The Stevie® Awards have announced two Grand Stevie Award winners in the seventh annual Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards. These are the top prizes in the competition. Grand Stevie winners will be presented their awards at a gala banquet at the InterContinental Istanbul, Türkiye, on Friday, 11 September.
The Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, sponsored by the Ras Al Khaimah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is an international business awards competition open to all organizations in 18 nations in the Middle East and North Africa. The focus of the awards is recognizing workplace innovation in all its forms.
This year, more than 1,400 nominations were considered in the judging process by more than 155 professionals, whose average ratings determined the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners announced earlier in January. For a complete list of the 2026 Stevie Award winners, visit https://MENA.StevieAwards.com.
In addition to the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Awards, the organizations with the most award points (total number of points conferred by total Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie wins) and the highest-scoring nomination are awarded the Grand Stevie Awards, which cannot be applied for directly. These are the top prizes in the competition.
Organization of the Year: With 84.5 award points, earned through nine Gold, 19 Silver, and 14 Bronze Stevie Award wins across various categories, Eastern Health Cluster (EHC), Saudi Arabia, is the most honored organization in this year’s competition.
EHC is one of Saudi Arabia’s largest healthcare networks, serving 2M+ beneficiaries and winning Gold Stevie Awards for innovation in healthcare, HR, finance, planning, thought leadership, and more.
Highest Rated Nomination of the Year: With an average score from the judges of 9.66 out of a possible 10, the nomination submitted by the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, “FAHR,” Dubai, United Arab Emirates, received the highest average score in the 2026 competition. The nomination, about their development of their HR AI Agent, also won a Gold Stevie Award in the Award for Excellence in Innovation in Artificial Intelligence category.
FAHR manages and develops human capital across the UAE federal government, shaping workforce policies, performance programs, and civil service legislation.
“We are delighted to announce the 2026 Grand Stevie Award winners. EHC and FAHR exemplify the outstanding caliber of nominations received for the 2026 Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards,” said Maggie Miller, President of the Stevie Awards. “The judges were highly impressed by the Grand Stevie winners’ creativity, resourcefulness, and expertise in driving their organizations forward over the past two years. We eagerly anticipate celebrating their achievements at the gala on 11 September.”
Complete information about the awards banquet in Istanbul is available at https://mena.stevieawards.com/tickets/awards-banquet/
