Beyond the Headcount: How GCC's Largest Employers Are Using AI to Turn Nationalization Quotas Into Capability Pipelines
The September 2026 NAFIS quality overhaul replaces headcount-only Emiratization tracking with five AI-enabled metrics — and GCC employers from Majid Al Futtaim to Saudi Aramco are responding by building AI-driven capability pipelines that satisfy both quota and quality demands simultaneously.