Congratulations to the 4th Edition’s Winners


Micro-Enterprise of the Year


Ahmed Abdulhameed Alawadhi

Doctori Online Services

Doctori Online Services is Bahrain’s first licensed telemedicine platform that allows patients from Bahrain and all over the globe to connect with Doctors. Doctori started as a platform for therapy counseling by video and intends to expand to include all medical fields.

Start-Up of the Year


Rashed AlAraifi, Ahmed AlMannai, Abdulla Binhindi

Shepherd Design Studio Co WLL

Shepherd Studio is a multi-disciplinary design practice, aiming to provide creative schemes ranging from architectural, spatial, digital, and product based outcomes. Stephered Studio has won the 1st Place Best Pavilion in the Bahrain International Garden Show 2019 and the 2nd Place in the Bahrain Annual Fine Arts Exhibition 2019. Shephered Studio has also been nominated for the Royal Academy Dorfman Award for The Future of Architecture, UK.

SME of the Year


Nahla Almahmood

LalaBella Events

LalaBella Events and Flowers specializes in creating memorable event experiences in it’s one-stop-shop, as well as being a trend setter for bespoke floral arrangements, seasonal gift items, giveaways and high quality chocolates savories that serves corporates and individuals. LalaBella Events and Flowers has received the Woman Achiever Award in 2016 and the Entrepreneur Seal Award in 2019.

Enterprise of the Year with International Footprint


Nezar Al Saie

Kalaam Telecom Bahrain B.S.C

Launched in 2005, Kalaam Telecom is the first alternative licensed telecommunications provider established in Bahrain. Today, Kalaam is a leading ICT managed solutions provider for business across the GCC region and international markets. Kalaam Telecom has won the Fastest Growing Telecom Award in 2018 & 2019, the International Finance Award, the Best Telecom Solution Provider 2019.

Sustainability in Business Award


Mohamed Abdulaal

All Food for Food Stuff

All Food for Food Stuff is an importer, trader and distributor of food items. All Food had previously won the SME of the Year Award in the 3rd edition of the Bahrain Award for Entrepreneurship. In 2019, All Food has also won the Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Excellence Award under the GCC Companies category.

Female Entrepreneur of the Year


Latifa Mohammed Al-Khalifa

Clever Play

Clever Play is a female-led EDTech startup that specializes in educating, equipping and inspiring the next generations with relevant in-demand STEAM and digital skills for future jobs. Clever Play has won several awards including the National Winner- Entrepreneurship World Cup- (Global Entrepreneurship Congress) and Start Up of the Year Finalist- (GESS, Dubai).

Global Enterprise of the Year


Roaya Saleh

VillaMamas

VillaMamas is about presenting the best of the Gulf in an accessible and relaxed atmosphere. Head Chef/Founder, Roaya Saleh, has always had a passion for home-cooked food, perfecting dishes passed down through the generations. Her menus are inspired by her heritage and travels. Roaya celebrates the legacy of the many maternal figures who shared their kitchen wisdom with her to create food that is soothing and nourishing. Roaya works closely in Bahrain and the Gulf with small farmers and producers who grow specifically for her. These collaborations with suppliers dictate her menus and are part of the restaurant’s ethos.

Launched in 2012 as the first full-service Bahraini restaurant, Roaya’s food has attracted visitors across the GCC to dine at VillaMamas. Becoming an award-winning restaurant that has generated a huge following & fan base, receiving over 15k guests monthly.

VillaMamas is expanding with the newly launched VM1856 Food truck serving Bahraini street food, Mama Gourmet concept dining where VM mabooch/pickles/products from our very own bottling plant
will be on display and the soon to open London branch in Oct 2017.

VillaMamas as a company supports local throughout the business from the food, to the people who produce and serve it to the people who build and create the beautiful spaces. Considered a culinary school for staff with the high level of training and experience offered, VM is soon to be offering an intern program for Bahraini Youth.

Lifetime Achievement Award


Farouk Al Moayyed

Almoayyed & Sons

Chairman of Y.K. Almoayyed & Sons, a diversified group of companies active across a broad variety of industries; also founder of Almoayyed International in 1979, which today is active in several GCC markets; expansion into high-tech sectors by taking major distributorships in the technology sector and reliance on trusted managers to develop and expand the business under his supervision; board member/Chairman of several leading companies in Bahrain.