additionally, UDC is currently developing Gewan Island, located adjacent to The Pearl-Qatar Island, into the Company’s latest world class residential, commercial and entertainment project.

Subsidiaries:

• Hospitality Development Company (HDC
• Ronautica Middle East (RME
• Qatar District Cooling Company 
• Madina Innova O.M.C.
• The Pearl Owners Corporation (Subsidiary)

Overview

Target Trading & Contracting W.L.L is an established firm in Qatar that is one of Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC’s) most prominent stainless steel stockholders. Target Trading & Contracting provides stainless sheets, coil, stainless tubes, pipes, bars, and other stainless steel products to various industries in the region. The company also sells aluminum, glass, power tools, welding machines, and stainless steel machines. The services they offer revolve around the specialized cutting and shaping machinery that they have in their services center. 

Target’s mission is to be the leading stainless steel product supplier, service, and solution provider in the industry. This works in tandem with their vision, which is to supply quality products, providing related services and solutions with fully modern technology, while maintaining the company’s standards.

Overview

Qatar National Library (QNL) acts as a steward of Qatar’s national heritage by collecting, preserving, and making available the country’s recorded history. In its role as a research library with a preeminent heritage library, the Library fosters and promotes greater global insight into the history and culture of the Gulf region. As a public library, the QNL provides equal access for all of Qatar’s residents to an environment that supports creativity, independent decision-making, and cultural development. Through all its functions, QNL provides leadership to the country’s library and cultural heritage sector.

The Library also supports Qatar’s transition from a reliance on natural resources to become a diversified and sustainable economy by providing support to students, researchers, and the public to promote lifelong learning and empower individuals and communities for a better future. 

In addition to full-text online resources, the Library currently has more than one million books in its collections, along with more than 500,000 e-books, periodicals and newspapers, and special collections. 

The Library project was announced on 19 November 2012 by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation. The Library was granted the status of national library under the Amiri Decree No.11 on March 20, 2018.

Related Organizations:

• Qatar Foundation

Overview

The primary responsibilities of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MOEHE) are to:

• Develop successful educational policies
• Consistently monitor and incorporate the best practices and evidence based research into the Qatari cultural and social context so that it can improve teaching and learning.
• License private schools
• Provide various scholarships to qualified Qatari students enrolled in higher education
• Approve which institutions of higher education would be eligible to receive Qatari scholarships
• Recruit, train, support and license public school teacher
• Establish curriculum standards for math, science, English, Arabic and Islamic studies for public schools of all levels

The MOEHE offers many services across all areas of education directly in support of public education, private education, higher education, and evaluation. These services include: student registration, complaints, government scholarships, and issuances of certificates.

Overview

AQH established Al Qamra Real Estate which is a development company concentrating in the fields of investment, commercial, and residential real estate in Qatar and beyond. The establishment of this business was in response to the projected growth of the real estate market in Qatar. In the area of aquaculture, AQH seeks to support Qatar’s food security initiatives of lowering reliance on imports from other countries and achieving self-sufficiency in fish consumption and the protection of species. An example of this would be Samakna, which is a fish farming project that will provide more than 3,000 metric tons of high quality fish. AQH’s primary agriculture company, First Agriculture, was also awarded the project of planning greed fodder. The project consists of the strategic plan for animal food self sufficiency in Qatar. A large land allocation of 261 hectares in the Um Ghuwailina area was gifted to First Agriculture, with 90% of production being received by  the government for long term sustainability. AQH established Qatar Lubricants & Petrochemicals in 2013 in light of the recent and rapid growth of the industrial sector in Qatar. Qatar Lubricants & Petrochemicals is one of the largest transporters and refiners of used oil in Qatar. AQH’s educational initiatives include the Royal Grammar School Guildford in Qatar, an independent, British curriculum co-educational school which is part of the prestigious Royal Grammar School, Guildford and Lanesborough Preparatory School in Surrey, UK.

Subsidiaries:

• Al Qamra Real Estate
• Samakna
• Um Gwilina Farm
• Qatar Lubricants & Petrochemicals
• Sollass Alu & Glass
• Royal Grammar School Guidlford
• Quartier
• QAFAM
• Doha Security Services
• QEXPRESS Laundry
• First Agriculture
• First Travel
• First Transportation
• Al Qamra Modern Construction

Overview

NBK Holding owns major businesses in construction, civil engineering, agriculture, real estate, consulting, and car rental. Guided by it’s vision for the future, NBK has ambitious plans to continue advancing as a leader in the Qatari market by enhancing offered services and product lines to be adaptable in a fluctuating market all the while following the innovative, pragmatic and proactive strategies that cater to the diversifying requirements of a modern, cosmopolitan market.

Subsidiaries:

• Nasser Bin Khaled Automobiles
  • Big brands they carry: Mercedes Benz, Mitsubishi Motors, Harley Davidson, Morris Garages, Fuso, Maxus, BAIC, Michelin, Bosch, and Ziebart
• Nasser Bin Khaled Construction Holding
  • Subsidiaries:
    • National Industrial Contracting Company
    • Nasser Bin Khaled Heavy Equipment
    • Nasser Bin Khaled & Sons Projects Promotion
    • SNC-Lavalin
    • MTU Friedrichshafen
• Nasser Bin Khaled Real Estate
• Nasser Bin Khaled Travel & Tourism

Overview

AbuIssa Holding (AIH) is one of the leading business groups in the Middle East based in Doha, Qatar. The company was built over a span of three decades originating with the creation of Blue Salon in 1981. AbuIssa Holding controls and operates market leading companies across the region in various sectors including retail, distribution, telecommunications, IT, energy and engineering, construction support services, investment, real estate, and other marketing operations.

The company has over 4,000 employees and holds majority shares in more than 50 companies with over 200 stores across the Middle East and the GCC. The company’s vision is to lead prosperous business growth in Qatar, the region, and the world by setting up effective modules for retail, distribution, services, and JVs.

Looking toward the future, the company has a variety of long term goals. They hope to sustain long term and strategic business relationships with their customers, joint ventures, partners, and vendors. They also hope to enhance customer loyalty and accomplish corporate leadership in the market through innovative products and solutions. Along with their relationship focused goals, they also aim to achieve certain financial goals. One of which is to achieve aggressive, profitable, and stable financial and business development. Similarly they are working to maximize their ROI on all their businesses. These financial objectives work conjointly with their management goals. Their first management goal is to reach operational excellence through Lean and Agile Value Chain (LAVC) strategies. Their second management goal is to create fair, dynamic, and smart performance management systems, which will allow for the sharing of welfare across their employees.

Subsidiaries & Related Organizations:

• AbuIssa Holding has several of organizations that they either own fully or partially (over 50 companies). Click here to review this information on the website.
• Blue Salon